lorriebird

Probably, but I guess I will drill a couple of holes in it first... I would still like it to complete it's mission!

WOW! I can't believe it! I really can't believe it! Today my little Abe Lincoln coin was sitting in my mailbox when I got home today! After over a year of exchanging e-mails with the person who was holding it, she really finally returned it to me today in the self-addressed stamped envelope I sent her. I think it must have been because of all the good karma folks on this website were sending out after I posted about my coin. So thanks to all who sent their best wishes. It really worked! I am a true believer in the 'round world' theory, and today this instance worked out in my favor. And regardless of the reason that my coin was held for so long, I am still grateful to her that she did the right thing and finally sent it back home to me. Thanks, and you know who you are... Best of luck to others that may find themselves in this situation!

Well an update from the person who is holding my coin hostage for over a year now... I just got another e-mail from her again promising to send my coin home if I send her a self-addressed stamped envelope. (Which I did today...) Who knows if I will ever really see it again...but hope springs eternal! Wish me luck!

Great suggestion about the stamped mailer...I actually already offered that with my last e-mail this morning! She hasn't written back this time yet. This has been the most bizarre experience! Her e-mails are always very polite and she always immediately agrees to let go of the coin, but then nothing! I think 13 months is long enough to be patient... She appears to be active and has even placed a cache recently. In one of her e-mails she even offered to put the coin in her own cache. That did not happen, either. I realize that I cannot force her to do anything. I can only hope that she finally decides to the right thing...but can her geocaching account be flagged or anything similar? Is there any type of 'administrative' e-mail that can be sent to her?

I have been a lurker for a couple of years but now I can use some input from those that have 'been there' before me. My 'Abe Lincoln' coin has been held by a cacher in Wisconsin for over a year now. When she first picked it up she stated that she had a plan to drop it on her upcoming vacation. Months went by and so I wrote her. She replied that she was still going on her trip...etc etc. Over the past year we have exchanged e-mails about getting the coin moving. She always tells me her plan to drop it, send it, move it...you get the picture, but still it sits in her hands. Finally a month ago I wrote her and offered to send her postage if she would simply mail it home. She said "Of course I will, where do you want it sent?" Well, you know the rest of the story. It has now been another month since she promised to mail it. Any advice out there? This experience has been worse than others that have simply 'gone walkabout' never to be seen again! I have had several coins disappear, but this one was my first and I'm kind of attached to it...