Leapdog1

Try going to that "Activate" link: https://www.geocaching.com/track/activate.aspx Enter the tracking number Click on "Retrieve your activation code" If the "serial number" is just that - not a tracking number - then you cannot make it trackable (you cannot activate it and have it tracked) unless you engrave a valid tracking number onto it. You'd get one of those by buying a TB (the dog tags are the cheapest) and using the activation code and trackable number off of that. One of the vendors for trackables is coinsandpins.com ... I have a coin from there. this link has info on codes but it says bulk of 50 or purchase their stuff. https://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=332 I'm just looking to get one code and I don't see info on how to request it. So I went to the coin vendor website and the codes come from them if you buy outside of the goecache shop. Found it by accident.

Try going to that "Activate" link: https://www.geocaching.com/track/activate.aspx Enter the tracking number Click on "Retrieve your activation code" If the "serial number" is just that - not a tracking number - then you cannot make it trackable (you cannot activate it and have it tracked) unless you engrave a valid tracking number onto it. You'd get one of those by buying a TB (the dog tags are the cheapest) and using the activation code and trackable number off of that. One of the vendors for trackables is coinsandpins.com ... I have a coin from there. this link has info on codes but it says bulk of 50 or purchase their stuff. https://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=332 I'm just looking to get one code and I don't see info on how to request it.

The Tracking Number is assigned by Groundspeak, where you purchase a unique six-digits of letters and numbers from Groundspeak's database, and that's what gets imprinted on the coin (and the coin's design must be approved in advance). You can't use just any number as an Official Groundspeak Tracking Number, and you can't even choose the number from their list. But you can get a custom prefix when ordering 1000 custom coins: http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=kb.page&id=332 If your coin has six digits inscribed (typically laser-engraved), and certainly if the coin says something about "Track at (Groundspeak.com or geocaching.com)", you can track it here: https://www.geocaching.com/track/ Submit the number, and the page may give more info about the item, even if it is not activated. The "Activation Code" comes with a Geocoin's packaging when you buy it. If you wish to activate it and don't have the Activation Code, try this: https://www.geocaching.com/track/activate.aspx If you think you've found an actual Geocoin and can't figure out the Tracking Number, contact Geocaching.com: http://support.Groundspeak.com/index.php?pg=request It's no good to post the numbers in the Forum, since a Tracking Number is supposed to be kept secret. If you have a coin that you wish to travel, but it is not a Geocoin, one inexpensive option is to buy and use the number from a Travel Bug Dogtag, or better yet, attach the tag somehow. But if the coin already has other numbers, prepare for mass confusion. If you don't need "Official Tracking", you can place most any item in a cache, with info and a request that people contact you when they find it, and see how it goes. I apologize. I read the FAQ on the topic. Thought I said that. Sorry. So basically what I am reading in your reply is that one must buy a trackable before it can be activated and tracked. Am I correct? In the FAQ one of the vendors was a military challenge coin website. I have one with a serial number on it already. I'm just looking to activate it and have it tracked. I am asking how to activate it. Where does the activation number come from? Those questions were not answered in the FAQ

This is a home made coin with a serial number. I just want to know how to get a activation number for it so it can be tracked.

Read the help page about trackable geocoins. I'm sort of confused about the tracking number and activation code. I have a coin and it has a number on it that can be a tracking number. How do I activate it? There needs to be a number for that too. Do I just come up with it or is it assigned and how do I get it assigned? Thanks