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IndianaGentry

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  1. Someone please tell me this is an example of that dry British humor I so often read about...
  2. I've looked through the first 4 pages of this thread, and found no topics on the iPhone. Maybe the info is somewhere else, but I haven't found it. As a person who has never used GPS before, I actually have 2 lines of questions: 1) Is the iPhone 3Gs good enough to get started with geocaching? I already have one, but I wonder if it has the necessary accuracy for geocaching? Battery life is always an issue with iPhones, too. Do iPhones (generally) have enough battery life to last long enough for geocaching? 2) If I buy a dedicated GPS unit, I'd like to be able to use it internationally. I'm heading back to Thailand in 2011, and would like to be able to use it there. In recent years I've done places like Scotland, the Arctic Circle, etc. I'd like to make sure it is capable of loading maps for places like these. I'm guessing there is probably a pretty short list of GPS units capable of this... but I could be wrong. (It happened once before.) I would not say that "money is not an issue," but I don't mind spending money on something that has lots of useful features. I just don't want to pay extra for bells and whistles that really are not useful. What units will serve me well for both uses? I'm still searching and reading through links, so I'm hoping to hear your personal experiences. Thanks!
  3. What I meant was, I wonder why you would want to have so many of your own Geocoins that look alike. I understand that you can give some of them "missions," and it seems like a theme might be involved with something like that... but who would mint 100 of the same coin to fit the theme of one mission? Challenge coins are meant to look alike- that's the whole point of a challenge coin. Based on what I've read about Geocoins, it seems like having variations would be more interesting. As a side note... I got lucky when I had my challenge coins made, and found a super-cool retired Air Force guy who does it as a hobby/ side job. He found all kinds of ways to keep my costs down. We even waited to submit my order until some other coins were being made with the same colors, so I didn't incur a feel for mixing enamel colors. A couple of years after making my coins, we still chat on occasion. He even made a detour to pass through my area when on a road trip so we could have lunch.
  4. Testing... testing... Hello? Is this thing on? 1...2...3...4... Check, check, check... 1...2...1...2...
  5. Yes, I read through most of that. I don't know if I've missed something or misunderstood something, but I guess I'm not getting it. Ultimately, the idea of trackable coins leaves me wondering, "why would I want to track a bunch of coins that look alike?" Wouldn't it make more sense if each trackable coin looked different? Or do Geocachers just view the coins as something more like a "business card?" Droo, I'm sure you are right. I should probably spend more time researching my GPS unit at this point. I like to tinker in Photoshop, and since it has been really cold lately, I guess I'm just having fun playing around on the computer and coming up with ideas for coins. I designed a challenge coin and had it minted several years ago, and designing it was half the fun. (The other half of the fun was when my coin was flown on the space shuttle.)
  6. I'm new to the board, but I'm loving this thread. Last week I was in Vegas, and we drove out to Area 51. It was a fun day! We went to 2 gates, saw the guards on the hill, etc. They didn't move until I got out of the truck. Hopefully I can get involved in the board enough to be included in the next version of this event.
  7. OK, I'm a complete newbie to this. I've been reading the board for 2 days now, and I've found numerous links regarding having coins made. I've also found lots of info about how to "use" a trackable coin. Lots of good info, but maybe I'm not understanding something... If I have a coin made, it looks like most places have a 100 coin minimum. If I want to make a trackable coin, do I have to get 100 coins, each with an individual number? I would like to start out with maybe 10 trackable coins, and the rest as just "regular" coins that people can find and collect. Is this possible? (Better yet, I'd like to find a lower minimum number of coins to have made as trackables.) Hopefully this hasn't been asked before, but I did not find the answer when using the site's search feature. Maybe I just used the wrong search terms... after all, I'm a newbie, and I'm just learning the lingo and all that. Maybe the particular links I've found thus far just didn't have this exact info. Who knows. If anyone can point me in the right direction, I would greatly appreciate it. For such a seemingly "simple" hobby, there is a lot of info to take in as a beginner!
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