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I would contact Moun10bike himself. He maybe able to help.

Mark it as Lost or missing. If it turns up by someone, they can still log the grab

Groundspeak does not have a problem with it, and in fact encourage it. There is even a web-site that will produce proxy coins for you - http://www.shop.gxproxy.com/Ready2Go-GxProxy-Coins-R2G00010.htm I don't ever send out the real coin anymore, I only send out 'proxies' The original geocoin stays safe in my collection.

So if the activation code has been retrieved already, have you checked on geocaching.com to see if the coin has been activated, and who activated it? If it has not been activated, I would try contacting Groundspeak for the activation code.

In the 'look-up' dialogue box make sure you are using the TB# of the item you wish to transfer owner ship of and not the actual code that is on the geocoin/travelbug. You find the TB # on the left side of the web page of the trackable

As far as I know, It can't be done. Once activated, it will always be activated.

The code on the coin you found refers to an event cache; http://coord.info/GC4DF55 - The coin may not have a tracking #

I found some Alice coins here; http://www.negeocachingsupplies.co.uk/index.php?route=product/category&path=65_66

It's very simple, when you log the cache, on the page with the dialogue box, after you type your message, below it an inventory of the trackables that you are holding will appear, to the right of this trackable will be a drop down for you to select either, 'No Action' 'visited' or 'dropped off' select 'dropped off' if you left the trackable. If you have already logged your visit to the cache, you can either go to your post and use the edit link and go in and drop your trackable that way or you can enter a new log under 'write note' you will have the same options either way.

the best way would be to edit your 'found' log on each cache and have your coin 'visit' - This way the cache owners won't receive a notification of your coin 'dip' if you were to write a new log.

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If this coin is not activated, chances are the last geocacher left it for the next finder because they did not want it. This has happened to me too. I did not activate it, I just put it in my collection.

if you are seeking one like this? The vendor "Hogwild" is no longer in business. But I think I have one if you are interested

I have 2 of the geocoins you are looking for. Early Jurassic is in Copper and the Late Cretaceous is antique brass

I have done this in the past too and also had some of my trackables placed inappropriately. I emailed the owner of the trackable, and let them know which cache they're item was in. They can then log it properly if they are concerned about it.

Just learned the BLM in central oregon wants or IS banning geocaching in certain areas, so the state that started it all is now going to limit where you can go; http://registerguard.com/rg/news/local/31475392-75/geocaching-says-agency-blm-clark.html.csp

I would email Eartha - go to her profile, send her an email.

There's a campervan geocoin on Ebay right now.

I would contact Groundspeak in this matter, they should be able to help you activate it.

I never send out the real coin anymore, I always make proxies or have them made at a minimal cost at this site;http://www.shop.gxproxy.com/Ready2Go-GxProxy-Coins-R2G00010.htm

Going to this website; http://cointracking.com/index.php is a good place to look

As far as I know, once the coin is activated, it is forever in your profile. No way to delete them. You could start a new account and then transfer ownership of the missing coins to that account if you are looking to get them off the profile you use. But that would probably be the only way.

Ha, that's funny. Guess the seller was not expecting to be questioned about these items. Hopefully they get them back out into circulation now.

Saw this listing on ebay; http://www.ebay.com/itm/Lot-of-8-Geocoin-Club-Activated-Geocoins-w-pathtags-And-1-Travel-Bug-/190895478895?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item2c7241d86f Looks like the seller is trying to auction off Geocoins that belong to other geocachers.

So are you saying that having this discussion is useless, because GS is not willing to see that there may be an issue worth looking into here? We understand that the owner of a coin controls the coins mission and the coin page, but what is up for discussion is whether or not they should have the ability to delete accurate and honest logs of discovery "just because", whether they are the first owner of the coin or the 10th. I guess since we also control our cache pages, we should just start to delete true and honest logs "just because". We have had coin logs deleted as well, but never said anything about it.....but after reading this, it looks like it is becoming more commonplace than we originally thought. The current owner can delete previous logs, yes. It is not behavior that we encourage, but it is the coin owner's property. It is their decision. Groundspeak will not be forcing coin owners to retain previous logs if that is the coin owners choice. Hi Sandy, Can you please clarify, as by what you have said above it sounds like Groundspeak have decided that the Status Quo is to remain and that the concerns being aired here are going to be ignored. I sincerely hope I am wrong. (That, by your wording, Groundspeak are not going to look at the guidelines/rulea around this) ETA - as thebruce0 commented, your statement sounds like a final word on the matter. If this was not the intention of your post, can I suggest you very quickly edit it before it alone causes this thread to spiral out of control!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't what you want clarified, the statement 'Groundspeak will not be forcing coin owners to retain previous logs if that is the coin owners choice' seems pretty clear to me. And I for one agree with it. It needs to be clarified because if that is the stance GS is going to take on coins and trackables, then it should be the same on caches. All items fall under the umbrella of the GEOCACHING game. GS should not have different sets of guidelines for items which can be logged through their website, be it a cache, TB or coin. We own our caches too and GS does not express the same "hands off" approach to those logs. So they are contradicting themselves. Sandy also needs to address her response which indicates that GS is basically going to ignore our inquiries, suggestions and questions regarding the matter at hand. With a Geocache you have to go to the site and write on a log in the cache. Then submit your log on-line. There is no such thing with a coin. They are NOT the same.... They are not ignoring your inquiries, it sounds to me that they made a decision.. [NOTE - this is my opionion only, I don't know this as fact but am basing it on what I have seen in here other times when Groundspeak make a ruling, and this from Sandy is nothing like any of those other times] No - it sounds to me like someone at Groundspeak has made a comment without thinking of the implications of the comment they have made. It sounds like a comment made out of frustration, or annoyance at what has been happening outside of the forums (what ever it was). I could be wrong. If it was offical Groundspeak decision it would have worded and phrased very, very different to how Sandy worded it. I think you will find that the final decision has not been made - see my comments above. Go Ahead, believe what you want, but to me I believe it's been decided. No Change in the rules. Yay!