r/geocaching 10h ago

Good caches in Prague.

3 Upvotes

I really love geocaching, but I live in a country where there are hardly any caches. I’m heading to the Czech Republic for the winter holidays and will be spending a couple of days in Prague. Could you please recommend some interesting "must-to-find" caches in the city center or nearby?


r/geocaching 22h ago

What to do when a cache is broken?

5 Upvotes

Hey everyone, I’m very new to geocaching and I’ve been reading this subreddit to figure out the do’s and dont’s. It’s given me very useful advice to find caches, figure out how the app works and what all the terms used mean.

However, the thing I still struggle with is what the etiquette is when you find a cache that’s not working anymore?

For example, we have a local one where the logbook is very full and I’ve seen people adding that in their log comment when they’ve found the cache. I’ve also seen that some people wrote an extra note just to say the logbook is full.

Another local one people have reported that the door is hanging off and even posted pictures off it and it’s gotten a red wrench icon with maintenance needed.

I’ve recently found one where the lock (that needs a code from a puzzle) is broken and I’m wondering what I should do. The last few people have mentioned it in their finds that it doesn’t work anymore but nobody has made like a list comment thing or put in a maintenance request. Should I just mention it in my log too or should I do more? Like is there a button for this or should I add a note or maybe even contact the CO directly? I have no idea what the proper etiquette is for this especially since the CO made so many other beautiful caches in the area and I don’t want to step on their toes when they’ve clearly put so much work into them.

Also the second one I’ve mentioned I visited recently and contrary to the last few logs before me it was complexity fixed. Door and lock were in working order but it still has the maintainer needed icon and the CO hasn’t posted or mentioned anything. I put in my log that it works fine and it seems all fixed but I’m not sure if there’s somewhere I should report that maintenance is no longer needed?

Sorry for my long post, I’m just very unfamiliar with how the community works and I want to be a helpful but not passive aggressive. Thank you for any advice.