LizzyandCo

Thank you for all the replies! I will bear all these pointers in mind and try some more. Finding micros in a 30 ft radius seems a little terrifying/daunting but I'm going to try to develop some geosense. Lol

Ohhhh. So basically I'm expecting too much accuracy. Guess I need to go back and try again on a couple of my DNFs.

So...relatively inexperienced cacher here. I've only ever used the Geocaching app, and am perpetually frustrated. The other day it said I was 27 ft from my cache when it was literally in front of my toes. Reading this thread, I'm guessing I should try a different GPS app?

I think their only problem is not knowing to click the British flag at the top of the page where it says: "Languages" to get the English version of the site. "Light-bulb!" Thanks.

I love love love this coin (my golden was my heart for 12 years), but I'm having a LOT of trouble reading the website.

I will join everyone else in saying what a beautiful and inspiring coin this is. It makes me smile and feel a little sad at the same time. You did a wonderful job and it sounds like there was quite a path to walk to get there. ~~~~~~~~~~ If my husband and cat were both saved from a fire that was going to destroy my home and everything I own but one thing... I had to think about this for a long time. I'm an avid book collector, so I have several shelves worth of books that I would shed many tears over losing...but those are all catalogued and covered by insurance and could mostly be replaced with some effort. I have some lovely pictures that mean a lot to me, but most of them and certainly the most important ones are saved in web-based digital storage. But there is one thing I would be dadgum near inconsolable about losing. When my husband and I got married, my grandmother made a double wedding ring quilt for us. Not just made - made completely by hand. Every single tiny piece was with her own hands, at that time already partially crippled with arthritis. A machine never touched any part of this beautiful quilt. Every time I touch it, I can feel the love and concern she put into it, for us. I can see her, hear her voice, and I just feel so close to her. I love this quilt so much and would be positively heartbroken to lose it. Also it would be quite practical, to have something warm and soft to sleep on or in after losing everything, but that's beside the point.

Thank you all for the information and links! There are some AMAZING coin collections in the storage ideas thread. Holy cow. Sadly I won't be able to make Geocoinfest (on the opposite side of the country from me, I'm in Virginia) but this forum seems very active and I'm sure it will keep me busy for awhile! Thanks also for the coin etiquette advice. I'm worried I will do something rude out of ignorance not intent and then end up making people angry. One last question (that I'm sure can vary some based on the individual): if people have a coins for trade list, is it assumed that they don't want to actually outright sell those coins? Since I currently only have a few I don't have anything I'd want to trade, so...

Are pathtags supposed to be treated the same way? I understand those are more like signature items, but since they are trackable as well they are not to be collected from caches, just moved from cache to cache, right?

I've seen military coins, have a few from my dad's unit. But geocoins seem to commemorate so many more things (books, historical figures, places, events). The whole coin thing had just never really grabbed me until now! Are there trading websites, meet-ups, etc.? stijnhommes, when you say local stores do you mean online stores? I know that sounds like a really stupid question, but I haven't ever seen coins like these sold in brick-and-mortar stores...

Hello, all. I recently got back into geocaching after a year+ hiatus (my geocaching buddy, my dog, passed on and I couldn't go without him for awhile). I was poking around the internet looking for...uh, I don't even remember what now, because I was distracted by the Oh! Shiny! Pretty! Collectible? Ohhhh...the idea of artwork on such a small scale just enthralls me. This is the one that really grabbed my attention, then I starting looking on eBay, every other geocaching site I could think of, and long story short a couple of the pretty shinies are now on their way to me. Just had a couple of questions I was hoping some more experienced folks could answer... - where do you find all these? In the threads here I saw dragon coins, Appalachian Trail coins, Alice in Wonderland, state coins...but when you go to the official Geocaching store or Geoswag there are some cool ones but really not very many. :-/ How do you find out when new ones (I gather many are privately minted and don't ever show up in a store like those?) are made? - how do you store/display your coins? I don't really like the idea of just leaving them in a box. What creative and pretty ways do you show off your coins? - is it against Geo-etiquette to never release a coin into a cache? I'd kind of rather keep them, considering how many times trackables seem to go missing in caches. - I'm sure I had another question but I've forgotten it at the moment. So, any advice for the novice geocoin collector?