Ruud4d
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Hey Sudonim - thanks as the Sales Dude for jumping in here. I think Ruud4d had more than shipping quote question. He could not access our site - and especially for photos...........and is there a photo of the sample from our supplier?
I know we have had some spammers on the site. Whatever is blocked apparently the site can not be accessed by Ruud4d. Sort of sad if we are trying to sell coins.
Ruud4d has said he sent you an email though the yahoo addy - did you get it? I hope he has a chance to get coins if he likes them.
Hi LA,
I replied to your email, but it bounced.
I mailed Ruud back, thanks for the heads up.
Not sure what the deal is, but some people can't see the site. If you can't see it, email me and I'll get you going the right direction.
I'm wondering if you got my mail with my order.
Ruud4d
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The only obligation I am aware of is not deleting the logs of the previous finders. I am not aware of any requirement to give the previous owner any credit.
Actually there isn't any obligation at all to keep the previous logs. If they are deleted then the person who discovered it gets an email saying it was deleted and some have gotten mad about that when it happens. Some say the previous logs give the coin a history and a flavor so to speak and others say that with new ownership they want it to start anew. However, there isn't any obligation at all to keep those logs. The coin is the new owner's to do with as they please.
Please can I plea that the new owner does not delete previous logs on the geocoin?
Yes, I know it now belongs to them... but it's not a brand new geocoin... It's pre-owned/pre-loved/secondhand (whichever term you prefer) and if the new owner deletes previous 'discovered' logs then those cachers who quite legitimately saw the geocoin before and legitimately logged it will have their tiny bit of caching history relating to that coin deleted as well. This might not be important to the new owner but some geocachers take the collecting of geocoin icons rather seriously. Maybe it's a particularly unusual or rare coin that they will be unlikely to see again?
I feel it's a kindness to ensure that the previous history of logs remains.
MrsB
It's a courtesy but not required. I have never done it and its rare, but its not an obligation as the earlier poster indicated. To some people the icon is extremely important but to others its not. Its up to each individual owner.
I am feeling strong about deleting logs. I think it's not done. Not for caches, not for trackables.
One has found the cache or seen the trackable and has made a logging about that. That's history and should be left intact.
Ruud4d
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The adoption-tool is ment for caches. There it is good manners to give the previous owner credit.
You could mention in your coin description the name of who first owned the coin. But it is not common.
Ruud4d
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Is geocachingmaine.org blocked for users outside the USA or so? If so, that's not nice
I am very anxious to know what the coin looks like and if I like it, I would surely order it.
And I really am a nice customer
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Is it my imagination or is Coins and Pins getting too cheap to purchase icons? It seems all their coins are pre-sale only and they always have the disclaimer that if they don't reach the 250 sale mark there won't be a custom icon. But did Yemon Yime's v.2 not sell well? Or his alien compass rose?
I'm shocked at how many generic icons listed on CoinCodes are for CoinsAndPins coins.
It raises the insult of pre-sale to a new level. Not only do you have to wait for a month or more to receive your purchase but there is distinct possibility that $11 coin comes without an icon, as you'd expect from an $8 coin.
Now, I may be out of line and if I'd only activate my coins I'd see they do indeed have icons but I'm not willing to risk another Generic icon for a coin I thought was beautifully designed and deserves an icon to present itself online.
Hear! Hear!
Ruud4d
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My first geocoin was the Nederlandse Geocoin 2005 = Dutch Geocoins. Ik bought it myself. Several as a matter of fact. I've still got 2 activated. The rest I gave away, send out or is lost. One coin I used as a dipper. But I stopped that after 387 caches
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The Viking Heritage series was at first only the Axe and Shield made in 3 finishes: Antique Nickel/Polished Gold LE, Nickel/Antique Copper and Nickel/Antique Gold.
Castle Man produced also the Sword and Helmet made in 4 finishes: Antique Gold/Nickel, Black Nickel/Gold, Antique Copper/Nickel LE and Geocoin Gold/Nickel XLE.
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I can't get on the server(403 Forbidden). Not in the store, not on the mainpage. Not thru the link here, not thru google. What's happening?
Ruud4d
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This is a Pirate Treasure geocoin. It comes in 5 finishes: Antique Bronze (Gold), Antique Silver, Antique Copper which are regulars. Foggy Gold and Foggy Silver are limited.
I think it's overprized if you really want to sell it.
Ruud4d
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I got mine today. It has arrived in the Netherlands. What a great coin this is. And I like the Members Only even better. I hope I can get one in some way.
Ruud4d
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1 RE and 1 LE have arrived overseas. Great coins. Better looking then the second (first?) version.
Ruud4d
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You can check out some history at http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Geocoin. You will also find a lot of links there.
Ruud4d
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Looking for a geocoin that has to do about flying.
My brother and sister-in-law are both pilots and are now geocaching, I want to get them one as a gift.
Any suggestions of a coin and where to get it.
You could try to contact Avroair. Or you can go to this site.
But I'm sure there are many more.
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Before you order a TB you might consider the possibility of a Glass Traveler Geocoin. You can find them here.
You could etch or engrave the number and after it has completed the journey you could send out the real Glass Traveler with a new mission.
I suggest this one because it is made of glass and has that in the name. Just like your coin has.
Ruud
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I suppose you already tried geocoinshop.de
A few years ago I bought some german geocoins. I nicely stored them in a ablum, but I totally forgot to save the packaging with the activation codes. Any idea if there's a way to get those activation codes from somewhere?
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I do activate all of my coins. I keep them in albums which I sometimes take to events.
There are some people who do like looking at them but not as many as in the early days. People prefer moving them. I send them a word-list with all the names and numbers of the coins and they can log them as discovered. This generates an enormous pile of e-mail.
Not all of the coins in my profile are in the books. Some are lost after they have been traveling (in the early days). Some are still traveling (some for years now). Some are traveliing as a copy (don't do that anymore). And some are, as a kind of reward at the end of a 37km and/or 25km multi, in the cache.
Because I do have quiet some coins, I am thinking of letting travel some more coins.
Bottomline: they're all activated.
Ruud4d
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They are finaly here
Four coins, one of each, gold, silver, antique silver and antique gold. Looking great! -
I've been going over the people who found the cache but didn't see any who are Dutch. I will look out for the coin allthough that's almost impossible.
Ruud
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No, I don't. Why? A coin is activated and I won't be the one to unactivate it. If that should happen, I will ask the one who is responsible for its unactivation to re-activate it.
Ruud4d
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Actually, you can. You just put in the tracking code in the THIRD box on the trackables page, and it'll go through the activation process just as if it were a new coin. And I've already grabbed them from you.
The geojellies doesn't work at oakcoins. Tis the BIG bean. I don' know if that makes any difference.
Perhaps the previous owner wrote the activation code on the inlay of Oakcoins.
That was done in my case. And I just didn't see it. Till 3 minutes ago
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Never in need of fire, but now I am
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I like A best and then C. But I saw it's gonna be a big mouth
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I'm trying to get on the trackable coins wiki but all I get is an error. Who has a working link?
This is what I get:
Error in fetchObject(): Table 'track_wikidb.page' doesn't exist Backtrace: GlobalFunctions.php line 602 calls wfBacktrace() Database.php line 596 calls wfDebugDieBacktrace() MessageCache.php line 246 calls Database::fetchObject() MessageCache.php line 174 calls MessageCache::loadFromDB() MessageCache.php line 357 calls MessageCache::load() GlobalFunctions.php line 449 calls MessageCache::get() GlobalFunctions.php line 408 calls wfMsgGetKey() GlobalFunctions.php line 319 calls wfMsgReal() OutputPage.php line 177 calls wfMsg() OutputPage.php line 777 calls OutputPage::setPageTitle() Database.php line 476 calls OutputPage::databaseError() Database.php line 419 calls Database::reportQueryError() BagOStuff.php line 390 calls Database::query() BagOStuff.php line 281 calls MediaWikiBagOStuff::_doquery() BagOStuff.php line 228 calls SqlBagOStuff::_query() MessageCache.php line 142 calls SqlBagOStuff::get() MessageCache.php line 357 calls MessageCache::load() GlobalFunctions.php line 449 calls MessageCache::get() GlobalFunctions.php line 408 calls wfMsgGetKey() GlobalFunctions.php line 361 calls wfMsgReal() Wiki.php line 74 calls wfMsgForContent() index.php line 105 calls MediaWiki::checkInitialQueries()
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Thanks for all the ideas. Now to decide which one I want......
Before you do I have another link you might wanna check out <link to non-trackable items edited by moderator>
Simplify activating geocoins
in Trackables
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Maybe there is someone else who acitvated 100 coins with a same mission too, but do you really think Groundspeak would change the way you activate a trackable just in that case?
Ruud