terryf
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Anyone have any geocoins they might consider parting with?
Geocoins
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navycop
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I don't have any coins, but there was a fella on here that made his own.
terryf
Member
Thanks Mike, I did see the thread.
angboy
Member
What're you looking for geocoins for? That info might help if you're willing to share.
nativewooder
Member
Even after "googling" Geocoins, I don't understand the use other than possible donations to ?????
glycerine
Member
nativewooder said:
I thought people hide them and others find them... But I could be wrong.
terryf
Member
Geocoins are trackable items that travel around the world in geocaches. You can track them on Geocaching - The Official Global GPS Cache Hunt Site
The slogan, "I use multi million dollar satellites to find tupperware in the woods" holds very true
Angboy, I'm looking to start a small collection of geocoins and possibly send one or two out around the world. I have been geocaching since 2004 although I go through patches depending upon what work permits.
The slogan, "I use multi million dollar satellites to find tupperware in the woods" holds very true
Angboy, I'm looking to start a small collection of geocoins and possibly send one or two out around the world. I have been geocaching since 2004 although I go through patches depending upon what work permits.
wood-of-1kind
Member
Terry, contact Angela (angboy). She is very familiar with geocoins and will provide a wealth of knowledge.
Regards,
Regards,
WIDirt
Member
Geocoins are used in the GPSr game of geocaching.
"I use multibillion dollar military satellites to locate tupperware hidden in the woods!"
As I am an avid geocacher, tho, I don't have enough time to do it alot, I feel I have the ability to explain this to you non geocachers, also known as "Muggles".
Basically, I take a waterproof, weatherproof container and add a logbook, (logsheet), a cache note describing what a cache is and using a handheld GPSr, hide it somewhere, then post the coordinates at one of many geocaching websites. www.geocaching.com is the most popular of them, and then you would use those coordinates to find the container and sign the logbook, then post your find on the website. If the container is large enough, some people, myself included, fill the container with trinkets for trade. If you take something from the cache, you must leave something in trade.
Along these lines, geocoins are for trade, collecting, or to be used as travelbugs that have a mission to be completed before being returned to the original owner via caches. There are a multitude of different kinds of tradable, and collectable geoitems. Geocoins are just one of the more popular. There is a guy here in the Denver metro area that has collected a few hundred of them from around the world! People have them custom made for themselves, groups do it and even geocaching.com has put out a number of them.
They can be wood, metal, plastic, and I even have one that was made of paper and laminated by the original releaser.
If you have a newer android phone, you can even use it as your GPSr by downloading one of many geocaching apps. I use my Galaxy Note, and my son and my wife use their Inspire 4Gs.
Try it, it is a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
"I use multibillion dollar military satellites to locate tupperware hidden in the woods!"
As I am an avid geocacher, tho, I don't have enough time to do it alot, I feel I have the ability to explain this to you non geocachers, also known as "Muggles".
Basically, I take a waterproof, weatherproof container and add a logbook, (logsheet), a cache note describing what a cache is and using a handheld GPSr, hide it somewhere, then post the coordinates at one of many geocaching websites. www.geocaching.com is the most popular of them, and then you would use those coordinates to find the container and sign the logbook, then post your find on the website. If the container is large enough, some people, myself included, fill the container with trinkets for trade. If you take something from the cache, you must leave something in trade.
Along these lines, geocoins are for trade, collecting, or to be used as travelbugs that have a mission to be completed before being returned to the original owner via caches. There are a multitude of different kinds of tradable, and collectable geoitems. Geocoins are just one of the more popular. There is a guy here in the Denver metro area that has collected a few hundred of them from around the world! People have them custom made for themselves, groups do it and even geocaching.com has put out a number of them.
They can be wood, metal, plastic, and I even have one that was made of paper and laminated by the original releaser.
If you have a newer android phone, you can even use it as your GPSr by downloading one of many geocaching apps. I use my Galaxy Note, and my son and my wife use their Inspire 4Gs.
Try it, it is a lot of fun!
Enjoy!
angboy
Member
WIDirt
Member
I would like to get my hands on one of those Breast Cancer Angels for my sister. She battled and WON! PM me if you'd be willing to part with one.
Scott
Member
We got two of your Angel Geocoins. We still have one, and the other is winging it's way from cache to cache. If you do a new coin, let me know!
Scott.
terryf
Member
So back to my original question, anyone got any geocoins they'd be willing to part with?
for a few bucks of course
for a few bucks of course
denniszoomy
Member
Lets forget thhe coins and make a GEO pen And track it has it gets passed to pen turner to penturner.
Dennis
Dennis
thewoodman1972
Member
I like the idea that Dennis has. If any one can come up with some ideas of how to pull this off let us all know.
mywoodshopca
Member
Simple.. put a lanyard on the pen and clip a travel bug or tag on it :biggrin:
cwolfs69
Member
unless you kept it completely within IAP your problem would be keeping others from getting the pen. most would just move it to another cache, but it could disappear. i have had a couple not appear anymore.
nascrdad
Member
As a fellow Casher,
they could be sent from casher to casher and put in a local cash as placed and found, and then sent on.
they could be sent from casher to casher and put in a local cash as placed and found, and then sent on.