unafraid leroy

for all of you out there interested in these kinds of coins i have been collecting them for the short year i've been geocaching and just put all 80 of them into a cache; "The Homemade Geocoin Museum" (GC215ZC). it's basically a 3 ring binder with coin sleeves in it. i love the collection and wanted to be able to share it with everyone - a lot of talent and effort out there. i have included wooden nickels as well as several other styles; quite a few people take poker chips and put stickers on their middles, some people alter money (pennies and nickels) either with cutouts or by pressing them (one side custom), some have made individual ones out of femo clay, some are unique acrylic shapes with marker, i have a few pieces of plastic with names embossed or engraved, etc. the list is long and pretty neat, so if you're in town, some check it out - it's a real easy multi-cache (too sentimental to not be under lock and key, and the key is 1/2 block away). also, i made a "traveling exhibit" from The Homemade Geocoin Museum if you can't get down here and would like to see some examples in your neck of the woods. it's travel bug TB2HVTY. all that inspiration has me thinking i need to get my own coin going......... unafraid leroy

I've tried using a regular drill with a masonry bit, but the best luck I've had was with a drill press and a masonry bit. Try a hammerdrill next time. I'll lke a hot knive thru butter. I wish there was a battery powered hammerdrill portable enough to get into the back country. I would disappear for hours and come back with big smile on my face. [/quote all the major drill manufacturer's make a portable 18v drill that has a hammerdrill feature. rigid is usually the best priced and most reliable - you can rent one @ home depot if you don't want to drop the $200 or so for a new one. they won't work as fast as a plug in version, but chances are you'd break the rock with a plug in. you can get hammerdrill bits as big as 2" but the bigger the bit the longer it'll take. keep in mind that going slower means less rocks splitting - hammerdrilling is traumatic to anything; it's a spinning and pulsing steel bit designed to pulverise rock. Just take it slow and choose a rock much bigger than the hole to be drilled. and my fav glue; pl premium. gnarly stuff that if you get it on your skin, your skin has to die and flake off b4 the glue will come off. you can get it anywhere.