Just curious what makes a box a high traffic box.

Just curious what makes a box a high traffic box.

Letterboxer density.

Just curious what makes a box a high traffic box.

Letterboxer density.

Ah. Then logically, any letterbox I visit is by default a "high traffic box"....

Density be not the same as denseness.

I my neck of the woods, two or three finds is good.
Some boxes get no visitors, ever, some get 10 or more visitors.
Some actually get more that 20 visitors, but that seems to be quite rare.

Very soon after work this week I am off to look for a box with no finds since 2007.

A box with consistently lots of finds unless you are thinking of a box that's planted in a high traffic (lots of hikers, walkers, runners, playground, etc)

I guess I was looking for a more detailed explanation of “lots of finds” so like one per month, year, etc.

i know the feeling well! i have boxes planted for years now, that as far as i know, have yet to be found.

smile

Count me in too. I've got a series (3) that's right off of a main coastal highway that's been out for over a year with no finders. :(

But I'm the patient type! :)

There's one (maybe more) a few miles north off that same highway that has been out since 2012 with no attempts/finders. It's on my to-do list in the next year...

;~)

I am curious to know if you have gone by the LBs to check if no one has been to find them? I have done some box maintenance to check if my boxes were still around (i.e. after a severe weather event). When I look in the logbook, I have found some notes and stamps from folks that didn’t log the LB find online (AQ or LBNA). Looks like mainly Girl Scouts and Brownies, but at least I know my LBs are being found if not logged online. So it may be possible that the LBs have been found just not logged. Granted most of my plants are within city limits which may help.

I’m new to this hobby, so would you put in a note saying you checked on the LB? After 6 moths or more of no online logs? I know geocachers have a Owner’s Maintenance option. Is there something similar for LBers?

To determine if a box is a high traffic box, one needs only to look up. To determine if a box is a heavy traffic box, one only needs to measure the depth of the footprints.

I told you we ran out of daylight!! We'll be back!!

I told you we ran out of daylight!! We'll be back!!

Ha ha! Let me know when - we’ll try to meet you there!

Such jokesters! Thanks for the laugh. So I guess it’s all relative?

I think that's the conclusion here. There is no widely accepted meaning of "high traffic" in the community, and it probably is relative to how active things are in your local area. Just throwing out a ballpark figure here, I would consider one of my own boxes "high traffic" if it received maybe 3 or more visits per month.

You were the first one I thought of when I read DarkZen's post. "Where the heck is Ph??" Now you better hurry or Fleetwood will beat you to it ;-)

Old Blue

Believe it or not FF (or FTF as some prefer) isn't as important to me since I got "wisdom" in this hobby......but finding ANY box of DZ and ECP is definitely on my to do list!!

Aw shucks, thanks PH. You’re the bestest!

Believe it or not FF isn't as important to me since I got "wisdom" in this hobby...

Hmm, this is something I need to look into. Where I find me some of this wisdom stuff? And is there an “I got wisdom” patch I can get!?

Where I find me some of this wisdom stuff?

Stick around long enough and some of the "longer term" boxers will (literally) harass it into you!

Thank you. This is helpful. It helps me to have realistic expectations.

Found box, planted in 2006, last found 2007, fourth finder and listed on AQ (Box #299017). Seems Ms Duc forgot to list it here, is there a patch for that?

One thing I'd like to add.
I'd rather have a low find rate than a box with such a high find rate that _anyone_ might accidentally find it.
I don't plant in places that scream out for a box.
I'll use that place as a jump off point to a more obscure planting location.

You listed the AQ#. How can you say Oaxaca, Oaxaca isn't listed here?

Because I just listed it with Rubaduc’s blessing yesterday with the plant date of 2006.

I am curious to know if you have gone by the LBs to check if no one has been to find them? I have done some box maintenance to check if my boxes were still around (i.e. after a severe weather event). When I look in the logbook, I have found some notes and stamps from folks that didn’t log the LB find online (AQ or LBNA).

Bumping this thread because I got an answer to this question. The boxes in question were a series of 3. Just got a message from the first finders of the second 2. They report the first one had been found back in April! No online log yet...

would you put in a note saying you checked on the LB?

I like to check on my boxes at least annually if I live close enough. I like to make sure the box has been properly reclosed and sealed before any winter moisture gets in and freezes. There is a Maintenence Report icon at the top of the box's listing on your own boxes.