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CENT5

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  1. Good for you all. I too am looking forward to more of your adventures.
  2. I picked up a 10 pack a few days ago. The caches around here will soon have some swell swag. []
  3. Taken to the extreme and to rid all of their angst about this issue lets just have TPTB post a list of ALL the tracking numbers of ALL the coins and everyone can log them. Whats the difference? A piece of paper, laminated or not is simply NOT a coin. Finding coins is a fun and somewhat unique experience. I'll keep putting them out and enjoying the logs and if they go missing I don't loose a wink of sleep.
  4. I beg to differ I duuno know how much research you did but I have put 50 registered trackable coins out in the past year and 16 more ready to go along with over 100 unregistered and untrackable coins put out in caches or given away (40+ coins at this event alone.)GCQJHV Atlantagal Collection: 1000+ (unique coins) Wild: 34 as travelers Plus probably around 200+ various personals dropped in caches as swag kealia and HulaBum: In collection - 500 + In the wild - really not sure. I've activated about 10 trackables that have been/are being released, but I've left personal coins as well as non-trackables too often to count. nielsenc over 50 Boo39R 35+ LemonFreshDog 50+ NFA 10+(Out of 18 trackables on their profile) Team Jsam 3 out of 5 or 60% of their registered trackables BelKen 6 of 8 or 75% of their registered trackables Nacaya 2 of 2 cqdq 30 of 33 trackables on their profile Certainly, many of us collectors keep coins and chose to activate them for the icon on our profile and choose not to release them. Why not? We paid for them or traded for them. Your assertion seems to indicate that the collectors owe the caching community something (release your coins) when in fact many of us are responsible for placing a great deal of the coins out there into circulation. You can put your sock puppet away now.
  5. Exactly this happened to one of my coins:CENT5'S RIPPED OFF US GEOCOIN So I relabeled the coin page and noted on it the coin was stolen. I asked the cacher who notified me this was happening to my coin to drop the replicated "Poker Chip" in the trash where it belongs. So whomever has the actual coin will have a difficult time "Sharing" this particular coin but I'm sure it looks good in their junk drawer.
  6. Mine arrived this afternoon. WELL DONE!!!!!!!
  7. Congrats AKbike&ski on your recent milestone.
  8. Serious BUMMER!!!! My visit last summer was a definite highlight. But M10B may rest easier knowing he won't have to tackle that ladder again. (If you look close you can see the logs used to replace the 3rd and 4th steps.)
  9. I've never found an LED headlamp to do an adequate job. As previously stated they glow but you don't get much distance or penetration. I've used this HEADLAMP for 15 years in the nastiest duck hunting conditions possible. I had to put the original out to pasture last fall as the salt water finally took it's toll. It will do anything you want and is plenty bright. I use hi intensity halogen bulbs as the bulbs that came in it aren't worth a toot. I have 3 of them still in the packaging as I had trouble finding them at one point and when I did find them I grabbed a couple extras. They aren't fancy, a bit heavy with the 4 AAA's and no over the head strap but they are tough and reliable and best of all BRIGHT!!!!
  10. I've actually been practicing a bit at this. I've found most air-tites can be drilled but after over 20 trys I'm about 50% in shattering the cases despite great care and a multitude of different bits. So I tried the following. First I drill the coin and put it in the case. I take a large metal scratch awl and heat it with a propane torch. Touch the tip to the case and instant hole in side #1, flip the coin add a bit more heat and hole #2 is done. The size of the hole is pretty easy to regulate and the roll of the plastic into the inside of the hole in the coin has some sealant value but certainly not waterproof. Then again I don't really worry about that as they move from cache to cache and are not that exposed to the elements. I usually epoxy the case shut after I'm done.
  11. I had the same thing happen to 1 of my coins. I appreciated being notified and promptly modified the coins TB page and re-named the coin CENT5's RIPPED OFF US GEOCOIN Then I moved the coin to the Travel Bug Graveyard Laminated or other facimilies of coins in caches are indeed lame. If they go missing (and I can assure you some of them will) give them a proper burial and let them go.
  12. Just screw it to the lid or can with a bit of silicon sealant on the threads and the washer and it won't leak a bit.
  13. Best wishes and prayers for Ladycacher. Shipping tomorrow 2005 European Union 2006 Groundhog Day 2005 New Jersey 2006 Team Skirtlifter 2005 Tennessee
  14. You might want to screw it down to something solid near the cache and bugger up the screw head so it can't be moved. Or Screw it to the lid and bugger up the threads and the screw head.
  15. Well lesse. Sitka is about as close to Pelican as Alaska Airlines flys. It can be dicey getting in and out of. Lemme think about this.
  16. Here's a good tale. I was there when M10B dropped this v2 coin at The gold mine during our 3 day Great Alaska Cache-n-Dash in September of last year. It could NOT have gone to a finer or more deserving man. Chronology of a cache mission: It starts "5:10pm - Blackberry email received from close friend - 'Moun10Bike Coin #398 at "The Gold Mine Cache"!!!';"
  17. CENT5

    Geocache Alaska

    VERY COOL!!, Nice to see ya again Wes.
  18. I have 3, You are welcome to one or all depending on your transport capability. What size lifejackets do you need? Or do you already have them? Not doing any whitewater are you? These are Coleman canoes and don't track well enough for whitewater. I have a 15' rated at 450lbs 16' rated at 550 and a 17.5' rated at a whopping 750lbs. Hope you are not color conscious as they are all CAMO. I live in Burien and would be happy deliver anywhere in the extended Seattle area ahead of your trip. Comes complete with tie-down straps. But I get to take my truck home with me.
  19. Congrats to WeightMan on the big 1K today at Pocket Park Pool Parlor
  20. Wednesday it is. We are still working on a time but tenatively 9:30 or so at the trailhead to Invitation. Can possibly go earlier but waiting for other feedback. Whats your preference for time?
  21. Congrats to Prying Pandora for hitting 2400 today at Return of the Fern
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