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Better than looking like the manatee is going to EAT the Great Blue Heron! I was finally able to get a bigger picture to display, so the details are a little more clear.

Well, it had to happen! I've been in geocaching for a little over 2 years, and in these forums for a year and a half. I've admired many of the wonderful coin designs out there, and I've even bought a few (ok, quite a few)! I've had my own design floating around in my head for about a year now, and I finally decided it was time to bite the bullet, and put my design in metal. The ideas were mine, and Jamie at MadHatter's and Chris at Landsharkz have implemented them quite well (Chris actually added a couple little features - he's so creative)! The back of the coin reads "Florida Native Cachers Caching Native Florida". Wanna know what the heck that means? Well, we're a family of native-born Floridians (GrouchMark is 3rd generation - a rare breed, indeed). And our favorite type of caching is long hikes out in the wilds of Florida. (Yes, we actually have "wilds" here, not just Daytona Beach and Disney World!) The back also has our geo-signatures, not just typed, but our actual signatures. When ToriExplorer wrote her name with a little heart after it, ConnorCacher just had to have something after his name. Thus, the star. Our geo-pups have also signed the coin! On the front of the coin is a common scene in Florida, especially along the Indian River and in Turkey Creek Sanctuary (both near my home), where you can always find great blue herons, and if you're lucky, you'll get to see a manatee or two. The tree in the background is a red mangrove. Mangroves are a very important part of Florida ecology. They thrown down prop roots, which grab onto the soil and help prevent erosion. The prop roots also provide homes and shelter for many smaller creatures. The front will be 3D, all metal. The back will be either hard or soft enamel, depending on how the samples turn out. My favorite metals are antique gold, antique copper and antique silver, so those are likely candidates, though again, that will depend on the samples. The coins will be 42mm (1.65 inches) and 3.5mm thick. The plan is to mint 250, and they will be trackable with a unique icon (a manatee, I think). I'm not taking orders just yet. Just wanted to gauge interest in my coin. We're waiting on the artwork from the mint, so it'll be a couple of months before they're available, hopefully near the beginning of December. My plan is to start taking "orders" as soon as the samples are in and the metals have been selected. Then, when the coins are enroute to me, I'll start sending out invoices, to get a little jump on the packaging, so I can ship as quickly as possible. No prepayments will be requested. Oh, guess this is important, too! Cost of the coins will be $9.25 each, $2.00 shipping to US/Canada for the first coin, 50 cents each additional coin, and $3.25 outside US/Canada, and 50 cents each additional coin. The coins will also be available thru Landsharkz. I hope to have a small number of coins available for trades, but for right now, I'd like to find out the general interest in purchasing my coin! I hope everyone likes it!

I got some Cacher Tags a couple of weeks ago, and made one into a necklace. It's activated, so folks can discover me! My daughter has one on a necklace, too. And we gave one to a friends daughter, and it's now a necklace, too! I usually wear it most of the time, but I got some bug bites on my neck while out caching this weekend, so it's sitting on my dresser till I'm not itchy any more!

I'm excited to hear you're going ahead with this coin! Any hints on what you're doing with the top? Will there be a little bb to move around the maze? Really cool idea, can't wait to see it! Definitely put me on the "I want one" list!

Thats not a graphics program... its a space station!

I know one artist out there who uses Paint Shop Pro, and another who uses Adobe Illustrator. I actually just finished a course on Illustrator, and it's a really cool program. But, man, does it take a long time to get good at it (I'm no where near the good stage)!

We have a couple of caches in our area that don't have a log book (cache is too small, awkward shape, hard to keep water out). The owner just has a word in the container. You have to email the owner with the word in order to get your smiley, or your Found It log will be deleted. Hang the coin on the fence, and use the tracking number, or some other nearby permanent fixture, as your "word" to be emailed to you to verify the Found It log. The coin can be the cache.

Wow! Really neat sig item! The ones in the picture are perfect!

Thank you! My daughter, ToriExplorer, now has one of her own, too! And we just gave one to SmileyEarthGirl's daughter, and she really likes the necklace and might make hers into one, too! I think I've started a trend!

Oooo, perfect timing!

Gotta agree with 9Key. The back is boring. But, the front is very sharp!

Well, not nearly as cool as Nate's geocoin in outer space, but on October 5th I'm going to be part of a small group of folks getting a "private" tour of KSC. If anyone would like their geocoin or TB to get its picture taken at the Space Center (I think we're going to get a fairly close-up view of the shuttle), please feel free to email me through my profile. And if you like, I can start your TB's travels from here. Please contact me outside of this forum, as I don't want to hijack this thread! You may now return to your regularly scheduled program!

Just got my second set of 3, and created the best TB ever: ME! I'm wearing one of my newest Cacher Tags as a necklace, to be discovered by cachers I meet on the trail, and at events! MommyFinder's Cacher Tag Geocoin Necklace Pretty cool idea, huh?!

Darn, I was just getting ready to guess a buffalo! Thanks for the fun!

A Native American - Sioux to be precise!

A horse

Oooooo, wicked!

Yep, It's in mint right now and it'll be a dandy!! Aw, c'mon. Let us have a peek!

My antique gold coin arrived yesterday. WOW! Beautiful!

That would be I! Even if I hadn't sent the idea to you, I would be interested in this one. Not a day goes by that I don't see a few trains go by here in town. And EVERY one of them have tags (graffiti) on them. It just seems a natural thing to include one as part of the series. I'd definately be interested in any you do. D-man Actually, the bison tubes and film cans are looking kind of boring to me. I prefer the graffiti!

You're welcome to dip the coin in my Moon Tree Cache (GCVPT6). The first stage of the cache is at a tree that grew from a seed that orbitted the moon. Or how about Touch The Moon cache right here at Kennedy Space Center!