moscow32

Happy to report that just over 1 year later, TB239MY has completed the Mission and arrived from Germany into my cache. I went for a run the other day and retrieved it. Super thanks Steinwalzer! It's a beautiful coin.

1. Participating - Email Sent 9/11/08 2. Received Name- Yep. Let's see what I can find out. 3. Mission Complete - Mailed today finally (10/18/08) Work has kept me swamped and away from post offices during business hours 4. Package Received! - Received today too (10/18/08) Thank you my secret Great Pumpkin. I got a Joranda Deadman's Hand, A Coin Dropping Fairy, and a nielsenc Thanksgiving coin, as well as a singing card that reminded me that this was indeed Halloween. Happy Halloween, everyone!

1. Participating - Email Sent 9/11/08 2. Received Name- Yep. Let's see what I can find out. 3. Mission Complete 4. Package Received!

1. Participating - Email Sent 9/11/08 2. Received Name 3. Mission Complete 4. Package Received! Thanks LadyBee4T for the tip!

I've got an Oakcoins free die-side coin that I'm willing to let go of, free for the taking. I decided I don't really want to mint a coin this year. I'd kind of like for it to go to a first time coin maker, or maybe a trade only project. Email me through my profile (no PMs.)

Proud to report that I am now an official Secret Agent. (Wait, did I just give myself away?!?!? I hope there's a training manual somewhere... ) Thanks GSA!

Probably not, because the design is so ugly, I wouldn't have given it a second thought. It was only on the second thought that I saw it.

It was free Slurpee day at 7-11. I figured Dr. Evil might be up to something... All of the "Free" cups had disappeared! I was on the case. I don't think that was him...

The early MiGO Seasonals.

Have no fear, coins return to the living all of the time. I was doing some maintenance on one of my caches on Monday and found an unlogged geocoin in it. I got around to logging it yesterday, and it turns out it had been missing since April of 2007. The owner had even put out a paper proxy of it, and now, there's a real coin back in circulation. Happy days for everyone!

1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - 7/2/08 3. Outgoing coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date) 1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - 7/2/08 3. Outgoing coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date) 1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - 7/2/08 3. Outgoing coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date) I contacted my mystery contacts to let them know I'm traveling until after the 4th of July, but I'll get my coins going as soon as I get home.

Michigan!

1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - (date) 3. Outgoin coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date) 1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - (date) 3. Outgoin coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date) 1. Participating - Yes! in for three 6/21/08 2. Nick/destination received - (date) 3. Outgoin coin mission details attached - (date) 4. Outgoing coin released in cache GC (Date) 5. Incoming coin picked up - cache GC (&date)

I've got a few of my Russian Red Big Beans for trading. If anyone is interested, please email me. My trade list is way out of date, so feel free to make an offer. (i'm not terribly interested in sending mail overseas right now, just fyi, but if you can tempt me, go ahead.) Also willing to do a cache trade (I drop a coin with a goal to get to you, you drop a coin with a goal to get to me.) Let me know.

Thanks for the cointest! This was really fun. I kept getting beaten to the punch on the other puzzles. I was stuck at 11 for a while, but it was actually the eye having shifted that was holding me up.

I feel that hints are especially good to avoid damage to the area around ground zero. I have seen evidence of very aggressive searching where the owner didn't supply a hint for a small, well hidden cache. No shame in using a hint, I do all the time. I concur! Damage to the area at GZ should be avoided. We should be concerned about the area. A well thought out hint can definately avoid damage to the environment. My paperless system automatically decrypts the hints for me, and if the hunt is in a sensitive area, I will often refer to the hint (when one is given).

Sounds good, I second your nomination of you if no one else wants to do it. I know I had talked about doing one, but "Life Came at Me Fast", so I haven't been able to spare the attention to a math trade. But I'm willing to be a resource for anyone who wants to run the next one.

I also haven't received my coin from Los Muertos. I haven't really worried because it is coming from overseas, but if someone "local" hasn't received one yet, then I might start worrying. Has anyone heard anything from Los Muertos? I was going to do one for Feb 29, but I ended up moving instead. Maybe mid-March.

Related to your questions 2 and 4 above: The fish on the bottom right is Glow#7. To me, it feels faded, but I really like it. And boy does it glow! The top two fish are glitter and translucent, and to me, they "feel" the same as the imitation hard enamel coin (bottom left), as does the glow. The enamels fill in smooth and flush. Hope that helps- moscow32

My absolute top dream-coin: Any version of the 2nd sort of annual U Area Cachers Lunch coin: Pictured is the LE, but any version would do: Second on the list: Michigan 2005 Fall Pumpkin

That's one idea I had. The difficulty I kept coming to was ensuring that the domestic trades only went to domestic lists. I also see a potential issue with fairness. Imagine if I purposefully offered all of my coins only for the Domestic trade, but requested all coins from the international side. Because of the way the software makes the circle trades, I would likely receive at least some of my requests. Then I am paying significantly less to receive the international trades because I am only shipping in the US/Canada. I'm still pondering the logistics of both.

If we were to do this again, would anyone be opposed if we did a Domestic (US and Canada) trade in one thread and an International Trade (US, Canada and everyone else) in another at the same time? It would be slightly more work, and you would not be able to offer the same coins in each trade, but I've heard through the grapevine that some people would like to participate, but can't afford the shipping overseas part.

I finally put my package in the mail last night, priority, so it should be there by Valentine's Day. Sorry for the delay, I hope you get some of your heart's desire out of it, secret valentine person. I also opened a very nice package from TokenCollector, which had a Raspberry Geojelly, a Pirate Token, and Geocache America coin, which I have really really wanted. Also some transit tokens and a whole bunch of chocolate. Unfortunately, my pictures are at home, and I am not, so I'll post up some pics when I return. Thanks so much TokenCollector! Cheers- moscow32

Hi. I received my mission today (or at least, I presume it was my mission, as I'm not expecting anything else in the mail), but I'm not going to open it until I get my mission mailed. I'll let you know when that happens. I've been waiting on a coin so that I can mail out my mission, which I finally decided isn't going to get here. My profuse apologies to my mission recipient for the delay, and for the fact that the cool coin I was waiting on won't be in your package. It'll still be worth it, I promise! Cheers- moscow32

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