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    What's with these "bogus" discoveries of my coins????

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    47 minutes ago, Keystone said:

    You will see that swift action has already been taken regarding this most recent bulk logger.

     

    Happy Blue Switch Day.

    Yes, 13 of mine have now been discovered and the logs are still coming in, but thanks for the prompt action.

    I would hope that the account gets locked rather than just logs deleted otherwise they haven't really lost anything...

    What's with these "bogus" discoveries of my coins????

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    This isn't helped by a page on social media listing hundreds of coin codes, some of which are mine and are here with me. This evening there have been numerous "discoveries" which I have duly deleted.  What is the Groundspeak policy on this - given that the person logging these coins freely admits using codes posted and hence never even seeing these coins?

    "Virtual" logging of geocoins

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    I had a number of coins "discovered" yesterday that are here with me and have never been released or taken to an event.

    It's noticeable that all of my affected coins start with a "PC" prefix on the tracking number and the same looks to apply to those he has logged owned by other people too.

    I guess he just types "PC" followed by a random four digits until he hits one. Needless to say the logs were quickly deleted and Groundspeak informed..

    Bogus Coin Discovering Logs

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    Thanks Droo - yep, having quite a number of coins I do get mistaken hits on them, which is understandable given similarity of some of some of the digits, but to get three discoveries in quick succession by the same person rang alarm bells...

    Just checking the other coins they have "discovered" reveals others have been hit too :mad:

    Bogus Coin Discovering Logs

    in Trackables

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    Hi all.

     

    I'm just wondering if anyone else has suffered from a cacher in Germany (Geohirse) making bogus coin discovery logs on their coins today?

    I have had "discovered" logs on a number of my coins today - which have been duly deleted - despite these coins being here with me and never released. All of the coins concerned have a "PC" tracking prefix, so clearly this person is taking random guesses on "PC" tracking numbers and when successful, logging them as discovered. The logs just have a smiley face, with no attempt to state where or when the coin was seen.

    I can see a large number of discovery logs on other coins according to his/her inventory today (some which have been missing for years according to logs).

    Given that us, as coin owners, are liable to have our coins locked for breaking the rules on allowing bogus logging, is there any action that can be taken (by Groundspeak) with this person who is blatently doing the same thing (other than just advising the coin owner delete the logs).

     

    Thanks,

    Russ

    What's the bug icon beside the reward icon?

    in How do I...?

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    Disclaimer: geoaching newbie here :)

     

    Just wondering, what does the "bug" icon mean when you look up a geocache's info? I assume the "reward" icon means the number of finds... but what about the bug icon?

     

    Thanks,

    Steve

     

    I don't have this App, but would imagine it's showing you the number of trackables that are currently in the cache (or should be!).

     

    HTH

    Russ

    Circle of Four Geocoin

    in Trackables

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    Has anyone in Europe received their coins yet? Did you receive a "shipped" notice after the "packaged for shipping" notice?

     

    I also had a "Packaged for Shipment" email on Jan 25th, but no other communication (i.e. no "Shipped" email) and no coins have arrived here in the UK.

    Geocoinfucius Mystery Coin

    in Trackables

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    Wow, although I'm still a big coin collector even though I don't come in here so much, Coinfucious clearly still remembers me as I also have had a surprise coin drop on the mat :)

    This was a total surprise and thank you so much - it will have pride of place. What a great coin!

     

    All the best from England,

    Russ

    Where these not given out free of charge?

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    The main reason why those Garmin coins go for silly money is that they were limited in that they were only available in the UK. They are quite rare elsewhere, although I know of one in New Zealand as I sent one to Kiwi Gary! The price is usually ramped up by collectors from the USA, etc.

    Non-trackables are not so much in demand mainly as you can't track 'em (obviously), no icon to collect and you are not allowed to advertise them for sale here on the forums. Some of them (usually the 'mystery' coins) go for megabucks, but that's quite a specialised thing.

     

    As you state, the UK exchange rate is also not helping matters either!

     

    Russ

    The Great Chicken Race 2011

    in United Kingdom and Ireland

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    What are you using to administer the race? Are you just watching the TB's or using an external site?

     

    I volunteered to keep an eye on them and maintain a leaderboard, the link to which is posted just above the photo in the original post.

    I watch them all and know when they have moved, and it's done via a spreadsheet which updates a league table which is what you see. I have to do some manual adjustments though to exclude mileage gained when people 'visit' the TB along a route of caches (not allowed in the race) and also have found that the total mileage figure on the TB's web page doesn't always update, so can't be relied upon.

    All good fun and I've pledged a geocoin as a prize to the winner.

     

    Russ

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