Goldfield Druzy was a traditional cache that was placed by gemkoi on 12/30/2006. The cache container was a plastic storage box and unfortunately, by the time I found it on 1/25/2013 it had begun to deteriorate due to the sun and the heat. I enjoyed the hike to the cache so much that I gave the cache a favorite point and then visited the owners website and sent him an email about it's condition. He responded and informed me that he had forgotten he placed it a little over 6 years before. I explained that, if he was willing, I would adopt it from him and maintain it. He happily agreed to have me adopt it, but no longer knew the email address and password he used to create his geocacing account and was unable to transfer ownership of it to me.
As time passed, the cache continued to deteriorate and by the end of 2015, the only part of the container that was left was the lid. As it was a forgone conclusion, on 9/25/2017, I logged a "needs archived" log and on 10/11/2017, it was archived. On 10/29/2017, I revisited the original Goldfield Druzy and removed what was left of the cache container. But that is not the end of the story.....
On this visit, I also brought a new cache container stocked with swag and a logbook and placed it in exactly the same spot that the original Goldfield Druzy cache was placed. The original Goldfield Druzy cache may be no more, but hopefully this cache will carry on gemkoi's vision of combining hiking, rockhounding, and geocaching for years to come! Thank you, gemkoi!
Note: If you find this cache, you may log a 'found it' log on this cache page only. You may not log a 'found it' log on the original Goldfield Druzy cache page. If you do log a 'found it' on the original Goldfield Druzy cache page, I will email the reviewer and have your log deleted.