PopPop's First to Find Trackable

For the First to Find Trackable to inspire geocachers around the world to hide caches and to be the First to Find new geocaches!!

Ping! That’s the sound of your phone or email notifying you when a new geocache is published nearby. Grab your geo-bag, gps device, and get moving… you want to be the FTF (First To Find).  Being FTF on a geocache is an exciting experience. You get to discover the newly published geocache prior to everyone else in the community and you get to brag about it  . On many occasions, geocache owners will leave a small gift for the first geocacher to discover their cache. Prizes? Heck yes!

You can custom build instant notifications to let you know when a new geocache is published under Premium Member features.

1. Go to the Add Instant Notification page
2. Name the notification
3. Choose a cache type to monitor (e.g. Traditionals, Events, etc.)
4. Choose the types of logs you want to see (if you are just looking for newly published caches, choose “Publish Listing”)
5. Set the location (central point) and distance (around that point) you want to watch.
6. Check the email listed in the “Send to” drop-down menu. (If you would like to send Instant Notifications to an alternate email,you will need to manage your email addresses first.)
7. Check “Enable Notifications”.
8. Select “Create Notification” and you are set!

This First To Find Trackable was initially placed by PopPop (Dave) Lewis in Pennsylvania who wants it to travel around the world.

This trackable is made of aluminum.  It is about 1" wide and tall, so it fits easily in small containers, and comes with a 6" chain for attaching to your favorite traveler.

RE-RELEASED AS PROXY #2 ON 8/15/24 AFTER PROXY #1 HAD NO ACTIVITY IN THE HANDS OF A GEOCACHER THAT HAD RETRIEVED IT FROM A CACHE OVER A YEAR AGO!!  PROXY #1 HAD TRAVELED ALMOST 12,164 MILES WHEN IT WAS RETRIEVED NEAR VISBY, GOTLAND, SWEDEN!!  PROXY #2  CONSISTS OF TWO 2" x 2" LAMINATES ATTACHED TO A CLEAR BLUE SCRUNCHY BAND.  ONE HAS A PICTURE OF THE ORIGINAL TB ON ONE SIDE AND THE TB'S CODE AND "PROXY #2" ON THE OTHER SIDE.  THE OTHER HAS THE TB'S MISSION ON ONE SIDE AND INSTRUCTIONS FORCHANDLING TBs ON THE OTHER SIDE.

RE-RELEASED AS A PROXY ON 8/8/19 AFTER THE ORIGINAL DISAPPEARED FROM A CACHE WHERE IT HAD BEEN PLACED ALMOST 2 YEARS AGO. IT HAD TRAVELED ONLY 209 MILES BEFORE IT DISAPPEARED IN RHEEMS, PENNSYLVANIA!!