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I almost always use the small Global Priority Mail flat-rate envelopes. It's a flat $5, $9 for the larger flat rate envelope. You have at least some idea how long it will take (assuming the postal service doesn't lose it entirely) and it's relatively cheap. Downsides: You can't print the postage online, you HAVE to go to a counter (at least I haven't found anywhere to do it online); If there's more than one coin in it, you have to tape the coins to something flat to keep the envelope as flat as possible (I use a padded mailer inside the USPS envelope); and you can't insure it.

That's why turning it over to the carrier and letting them do the detective work makes sense. Their privacy rules probably prevent them from releasing the info to you, but they can take it and determine the owner, then contact them to return the phone, which the owner may have already replaced by now. I lost mine at a cache last week, but found it after a 100 mile RT detour back to the cache, but I'd have replaced it the next day if I hadn't found it.

I'll buy a chrome!

#2, nice colors. If you do #3, see if they would do the arch in gold, or at least in color. Loses too much detail, though, IMHO, WIHR. The back is cool, wouldn't change a thing!

Can you tell what service provider it has? Mine says Verizon on the front. I'm sure if you take it to one of them, they could charge it up enough to power it on and see whose number it has. They'd probably even take care of returning it so you'd have done your good deed and not have to bother with it anymore.

ordered 2, did I get FTO?

Very sorry to hear of your loss, our prayers are with you.

Well, someone came out with his personal coin, but...

Nice design, but "The hike, the search, the find"? Well, 2 outta 3 ain't bad.

I think if you look closely at the silver, there's actually two consecutive alphabetic lists. Since I'm in the first one, and I ordered 1, I'm betting the second list ordered 2. Still no invoice, should I be concerned?

WHOOHOO!

Gold sold out in under 3 minutes? On an email based order system? How did someone even read 100 emails, count up 100 gold orders, AND update the website in under 3 minutes? My outgoing time stamp was 0901, CST. It will be interesting to see just how much delay there is between "sent" and "received".

You need the Middle Tennessee Geocachers website.

123, counting #01 of my own coin. I don't really collect wooden nickels, but have several on my desk.

I can't speak for other coins, but the 2006 GOWT gold coins are actually 24kt gold plated, and were a little more expensive than the regulars.

Got mine today, love the crest on the back!

I swear I thought for a second that the tail said "UNsafe"

I'm thinking more along the lines of an estate tax audit someday saying... "Mr. Executor, you list the value of the deceased's "Complete set of Moun10Bike coins" as $25. Now it just so happens that I'm a geocacher, and..."

I'll take 2, enjoyed meeting you at the N AL event a couple of months ago!

Oh, duh! Missed that. I thought about doing that, since I only got the tb after about 90+ caches, but I decided not to, for the reason you state: the bug wasn't with me for that first 100. I just named the bug my "Post 100" bug. Pity, too, as I went to Seattle and back during my first 100.

I use a TB number to track my personal mileage, it's attached to my pack. Using a coin is not really any different. I don't log it in and out of absolutely every cache, though, sometimes just one in an area if I hit several that were close together. So if a cache owner got PO'd (it is their cache to do as they please) about just one drop, I'd probably let it go. Unless it was the only cache I did 5,000 miles from home, then I might at least make an argument for it. The use of personal travel bugs is a well established practice. PS. I went back and checked, and yes, I logged in and out of your film canister at Graceland, Jamie. You never said anything, I guess you just considered the source!

I have an extra KTAG (how did that happen?), 1 Big Bear, & 1 CCGC-CITO. I need a First Finders CC coin, and will entertain other offers as well.

Same here. It would have to be a pretty cool coin...or a pretty cool cacher! Tracking sells coins, but I presonally don't care, I'm just collecting, anyway. I can keep track of it sitting behind me in a case.

Got 3!

10 This countdown is critical information that all geocachers need! Everybody stay in here and keep it going while I go, um... check on the order page, 'k?