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The Pirates have arrived! Arrggghhhh Matey.....

edited as a double post Glen

Maybe we have the same slowboat to Europe . No coins here either. I'll wait till Oct. 24 (20 days of mail delivery must be enough) and than they're c.m.w.p. (coins missing while posted ). Glen already reserved a second load of coins. It's a shame they're possible lost (but how?). I shipped all overseas coin orders over two coins in a Priority Mailer, after paying almost 8 dollars to ship two to the UK. They went out Priority Mail. I would have expected them to have been there within five days. Not being a postal specialist and not familiar with shipping times to other countries, I do not know when they should have arrived. I shipped over 1000 coins prior to these and only lost one, an EBAY sale. I have been getting hammered on these for some reason and have replaced several orders. I have ordered some more coins as I had to borrow some back to cover some of these missing orders. I think I am getting a pretty clear view why overseas shipping is so high. I tried to insure some of these, 57 dollars for eight coins, I doubt either one of us wants to pay that. I have been trying to cover these orders reasonably. I surely did not plan on these types of problems or posts. That being said, I ordered some antique nickel and a few antique silver coins to sell on EBAY, hoping to recover some of my losses. Glen

I like 288, but would not pay extra for it. I have bought extra coins before to get it though. Glen

Kansas City Historical Tour, Last Cache of the day, Texas Fling, and a red mushroom...

They are awesome coins, I would like to have two of each to add to the collection. Thanks, Glen

I like to take three units when I place a cache, if the numbers are pretty close, the coordinates are usually pretty good as well. I also like to take the reading, walk off and follow the units back to the cache from several directions. The bad thing about that program is that I have already started a trail to the cache for the savvy cacher to pick up on. Glen

Looks like we need to change our order to three of each, for 18 total. Thanks, Glen

I bought quite a few of them, kind of a neat coin, I never did hear what Return to the Earth meant. Did this penguin attempt to fly to a cache? Glen

Twin Peaks~Super nice coins! Sharkz! Stamps! King Boreas! It was just like Christmas! only better! Glen

Add me to the list of those who found the 4f coins in their mailboxes... Glen

Complexity of the design, Size and finish have a lot to do with it as well. On bigger coins, freight becomes a serious cost factor! Glen

I like the benchmark game too, kind of neat to go find them. I have not done a personal coin yet, but this will be the first. The white Shepherd on the back is Bud, my caching partner. He is a great friend and always willing to go. The logs and forums are full of his photos. The face of the coin is an adultered benchmark. There actually is a benchmark named BUD that is on a friend's property, Bud Turner. We used to go out to Bud's fishing all the time when I was a kid. They surveyed his pasture when the military set a missile silo in the north end of it. We used to sneak up to the fence and peak through, like we were going to see anything! Anyway, it is a combination of old family history, my caching partner and the benchmark game. We changed the warning from $250 fine or imprisonment for disturbing this mark to $250 dollar fine or imprisonment for leaving your Bud at home and the date on the benchmark from 1961 to 2006 to reflect that it was a personal mark, not a historical one. Not sure if I'll even sell this one, it is just for fun. Glen

I have bought and sold a lot of coins on EBAY. I never had one that did not arrive and the only one I sold that did not arrive, JaredL bought. I replaced it, still do not know where it went... I bought a lot of activated coins on EBAY too, that were advertised that way and transferable by the owner. It is a good place to find coins that I do not have. Glen

I wonder if that was the first or second set I sent to you? Anyway, I am glad you got them! Glen

I think the base metal is zinc, just like the Geodetic Center Coins. A brass coin this size would be a hefty one indeed! I would have to check with Rusty to make sure. We talked about switching mints to get a brass coin and the cost was half again higher. Shipping was outrageous too. I sure wish a US mint would get involved with a quality product. Glen

I am working on my first personal coin and have a delima going on. I know I want at least a 2" coin for my Gentle Giant. His name is Bud and there are many photos of him on caching adventures, many of my best times in the field were with Bud. Do I do the Gentle Giant on a two or three inch coin? I really like these 3 inch coins. I hate to distract from the uniqueness of the Initial Point though. Glen My Gentle Giant, Bud with a fawn, he was really curious and really nice to the scared baby. You will find Bud photos scattered throughout the forums. Glen

They will have a mini of the coin, no print a dark circle with the cross on it. Glen

4.5 ounces, but I doubt that the coin weight is what they are talking about. I suspect it has something to do with the weight of the slip. All metals have different weights, these would be really outrageous in solid gold, silver or even brass. I think we priced these in brass and just the coin was close to 9 dollars, then we would have had tracking numbers, freight, mailers, icon fees, holy cow, the "these cost too much whiners" would have had a heart attack, shell shock, ....... I would have had more passes than Dan Marino. Glen

I see Twin Peaks and I were typing at the same time. Just out of curiousity, has Twin Peaks grabbed their IP coins yet? Glen edited to correct there and their, the mind thinks one thing, the fingers type another...

Columbus Day, a holiday for many in the government sector, but not many in the private sector. Not that I am complaining any, I get ten paid holidays a year plus a floating holiday. Couple that up with four weeks vacation and an accumulated 1600 plus hours of sick time and I can miss almost a year. Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue in search of a shorter route to the Indies, instead, he beached a boat here on the North American Continent and is generally given credit for discovering the North American Continent. That magical day was October 12, 1492, the earliest recorded celebration of Columbus Day is thought to be October 12, 1792, making it one of our oldest holidays. Now that you have all that trivia to ponder... I am glad everybody seems to enjoy these monster coins. Glen

Like always, if I like it I buy it. In this case, I really like it so your presale numbers are in. Thanks for the opportunity. Glen

The 3" Initial Point and Meades Ranch or Geodetic Center are also at the Geocoinclub. Glen

...RATS... I'll drop another pair off at the post office. To my knowledge, this is the first of these not to arrive. I had one go to Washington State on the last set of coins. His did not arrive, I sent another out. He then got both of them on the same day, one was stamped "found in an empty container." I had one Compass Rose not make it to Canada, I think out of all the coins I have shipped, I have been pretty lucky. Glen edited because I made a spelllllling error...

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