PennyPacker
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I received the coins today and have decided to sell 40 of the Antique Gold coins (45 were made). I will be leaving 13 of the 15 Antique Copper coins in caches, one in each state, as we pass through and hope to leave 30 or 40 of the Antique Silver coins behind along the way as well. Maybe a dozen of the Antique Silver coins will be activated, the remainder will not. Before I get to the purchase details I just want to thank Sara & Oakcoins for all their assistance. Sara worked with me all along, getting Jamie at MadhattersNeverland (thank you Jamie) involved to finalize the artwork, and never complained about my constant changes. I've had to sort through messages here and PM's and emails to figure out who all wanted one of these coins. I'll respond to the emails and PMs outside of the forums, but here's a list of those that expressed interest in this thread. Please let me know if you're still interested by sending the email requested below. Toojin & Bart sfwife Son of Cyclops AtlantaGal mrjiffy sweetlife donyates LadyBee4T dardevle Anthus rasj plumbrokeacres jackieontherd Team OleOmi Rockin Roddy wyohunter I will try to honor the requests of those that have already contacted me by email and PMs and will have to limit the purchases to one coin per cacher. If you're on the list, or not on the list but want to purchase a coin send an email to: mike@mikeandvalery.com Subject: Road Trip coin Name: Email address: Geocaching.com forum name: Country: Paypal address. Coins are $7 + $2 US shipping, $3 anywhere else. I will try to get them out this week before I leave (Friday), if not, I'll mail them out the week of 9-24. Also, let me know if you're interested in an Antique Silver coin if I have any left over when I return. Also, the coins are trackable, but since only 100 were produced, they have the generic icon.
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Funny thing... during last years trip, on September 28th, we logged cache GCY5PB in Wyoming just 2 days after you did. In my best Maxwell Smart voice, "Missed you by that much!"
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Michigan, eh? Well, there's always next year. I'd kinda like to make a coin each year to take along on the one big road trip we take annually. While we have cached in Idaho (one find) and Wyoming (couple of finds) it would be nice to do a route that went along the northern states. Then I could make a coin with the top half of the western US colored in. But Michigan... I may have to add a couple of days to the usual 10 day trip.
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Thanks for the 'get well', and to all the others that have posted or sent emails. The stone was so large that she had to go under the knife twice within 10 days. She's just about ready to go... hope so, we leave in one week. <fingers crossed> During past road trips we've usually managed to get a room with internet service and logged in all the finds for the day. That's usually when we route out the next day and put together some pocket queries. In regards to logging, I'm wondering what the people here think would be the best way to identify where I've left a coin. I've seen/know how the 'mystery' coin cachers have done it - being a fortunate recipient of a couple of those, but this is a little different. I will be placing the coins, 5 or 6 a day, along the route depicted on the coin. I will be logging my finds throughout the days, when an internet connection is possible. While the intent was to see as many of the coins travel as possible, (reason behind the tracking number), I'd also like to see many forum participants here find them. So, do I leave a log that says "I left a coin here" and risk the coin thieves getting them. Do I leave a code word in the log that only those on the forums would know the meaning of - tipping them off that I left a coin. Do I say nothing about a coin being left behind and let the presence of a log entry indicate there might be coin there... or what? Any ideas or opinions will be appreciated.
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Looks like I'll be selling the Antique Gold. I will not be selling any of the Antique Copper, although I expect to have at least 2 left over after the trip. I may sell a few of the Antique Silvers when I get back if I don't leave them all behind. Got the notification today that they have been shipped.
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Got some sample pics today. We're leaving next Friday (hopefully Ms. PennyPacker will be fully recovered from her recent kidney stone surgery) so I expect the coins within a week. I'll have order info soon.
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This one should be done before Sept 21st, the day I start my road trip. For those that were interested in this coin earlier, I added translucent colors and the tracking numbers.
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Well... we stopped in Flagstaff once before... that was enough. Williams, on the other hand, very nice place. I'd love to stop there again and meet up. I'll keep you posted.
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Now you've got the idea... I've been blessed with good health, a good job, an awesome girlfriend (with a good job), two great kids and I'm enjoying life more now (at 51 - why did it take so long?) than ever before. Coins and caching and traveling are all part of the enjoyment.
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Good eye! (Or maybe Jamie did an awesome job with the design )
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Hmmm... I guess my intent isn't coming across very well. I am only going to activate 15 at the most. 25 will be in the hands of those that purchase them, the remaining 60 will be left unactivated, in caches. I originally intended to leave them non-trackable, but since I enjoy watching 'travelers' travel, I'd rather make them all trackable and watch the ones that are found, activated and then released. I realize many will be found and kept, I don't care about that. Not a single GeoJelly of mine that was activated and released is still in circulation, they've all gone missing. That's the chance you take. Hopefully, many of the Road Trip coins will be found and then activated and then released... those I will get to watch, read the logs of, and enjoy their travels. Every unactivated coin I've found in a cache I activated, made a comment on the coin page about who left it, thanked them, then released the coin. Hopefully, many will do this for this coin. Maybe not. I'm not looking for a 'return' or a 'profit', just 25 people to cover the cost of tracking numbers for a coin that I already decided I'd finance entirely. 25 people with $6 covers the tracking number cost. I realize that the current coin community may be skeptical about motives and margins, none of that is here. The response has been better than expected, so I may have to make an adjustment, but it will be minor.
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No... of the 75 that will be left in caches, I would guess 60 will be unactivated, if not more. I'll probably only activate 1 coin per state, and it will not be the Antique Copper coin.
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No custom icon, only 100 coins. They will have the generic geocaching.com icon, unless someone steps up to buy 150 extra ones.
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Ah... not from me One may end up there if somebody else drops one off there.
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Awesome offer! I will print this message and bring this pseudo-coupon with me and cash it in, for sure. Looks like we will be very close to you: About 15 miles or so? We're planning on 400 miles/day which should leave 2 days of no travel. Haven't really decided which days/what locations the days off will be, but Kansas is as good a place as any, almost half way. I've already accepted the idea that I'd be paying for the coins, I'll be happy if I can get others to pay for the tracking. I benefit a great deal from just watching coins travel around. Most of coins that I'll be dropping off will not be activated, but I'll be watching the ones that are found and do get activated - the ones lucky enough to avoid collections. Thanks very much for the offer.
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Right now... 75 of them will be dropped off in caches, or I'll just hand them to other cachers if I see them on the route. I plan to log my cache finds daily but will not log where I dropped off any coins. I also have one of Glenn's Friendship Run Compass Rose coins (#11 - 3,851 miles) that I've been running around with that I'd like pass on to somebody.
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Good idea. If I end up selling some, I will sell the Antique Gold ones, and make the ones that will be left behind in caches Antique silver or something similar. I'll still have the 15 Antique Coppers to drop off also.
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Our trips are usually very spontaneous as far as route diversion goes. Side-trips are always welcome. The oldest cache is something I will put on the 'options' list... thanks. Cost will be about $6 plus shipping.
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Ms. PennyPacker and I have been going on 3 or 4 road trips per year for the last couple of years, and since getting into geocaching we've incorporated that into our road trips. This year we decided to make a coin to leave behind in some of the caches we'll be finding. The coin looks like this: We are having 100 made, 85 in Antique Gold and 15 in Antique Copper. We're going to drop off all of them, about 10/day with each state getting one of the Antique Copper coins. The original plan was to just have sequential numbers on them, not trackable. I really wanted them to be trackable, but that just added to the cost coming out of our pocket. I then decided to make them trackable and sell 25 of them to cover the tracking number costs, the down side being that I will only have 75 of them to place (that will be plenty I would think), but now they would all be trackable. So, unless this is breaking forum rules, I just want to check on the forum interest in this coin before I go ahead and add the tracking numbers. There will be no non-trackable coins for sale, either way. Price would only be enough to cover the tracking numbers, plus shipping.
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Got mine Jim... thanks again!
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I've sent two unanswered emails regarding an incomplete trade, what should I do now?
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I have one Geowoodstock 5 Sunburst - Antique Gold coin for trade if anybody is interested.
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It took me a year and several hundred coins to figure this out myself. Looking forward to this coin nonetheless.
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I sure hope this doesn't become available over any of the next few weekends... I think a mid-week release would be good.