sillygirl & jrr

Strangely I couldn't get the link to work all day (using the cut/paste method). As I was typing an e-mail to tell you that, I noticed I had a hotlink in the quoted text of my reply. I clicked there and was able to subscribe. All's well that ends well.

Yep, 3 coins within 200 miles of home coordinates. If we could drive to them, we'd already be in the car... We are actually flying to the Big Island 10/13. The one up on Mauna Kea might still be there then... Note to self, see about changing rental car to 4WD vehicle.

TGE-GG Wisconsin coin - July 15, 2006 - 22,271 miles ICON HO!'s ParentsofSAM Geocoin - 3/24/06 - 20640.7 miles Plem45's Grand Experiment (1-1) German Geocoin 1/21/06 20,121 miles 57 Chevy's Black Nickel Generic Geocoin 4-27-06 18,478 miles 57Chevy's 2006 USA 1/15/06 15,617 Miles Go Jaybee's Experiment - Damenace's Caching Around the World Geocoin - 01/21/06 - 15129 miles Regions of Germany Geocoin - Saxonia 23/07/2006 - 13,362 miles Worldchampionship 2006 Geocoin - 03/03/06 - 12,948 miles - Update Ozy's Ocean State Premier Race Geocoin — Released on 5/29/06, 12 ,596 miles so far Serendipity (USA coin) - 5/20/2006 - 12,367 miles Go Jaybee's Experiment - Damenace's Joe Merchant Geocoin - 01/11/2006 - 11,582 miles Not So Lost Puppies: Midnight's World Traveller - May 20th, 2006 - 10,691 miles Mauison's World Travel Geocoin - 5/11/06 - 10,656 Miles AG's Traveling Balloon Geocoin - 4/6/06 - 10,271 miles Mighty Mut the Hiker - Fox & the Hound personal coin, April 26, 2006 - 9645.7mi Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #3 - 1/12/06 - 9639.2 miles Plem45's Grand Experiment (1-3) China Geocoin 1/21/06 9104 miles Mueller Memorial Geocoin by Prntr1 March 31, 2006 8600 miles Blue Canary Geocoin by Prntr1 May 2, 2006 8483 miles TGE-GG BackBrakeBilly - Sept 9, 2006 - 8470 miles BadAndy's Krugerrandy #24 - 02/02/2006 - 8397 miles Go JayBee's Grand Experiment - ^V^ New York '05 - 31Jan06 - 7714.8mi Shilo's Phone-a-Friend Geocoin -3/17/06 - 7256.5mi Go JayBee's Grand Experiment - ^V^ Iowa '05 - 31Jan06 - 6686.6mi BadAndy's Krugerrandy #13 - 01/26/2006 - 6685 miles AG's Traveling Finland Coin - 2/17/06 - 6255 miles Mauison's Prague Geocoin - 04/19/06 6255 Miles Go Jaybee's Experiment - Damenace's Georgia Geocoin - 01/11/06 - 6193 miles Castle Man's Geo-Loot Coin #3 - 1/26/2006 - 5961 mi Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #1 - 1/12/06 - 4929.4 miles Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #2 - 1/12/06 - 4916.9 miles AG's Traveling BikeDog Geocoin #2 - 4/7/2006 - 4849 miles SWMG GEO ENGLAND -3-1-2006 4343 Miles SWMG GEO ENGLAND 1 -3-1-2006 4341 Miles CR05 - Plem45's Finland Geocoin 2/5/06 4302 miles Serial Finder's Personal Geocoin #8 - 03/24/06 - 4143 Miles Not So Lost Puppies: Not So Lost Puppies Travelling Coin - December 16th, 2005 - 3927 miles Ladybug Kids' Geonut Geocoin - 6/3/06 - 3666 Miles Kealia's Maryland Coin - 2/19/06 - 3,612 miles CR40 - Plem45's Signal Geocoin - (Feb 06) - April 18, 2006 - 3474 miles Where is JoeMerchant? - #029 - 1/14/06 - 3350 Miles Ladybug Kids' UK Geocoin #2 - 5/20/06 - 3327 Miles Team LightningBugs' 2006 Traveling USA Geocoin - 2986 miles Ozy's Two-tones Double Dragon Premier Race Geocoin — Released on 7/26/06, 2,860 miles so far Aloha motogrrl, Cache On (sillygirl & jrr) - 8/13/06 - 2,802.3 miles Scan My Barcode (sillygirl & jrr) - 5/25/06 - 2,671.3 miles Cornerstone4's Bikedog Coin- 3/17/06- 2637.2 Kealia/Hula Bum Geocache America Coin - 8/27/06 - 2,562 miles Kealia/Hula Bum Earth Geocoin - 8/27/06 - 2,562 miles Serial Finder's Geocoin - 10/28/06 - 2522 Miles Kealia/Hula Bum North Carolina Coin - 5/6/2206 - 2,367 miles Sawblade5's MIGO Geocoin 05 (MIGO Refurb 2005) - 1/17/2006 - 2366.1 mi Wild and Free #3 - Sept 9, 2006 - 2339 miles Kealia/Hula Bum UK Coin - 5/6/06 - 2,305 miles London Geocoin #490 - 4/7/2006 - 2,207 miles Cornerstone4's Temecula Valley Event Geocoin- 3/17/06- 2172 Shilo's Geocaching U Geocoin - 6/11/06 - 2051 miles IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #13 - 1/14/06 - 1839 Miles IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #15 - 1/14/06 - 1764 Miles Evil Micro Geocoin - Fox & the Hound, Saturday, May 06, 2006 - 1694.5mi RustyBeerCan's California Micro #1 - 4/7/06 - 1529 miles Signal Frostbite released 3/26/06: 1491 miles CR20 - Plem45's Generic Geocoin (mini) 3/3/06 1458 miles Kealia/Hula Bum Iowa Geocoin - 5/6/06 - 1,448 miles The Grand Experiment - Remember the Maine... - 1,434 mi. This one moved from Iowa to TN without being logged in and out of caches, so I have no idea of it's true mileage. Southbayday's Grand Canyon 2 - 2/1/06 1006 mi The Grand Experiment - Don't Screw It Up! - 974 mi. ScoutingWV World Traveler 1 - 2/26/06 - 851.5 miles Sawblade5's Frozen Bone Geocoin (Frozen Bone Bronze) - 1/17/2006 - 768.4 mi Tdecell’s Mississippi Geocoin #1551 – 743.3 miles Signal Geocoin Jan 2006 - 6/6/06 - 551.6 miles The Grand Experiment - Throw Me a Frozen Bone, Would Ya? - 510 mi. Scan My Barcode--Generic Geocoin - 5/26/06 - 333.9 miles Free's Pengy & Tigger coin released 28/2/2006 (or 2/28/2006 for everyone else since Im British) 262 miles Sundailman's March Goecoin CLub released 4-6-06: 218 miles Claire's Birthday Zodiac Geocoin - 7/3/06 - 167.8 miles Loggerhead LE: release 4-2-06 151 miles Sundialman's Earth Day Earth Geocoin released April 22, 2006 151 miles Team Jsam's POW/MIA Coin: released 6-08-06 134.4 miles The Blind Acorn - 111 mi. Free's Lamppost Geocoin released 4/4/2006 93 miles Team Jsam 2006 CITO: released 4-21-06: 57.8 miles Finland Geocoin 3-10-06 37.4 miles Hogwild Cointown 3/7/06 26 miles

There's a CITO event on Oahu this weekend. GCXTXW As for Pizza, it's not very good for the most part. The sushi on the other hand... We'll just be getting back to Oahu on 11/25, so it's not likely we'd be able to make over to Kona.

2a.m. EDT is 8p.m. in Hawaii! Glad I noticed this thread, we've never seen it either.

One of each metal please. JRR

I heard that my coin was taken from NY to Afghanistan, that should give it a nice jump once it gets placed in a cache. JRR

No Hawaii (or Alaska). *pout* Maybe we should make a Hawaii state coin set, one for each island....

Where is that info about the Earthcaches posted?

If it were me I'd write to Signal the Frog for advice. When in doubt, go to the source. ... Oh wait that's for puzzle caches... If the coin is owned by Signal the Frog (he has 1900 Lackey coins in his trackables owned list), then I would defer to him. If he is okay with coin being sold, and you still want to pay that kind of $$ for it then buy it and perhaps he will adopt it out to you. If the frog was unware his coin was being auctioned, and does not approve of the sale, then I'd tell the seller sorry. I only glanced at a few of the coins and didn't see any "these coins are not to be sold" language, but there are lots of activated coins. JRR

Aloha! First buy this book: "So You Want to Live in Hawaii" (it's available on Amazon if you can't find it locally). It has lots of good advice and explains much about how things work here, it is different. We moved to Oahu from Atlana, Ga a little over 2 years ago and are pretty well settled now, but it will take a bit of time to get adjusted. Even if visited often, otherwise there will be culture shock. (On Oahu regular gas is still $3.20/gallon). Since you are moving to the Big Island you'll be about 180 miles south of our home coordinates. There are not too many active cachers on the Big Island right now. But there are lots of great places for caches so you can place them for us to come find on our visits. Not many Hawaii cachers hang out on the national forums, our local forum is here: GPS Talk. Most of the active posters live on Oahu, but check it out.

Present company execpted, most Hawaii cachers do not check the national forums... But if you post in the GPS Talk section of Hawaii Threads, your post will be seen by more locals. If you are staying in Waikiki then don't miss "The Sands of Waikiki" and "Strangled Palm." You'll pass lots of caches if you drive to Haunama Bay, just past there is the "Secret Menehune Fishing Spot" which I highly recommend. We think "Cache of the Holy Grail" was the most fun (you need a flashlight, so be prepared).

Okay, after seeing the e-mail my post still seems relevant. Hmmm. So where is it that we have skated off the slippery slope here? I'm sitting at my desk with the copy TB tag attached to Mini Me Too. I have 2 other travelers belonging to others also with "copy" TB tags attached to them. By all accounts this is acceptable and even encouraged right? I've also moved a TB that did not have any metal dog tag, but rather a laminated piece of paper with theTB number. In that case the 2 other travelers had gone missing with Tag and the COPY Tag. So do TBs now only have 2 lives and those living a third without a "real" tag are in danger of being locked? I realize coins are a bit different since so many never travel, but I have run across several "coin fascimiles" in caches. One was called a "coin card," one was just phtocopy of the coin in a baggie. (Nothing on the coin's page indicated it was a replica, although that is how the owner released it.) The third one I didn't even see but rather we in our found log said that there was no coin in the cache. The coin owner wrote us that it wasn't a coin, but a laminated card with a picture of the coin. So are these all in danger of being locked down? If so that seems pretty unfair as I can remember at least 3 RECENT threads discussing the etiquette of coin replicas and though lots of folks don't like it, I don't recall any "official" stance that it isn't allowed. So if coin replicas are allowed, it would seem to me that your cache could be reinstated as long as there was a representation of the coin there. Either that or Groundspeak is going to have a the huge job of locking all those coin replica pages... The worst part of that job would be, the honest folks, those who state on the page that their "coin" is a replica, would have their pages locked first. Now it's the difference between the tracking ## on a picture of the coin in the cache and merely the ## in the log book is in some ways splitting hairs IMO, especially since the "coin" isn't traveling, but rather being discovered. But I guess if there is "coin" in the cache to be discovered then there will be no "virtual" logging, e.g., just passing along a tracking number. I think you have a legitimate gripe about your cache being archived. JRR edit spelling & grammar

Okay, before I post the long reply I typed, I want to see the e-mail too... JRR

Yeah there's no mail on Sunday, but we got to see our geo-friend BBWolf+3 Pigs, who was in town for a quick work trip, and he had a special present for us: COINFUSION PROJECT 2006 coin.

If the coin is the new Candadian one which is trackable at gc.com, then someone at Groundspeak, may be able to help you retrieve the code. If it is the original Canadian coin (trackable at their site) then I don't know what to tell you. We were given one of those as a present that we could never activate because we didn't buy it! It's still sitting in our collection, though we originally had planned to release it.

Can't wait to get a set & play! JRR

You found a GeoCoin Club Anniversary Coin, and it is indeed trackable. Try entering the 6 digit code on the back (it starts with "CC") at the top right of the Travelbug lookup page. If the coin is activated that will take you to its page and the page will have the coin's owner and any previous logs. Then you can contact the owner (or whomever is listed as having the coin) and ask them to drop the coin into the cache where you found it. Or you can simply "grab" the coin, it will be one of the options when you click "Found It? Log It!" on the coin page. Hope that helps. JRR

12 Pocket Queries

I requested 3 earlier, but my preference might not be clear. 1 black nickel, 1 antique brass, 1 antique copper.

The trade winds blow from east to west....and your coins are having a wonderful vacation! Maybe you just need to come pick them up. As for the OP: The peanut butter cache series are done by CRider, he also has about 50 other caches on some little known hiking trails. The peanut butter ones all have terrain ratings of 2 or less, and except for 2 near the Ko Olina resorts, they are all off the beaten tourist track. On Oahu also check out the caches by Menehune Man, Dadwrap, & TeamGeoblast. We have a Series of Iki (the Hawaiian word for small) Caches all in or near lesser know spots of interest but still close to the beaten path. For a shorter hike (2-3 miles RT mostly on a paved road) with lots of caches & great views check out the Makapuu caches. We are going to Maui this weekend and were on Kauai in July, you can check out our logs for caches there. There are caches everywhere, so decide what you want to do/see and go from there. & feel free to contact us. JRR

Go to the Travel Bug page. Enter the tracking number in box at the top right then click search. It should bring up the coin's page and you'll be able to "grab it" from where ever it is currently listed as being. jrr edit: can not tell left from right

I've been Yimed! Mahalo! And from the East Coast this was a new record in speediness, no joke. Mail from our families in NY & FL takes an average of 8 days, Yimes take only 4. I guess even the USPS loves the Yimes. jrr

GE-GG Wisconsin coin - Jan 15, 2006 - 22,256.6 miles ICON HO!'s ParentsofSAM Geocoin - 3/24/06 - 20640.7 miles Plem45's Grand Experiment (1-1) German Geocoin 1/21/06 20,121 miles 57Chevy's 2006 USA 1/15/06 13032.1 Miles Serendipity (USA coin) - 5/20/2006 - 12,367 miles Worldchampionship 2006 Geocoin - 03/03/06 - 11,303 miles AG's Traveling Balloon Geocoin - 4/6/06 - 10,271 miles Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #3 - 1/12/06 - 9639.2 miles Plem45's Grand Experiment (1-3) China Geocoin 1/21/06 9104 miles Mueller Memorial Geocoin by Prntr1 March 31, 2006 8600 miles Blue Canary Geocoin by Prntr1 May 2, 2006 8483 miles TGE-GG BackBrakeBilly - Jan 15, 2006 - 8142 miles Go JayBee's Grand Experiment - ^V^ New York '05 - 31Jan06 - 7714.8mi Shilo's Phone-a-Friend Geocoin -3/17/06 - 7256.5mi Go Jaybee's Experiment - Damenace's Caching Around the World Geocoin - 01/21/06 - 7219.5 miles Go JayBee's Grand Experiment - ^V^ Iowa '05 - 31Jan06 - 6686.6mi Mighty Mut the Hiker - Fox & the Hound personal coin, April 26, 2006 - 6861.3mi AG's Traveling Finland Coin - 2/17/06 - 6255 miles Go Jaybee's Experiment - Damenace's Georgia Geocoin - 01/11/06 - 6012 miles Castle Man's Geo-Loot Coin #3 - 1/26/2006 - 5961 mi BadAndy's Krugerrandy #7 - 01/24/2006 - 5926.2 miles BadAndy's Krugerrandy #25 - 2/2/06 5701 Miles Mauison's Prague Geocoin - 4/19/06 5625.5 mi Mauison's World Travel Geocoin - 5/11/06 - 5405 mi Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #1 - 1/12/06 - 4929.4 miles Go JayBee's Experiment PoSAM's 2006 USA Geocoin #2 - 1/12/06 - 4916.9 miles AG's Traveling BikeDog Geocoin #2 - 4/7/2006 - 4849 miles BadAndy's Krugerrandy #24 - 2/2/06 4511 Miles SWMG GEO ENGLAND -3-1-2006 4343 Miles SWMG GEO ENGLAND 1 -3-1-2006 4341 Miles CR05 - Plem45's Finland Geocoin 2/5/06 4302 miles Serial Finder's Personal Geocoin #8 - 03/24/06 - 4143 Miles BadAndy's SS coin - 1/24/06 - 3742 miles Kealia's Maryland Coin - 2/19/06 - 3,612 miles CR40 - Plem45's Signal Geocoin - (Feb 06) - April 18, 2006 - 3474 miles Where is JoeMerchant? - #029 - 1/14/06 - 3350 Miles Team LightningBugs' 2006 Traveling USA Geocoin - 2986 miles Mauison's Florida Landmarks Geocoin - 4/4/06 2776.1 mi Cornerstone4's Bikedog Coin- 3/17/06- 2637.2 BadAndy's Krugerrandy #4 1/24/06 - 2,637 miles Serial Finder's Geocoin - 10/28/06 - 2522 Miles Mauison's New York Geocoin - 01/06/06 - 2505 Miles Kealia/Hula Bum North Carolina Coin - 5/6/2206 - 2,367 miles Sawblade5's MIGO Geocoin 05 (MIGO Refurb 2005) - 1/17/2006 - 2366.1 mi Kealia/Hula Bum UK Coin - 5/6/06 - 2,305 miles London Geocoin #490 - 4/7/2006 - 2,207 miles Mauison's NWPA Geocoin - 01/09/06 - 2202 miles Cornerstone4's Temecula Valley Event Geocoin- 3/17/06- 2172 Shilo's Geocaching U Geocoin - 6/11/06 - 2051 miles IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #13 - 1/14/06 - 1839 Miles BadAndy's Krugerrandy #23 - 2/2/06 - 1866 miles IceCreamMan's Personal Geocoin #15 - 1/14/06 - 1764 Miles RustyBeerCan's California Micro #1 - 4/7/06 - 1529 miles BadAndy's Krugerrandy #16 - 1/28/06 - 1473 miles CR20 - Plem45's Generic Geocoin (mini) 3/3/06 1458 miles Scan My Barcode--Sillygirl & JRR's Generic Geocoin - 5/26/06 - 1296 miles Southbayday's Grand Canyon 2 - 2/1/06 1006 mi ScoutingWV World Traveler 1 - 2/26/06 - 851.5 miles Sawblade5's Frozen Bone Geocoin (Frozen Bone Bronze) - 1/17/2006 - 768.4 mi Tdecell’s Mississippi Geocoin #1551 – 743.3 miles Kealia/Hula Bum Iowa Coin - 5/6/06 - 742.6 miles Signal Geocoin Jan 2006 - 6/6/06 - 551.6 miles Free's Pengy & Tigger coin released 28/2/2006 (or 2/28/2006 for everyone else since Im British) 262 miles Sundailman's March Goecoin CLub released 4-6-06: 218 miles Claire's Birthday Zodiac Geocoin - 7/3/06 - 167.8 miles Loggerhead LE: release 4-2-06 151 miles Sundialman's Earth Day Earth Geocoin released April 22, 2006 151 miles Team Jsam's POW/MIA Coin: released 6-08-06 134.4 miles NSLP Travelling China Coin: March 27, 2006: 95 mi Free's Lamppost Geocoin released 4/4/2006 93 miles Team Jsam 2006 CITO: released 4-21-06: 57.8 miles Finland Geocoin 3-10-06 37.4 miles Hogwild Cointown 3/7/06 26 miles

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