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So me and my friend were playing an objective game the other night..
We were rolling for the mysterious objectives as per the BRB
1 of the objectives made cover saves +1 to cover.. 6 in the open

Well he had a unit that was within 3" of the objective...
And I also had a unit that was within 3" of the objective...

Do we each still benefit from a 6 cover save from the shooting attacks?
Or do we cancel each other out?

The controlling unit gains the benefits. Assuming both units were denial, neither unit would benefit.

So then,, that would take away the cover save from all units firing at the unit?

I ask because the case was this...

objective in the open
enemy had a unit within 3"

in my movement phase I moved 1 unit within the 3" as well
and my other unit moved to within about 12"

So how we solved this was this...

My unit that was also benefitting from the objective took away the cover from his unit... so there was no cover from my units shooting attack...

but we allowed him to take the cover save from my unit that was not near the objective...
should he have lost it altogether?

Only the controlling unit can benefit from the objectives (any unit can get hit by the booby trap).
In order to control an objective the unit must be scoring, with no denial units within 3".

Assuming the first unit you moved was a denial unit, the unit being shot at no longer controlled the objective and thus would not benefit.

Thanks..
yes the first unit that moved was a denying unit..

The only situation where you could potentially both be holding an objective is in something like big guns don't tire. If you both have a Heavy Support vehicle choice within 3 inches, both are capturing and none of them are denial.

It begs the question "Doesn't controlling it mean that one is in control and the other isn't?"

Yeah. Well. How do you determine which? I would say the first to get there, but it isn't an eventuality that GW has foreseen, and so isn't covered by the rules.
(unless I missed something, which is more than probable.)