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Just grabbed 2 osiris (or is that osiri when plural) coins.... I know I'm greedy Will make a good trader. Thanks Jackal... they look great.

I'm glad you liked your mission.... I'm sorry that I didn't jam-pack it .... This being my first mission I didn't really know what to send. And.... next time I will figure everything out before going to the post office.

I always use.... "You're getting warmer.... warmer.... cooler.... warmer.... Hot! Hot! Hot!" with my wife. She normally gets to use the game just as much as I do, though.

I think that that an awesome finish for the mystery would be a green glitter on black nickel.... That would look awesome!

///Incoming Message from the Giant Head: ZZZZ Danger Will Robinson: Danger! Danger! There's a snake in my boot! Errrr... Polly Want a Cracker. Unidentified Flying Coin Landed in the Mailbox. Many Thanks to the Mystery Sender. Will study and keep safe from terrestrials. Again, Thank you. This is quite the coin. Shaped like a saucer when turned sideways. Coin must be from a spiral galaxy due to the pattern on reverse side. Coin #069 in possession (or 690). ET Phone Home.//// ZZZZ

Depends..... Is that my name on the mailer??? Just kidding... But seriously

Hey jackal... Are the ae's going to be trade only... Or are they also going to be on the store? Thanks, goose

Was there a cointest that I missed somehow :/ ... Lol. It will be a great coin to add to your collection gatoulis! Congrats!

My coin is moving... hooray

Wow... those are some great photos! Congrats on the most amazing coin yet!

Hey.... I found a benchmark in Old San Juan a couple of months ago. I just happened to stumble across it while we are at a castle/lighthouse. The site does not list benchmarks that are "outside of the United States". Any idea for the claim?

Hello.... I am taking my wife to Dayton (actually Beavercreek... but I can drive around) for her to take her National boards on Friday. I will have 4 hours to roam around town. Are there any must find caches? Thanks, Goose.

Most of my history lessons (good history that is... looking directly at history... not just at pages) came from my great uncle Larry. He was a quirky man who liked his cigars, his baseball cards, and his adventures to find indian relics in the Appalachians. When I was young, my uncle Larry would take me to find arrowheads and indian pottery in seldom hunted fields near the banks of the Ohio river. This is probably where I gained my fondness for the past. He took me to see the indian mounds of Serpent Mound and the great horseshoe mound. He showed me that there used to be a massive mound in New Boston, Ohio that was so large that it gapped the Ohio river and ended on the banks of the Kentucky side of the river. These were just some of his meager accomplishments of entertaining a young boy's obsession. His greatest find, though was on his own. My uncle Larry was excavating a cave in Carter County, Kentucky looking for ceremonial spear tips and some bones when he stumbled across a very old, decaying box. The box could have been well over 100 years old. Of course, he was curious and had to open it then and there. What he found inside was what looked to be a slate mask. It was in mint condition. He knew that he had found something special. Uncle Larry took the mask to a Native American artifacts show. He wanted further explanation of what the mask could be. He was told that the slate mask could be the most pristine conditioned slate mask ever found. It is thought that the mask was abandoned... or left as commemoration to ancestors before the Cherokee were forced to abandon their land in the 1830's and 1840's. He was immediately offered a sum of $10,000 for it. Being wise, my uncle kept the mask and purchased a small vault for it. My uncle passed away about 12 years ago. I will always remember the adventures that we held together. I know that he would loved geocaching and coining.... because he basically those hobbies anyway. The mask is still kept by his son. It is occasionally showed in local museums. The mask looks similar to the upper left mask. Sorry that I don't have any pictures of it handy.

"MEMORANDUM FOR DISTRIBUTION Subj: COINTACT STUDY GROUP AND UNIT ASSIGNMENT LIST This memorandum provides a correspondence between Cointact Study Group members and their respective study units, as follows: GEO-ALIAS UNIT Ruud4d 079 SOSv2 179 The CEMPORS point of contact for this matter is CEMPORS Central (email: cempors@cointact.net). Members who wish to be listed may register by posting to the applicable message thread in Groundspeak’s Geocoin Discussion Forum (http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showforum=44) or by contacting the POC, providing unit number and geo-alias (also known as “geonick”). Any member listed here who does not wish to be listed may contact the POC in order to effect his or her removal from the published list. This list will be updated on a regular basis until all members desiring to be listed have registered. CEMPORS Central Distribution: Cointact Study Group" I know that I would like to be a member and listed as such

That website rocks I love the picture of the feline captive.... let me know if I can help.... by either capturing other domesticated animals.... or by finding one of those coins.

I received my le solstice coin yesterday.... It is great! Thank you very much! I love micros!

I know that I have been kind of wish-washy about which side of the issue that I am on. I have come to the conclusion that the best way to get your coins out there are through either missions (such as the trade and travel mission hosted by Tschakko) or through a cointest (like the one being held by Tsunrisebey). Once you say that you are going to release a coin on the forums, it is much easier to let it go..... mostly because I hate to go back on my word. I believe that the less expensive/rare the coin is, the easier it is to let the coin into the wild. Also, I would never release a gifted coin. Cointest coins are different.... I think that they are fair game to release. I believe that everybody is entitled their opinion on the matter and will do what they want. I have released a couple of coins and intend to release more soon. I have also released some proxies. I guess it just depends on what the coin means to you and why you are releasing it. For example, I would be happy just to see a nicely made proxy of a extremely rare coin. If the owner would like to show it off to others in way of a proxy... more power to them. I would rather see a rare coin in that manner than for the coin to travel through 2 caches only to disappear. Proxies have their own place in caching... and if used correctly, they can only benefit our hobby. A proxie is better than nothing. On most occasions, though, I would still rather have the original in my hands.

Participating: YES 2. Nick/destination received: YES 3. Adoption Request sent: YES 4. Adoption Request accepted: YES 5. Outgoing coin released: Yes 6. Incoming coin picked up: One of these days Dropped the coin in a nearby cache 2 days ago.... recent cache log says that it was picked up... but hasnt been logged as such yet. Thanks, goose

Sent my package out today.... It was suprisinglu difficult to find said animal items... But I did my best .... And international shipping is ridiculous and very time consuming. I will take this as a learning lesson. Thanks for the mission... I had been waiting awhile to participate in one.

Sweet.... I hope my cointest coin came today also

Wolfslady gets my vote.... it would take extreme parenting skills.... or bribes to get a kid to sit still with fireworks behind them.

1. Participating: YES 2. Nick/destination received: YES 3. Adoption Request sent: YES 4. Adoption Request accepted: YES 5. Outgoing coin released: Coming Soon 6. Incoming coin picked up: One of these days Thanks for letting my late entry Tschakko!

You've got mail

Can I get in on this still? Didn't see it til now. Will send an email later.... Thanks.

My last one.... going to work and then the hospital. Going to be an uncle