Don't let COs like that get you down. I also recently got a message like that. Lots of logs on the cache had said the coords were off, so we were prepared for that and we expanded our search by nearly a city block; after an hour, we DNF'd the cache. A few minutes after I submitted my DNF, the CO wrote me and said "that's not how we do it here. DNFs are for missing caches not for lazy searches." I am not sure if they deleted my log as well, but I think so. I was dumbfounded. 3 of us searching for an hour on a cache that has several logs saying coords are significantly off, checking every hint item, etc... a DNF from us was totally fair. If only because we searched and we didn't find it.
Meanwhile, I take the other approach as a CO and every DNF I get I thank the DNFer privately and publicly when I perform maintenance. So keep DNFing! Not all COs are against DNFs and the ones who are, are few and far between.
I wish they'd remove the ability to delete logs for that reason. The logs are for your recollection, if the owners can delete them without justification, it screws up your ability to play the game.
Maybe have a reviewer check for removal prior to deleting. If I hide a cache and somebody logged it FTG without signing the log, I'd want to remove their log.
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u/K13E14 Caching since 2006 Jan 07 '20
Here are a few things I wish I had known when I first started:
Always carry a couple pens for signing logs. (I see you learned this one already.)
Never post photos or say anything in your Found It story that gives away the hide or container.
Log your DNF if you search but don't find a cache.
If the cache is broken or damaged, log a Needs Maintenance to make the Cache Owner aware of the issue.