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Ok, a lot of the MRJIFFY Summer Meltdown Coins have been sitting in caches for the last several weeks, please take a look and see if one is nearby to you and help get them moving. There is only another 6 weeks left in the cointest and time is running out to participate! Remember the grand prize is a 100 geocoin prize collection, full of LE coins and some HTF coins as well! Good luck to everyone. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hi Everyone, Here are some additional winners from over the last two weeks. A random number was drawn from between posts #144 and 182, and the winner was post #153 Walking Spirit, The next random number drawn was from between posts #183 and 209, the random number winner from this grouping was Droo with post #190. Each of these geocachers wins a MRJIFFY Summer Meltdown Frosty Gold version prize coin (only 30 pieces minted). The two fun photo winners for the two week period are post #159 Sharom12 and #207 Ble68. Each of these geocachers wins a regular edition Black Nickel MRJIFFY Summer Meltdown coin! Please email me your addresses through this profile and I will get your coins out ASAP. Congratulations to all the winners and keep the photos coming! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Thanks to whomever made up the posters and sent them out, they look great! Thanks to everyone for the great photos and participation in the cointest to date! Hopefully lots of other geocachers will get the chance to participate prior to the end of summer! Best Regards, MRJIFFY You'll note that the corner says "FBI" . . . (Fat Butts Incorporated? - That's what we called it when I was a kid )

Thanks very much for taking the time to share this great story, very sorry to hear about the memory card troubles! Hopefully one of the other travelling coins will make its way nearby to you and you will have the opportunity to post another photo sometime during the remaining time of the cointest! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hmm, very interesting as I know nothing about the flyers! I guess we'll maybe find out what they are as things progress! Maybe you can post a photo? MRJIFFY

My wife and I were just in Beijing about two months ago, you definitely want to hire a driver during your time there. The traffic is insane and you run in to all sorts of serious issues if you are involved in an accident while driving during your visit. Drivers are also inexpensive to hire, so its by far the best way to go. Good luck in your visit and in finding a mint to go visit. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hi Moop, If you are still looking to trade for this coin I would love to grab one from you. Drop me a line through my profile. Your other coins went out today from our last trade by the way. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Winners for Last Week Announcement! Lots of great pictures this week, so thought I would add some additional prize coins to the drawings to give everyone a better chance of winning. I generated two random numbers from posts 112-143, and the two winning post numbers were #130 and #142, congratulations to Condoqueen & Leedr and DaFunkyFrogs on being the winners of the random number draw for last week. I also chose two creative photo winners this week which are posts #124 because those ribs looked very tasty and post #112 as I thought the scenery was beautiful. Congratulations Steinwälzer and mraycii. If each of the four winners can please send me their mailing addresses through my profile, I will get your prize coins out to you ASAP. Each of the four winners will receive one of the MRJIFFY’s Summer Meltdown coins minted in frosty gold, only available to be won through this cointest. Only 30 of this coin in this version were minted. Congratulations t o the winners! MRJIFFY

Winners coming shortly. I have been a bit late getting around to the drawings! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Not sure where you saw the five days, it is seven days. Thanks for moving the coins, but I am going to have to stick to the seven day rule for the random post selection, although I might be willing to overlook this for the creative photo component. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hi, yes I believe the mouse coin is cache agent, I think this was a special LE version of the coin. The other coin beside the mouse is a non trackable version that asks "Do you know the waypoints to San Jose" "A geocaching friendly town" On the back of this coin is a tribute to nano caches. Hope that helps. MRJIFFY

Some of the coins took a bit of a nudge to get the original droppers to get things going and some of them have been sitting in a cache waiting for someone to pick them up. Most seem to be moving within the 7 day time frame and now that all of them have been released or grabbed by the last coin droppers, there should be lots of coins travelling in the next couple of weeks. I will be emailing geocachers if they keep the coin for more than two weeks as its not fair to other geocachers in the area waiting for the coins. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Here are some of the coins found in the grand prize pool that have been collected so far. About 60 of them are from trade donations, and another 20 have been personally donated by me. Some more to still be added along with a full set of all the Summer Meltdown coin versions. 79 coins so far with some great LE and XLE coins as part of the grand prize pool. Sorry the pics are not the greatest, but it should give you a good idea of what is up for grabs! MRJIFFY

Hi, Glad to see the coins are making the rounds in various countries and people are having fun with them! This was my goal with running this cointest and it so far seems to be working. Just a few coins now left to be released as I think they might be held up in customs, but just about all of them are now travelling which is great. I did the random number drawing yesterday night just before bed choosing a number between 81 and 111 for the Summer Meltdown coin prize for week#2, the winner was post #96 fingers crossed, congrats on your win, I will be sending you a MRJIFFY Summer Meltdown Misty Gold Prize only version coin ( only 30 minted, see post #85 for pictures), I also chose a second winner based on the great photos posted (it was not easy, there were many fun photos) and I chose strega13 in post #102. Anyone who puts on that many clothes in the hot weather deserves a little something extra, you will get a regular MRJIFFY Meltdown Coin in Black Nickel(90 minted). Both Canadian winners this week by coincidence so congratulations to you both. Email me your addresses and I will send your coin out to you ASAP. Keep they great pictures and stories coming everyone, there will be lots more chances to win and everyone still has the opportunity to win the grand prize of 100 geocoins at the end of the Summer! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hi, Just received the first coin prize today in the mail! Thanks for a great cointest. Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Hi, I would also like to participate and have added my addy to the master list! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Thanks for making the Summer Meltdown part of your new cache! Best Regards, MRJIFFY

Thanks to all those geocachers who have dropped coins in their local areas to help get this cointest going. I suspect almost all the coins should have arrived now that have been mailed out. I would like to please request that the remaining cachers who have the coins to be dropped but have not yet had the opportunity to drop them please place them in a cache within the next day or two. It is very important for the cointest to really get going full steam for all the coins to be travelling as soon as possible. Best Regards and Thanks! MRJIFFY

I will go to caches I have already found to discover the coin, but I usually dont remove the coin unless it has been sitting there for a while. I personally dont think its bad form to remove a coin and help it along, especially if the coin has been stagnant for a while, as long as you give some of the other local geocachers a chance at grabbing the coin as well! Happy caching, MRJIFFY

Here are photos of the prize coins in frosty gold, 30 minted and only available through being a winner in this cointest Below is the organizers coin (me). This is done in the same finish as the regular edition black nickel coins but with translucent and glitter enamels. Hard to see from the photo, but it does look different than the regular edition (40 minted)

Hi, Ok, here are the first two coin prizes for those who released or moved and took a picture of themselves with the Summer Meltdown coins! The first prize was awarded through a random number generator that was used for posts between #66 - 80. The number was 77, so congratulations to The-Wolf-Pack, you get the first of the MRJIFFY's Summer Meltdown Prize coins in finished in misty gold. There were only 30 of these minted, so enjoy the prize. A second prize that is determined by me for one of the most interesting pictures goes to luckycharmer for their sandbagging pictures on the Mississippi River. You will receive one of the Summer Meltdown Organizer's coins that is finished in black nickel but is finished with translucent and glitter enamels. I'll post a picture of the coins hopefully later tonight so everyone can see what they look like. If the winners could please email their addresses, I can get their coins out to them ASAP. Congrats! MRJIFFY

Congratulations Tschakko

Great to see everyones posts so far and that the coins are now getting out there to travel! First drawing for the weekly prize will be done tomorrow for qualifying posts that make it in to the thread before the end of the day. Happy caching everyone! MRJIFFY

Whoo Hoo! Two for two in my guesses MRJIFFY

The coins have started being received so they will all be appearing in caches probably over the next few days. Keep an eye out or watch the coins to see if one gets dropped in your area. I'll post a photo of some of the grand prize pool of coins in the next few days hopefully so everyone will know what they are playing for! Best Regards, MRJIFFY