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[Resolved] Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches

[Resolved] Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 07:07AM
The checker was delivered, and installed and found to work perfectly.
However recently a cacher was complaining that he had 10 caches that should have satisfied the checker, but the checker only found 8 of them. He sent me a list and I confirmed that he had found all these caches and they all had the bonus cache attribute. The GC#s are:
GC8Y20F
GC95HWK
GC92PA6
GC9040F
GC932BY
GC8Z7KC
GC921KR
GC90WB0
GC8VGDP
GC7KR24
Would someone trouble shoot this problem? Also, would it be possible to update the checker so it displays the caches it found that had the bonus cache attribute.

Thanks for all assistance and support
don (aka zdonb)
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 12:15PM
Changed the checker to a print-out.
But remember that the challenge can only be based on the bonus attribute. There are many bonus caches which do not has the attribute and are not counted

And checked the claimed bonus caches
GC8Y20F attribute on the listing
GC95HWK attribute on the listing
GC92PA6 attribute on the listing
GC9040F attribute on the listing
GC932BY attribute on the listing
GC8Z7KC attribute on the listing
GC921KR attribute on the listing
GC90WB0 attribute on the listing
GC8VGDP no attribute
GC7KR24 no attribute
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 06:50PM
I forgot to mention the cacher's name: w01f. I looked at all the cache pages when w01f sent me the message and they all have the attribute (plus sign + question mark) and he had found them all (usually FTF). I've got screen prints of the two pages you say don't have the attribute, which appear to have it, and I'm not sure how attach them to this message?
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 07:57PM
This morning they did not have the attribute but now they have.
The trouble with existing caches is the AP.I It can take several days and in some cases weeks before the PGC checker system gets all the changes. Let's hope it will only be a few days.

It might be helpful if the cache owner will used the self support because then his cache data will refresh
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 08:15PM
I Made a second checker with a different script to make sure that the old checker works as planned

Here is the link https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC96EHJ/58992
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
February 28, 2021 08:15PM
I checked the cache pages yesterday before I posted the request for help.

Even though they cache pages have the attribute, the checker is not recognizing that (just ran w01f again, and he only has eight). I guess that's what you meant about the checker system taking weeks to get the changes

I don't understand what you mean "It might be helpful if the cache owner will used the self support because then his cache data will refresh"

I'll check back in a week or two to see if the system has caught up.
Thanks so much for your quick response and support.
Have a happy
don
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
March 03, 2021 07:24PM
The checker systems has detected the changed
[w01f](https://www.geocaching.com/profile/?u=w01f) has used [Project-GC](https://project-gc.com/Challenges/GC96EHJ/58840 "Project-GC Challenge Checker") to see if they qualified for this challenge and they did.

You have found 11 caches of type "Bonus cache"
Here are my qualifying caches:

**Bonus cache** found 2016-07-29 [BENCHMARK BONUS BISON (GC6P740)](http://coord.info/GC6P740)
**Bonus cache** found 2018-03-19 [Neopolitan - Bonus Cache (GC7KR24)](http://coord.info/GC7KR24)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-06-28 [Corriganville Movie Ranch Adventure Lab - Bonus (GC8VGDP)](http://coord.info/GC8VGDP)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-10-04 [Historical Piru Adventure Lab Bonus Cache (GC90WB0)](http://coord.info/GC90WB0)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-10-30 [North Hollywood : A Walk Back in Time AL Bonus (GC921KR)](http://coord.info/GC921KR)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-11-01 [San Dimas: "The Crown of the Citrus Belt" AL Bonus (GC8Z7KC)](http://coord.info/GC8Z7KC)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-11-27 [Cuidad de Duarte AdLab Bonus (GC932BY)](http://coord.info/GC932BY)
**Bonus cache** found 2020-12-29 [VC Historical Monuments - AL bonus cache (GC9040F)](http://coord.info/GC9040F)
**Bonus cache** found 2021-01-05 [Craft Breweries of Ventura Adventure Lab Bonus (GC92PA6)](http://coord.info/GC92PA6)
**Bonus cache** found 2021-01-25 [Biking Santa Clarita Adventure Lab Bonus Cache (GC95HWK)](http://coord.info/GC95HWK)
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
March 04, 2021 01:07AM
Looks good -
Would please explain what you meant when you said:
"It might be helpful if the cache owner will used the self support because then his cache data will refresh"
because I can pass that on to those who should qualify but don't.
Thanks for all the work.
zdonb
Re: Troubleshooting /GC96EHJ/58840 Finding 10 Bonus Caches
March 04, 2021 01:16PM
If you click the support button, then the self-support option, then you are able to refresh information about geocaches you have hidden and found. This may only work in your case if the qualifying cache's owners do this, though. See more here: https://project-gc.com/w/Support
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