Wandering Vikings

The coins are in production now... and since its a holiday weekend we'll spare you the wait and let you know, They are expected to arrive the first week of June!!

Are you sweet talkin' us Jackalgirl? Half of the coins will be reserved for newsletter subscribers, (who will get a special link to purchase their coins a day earlier than everyone else!) More info coming....

This coin will *not* be available for pre-order... (More details coming )

Initial minting will be only 50 of each- antique gold antique silver antique copper Stay tuned for more details....

Coming soon, by popular demand... Antique Finishes of the Honu Turtles!! Stay tuned for details...

We got a great suprise in our mailbox today... Thanks for the Thanks, it is a beautiful coin!

We are working with Groundspeak right now on this. The good news? The icon for the Key 2009 *was* uploaded... The bad news? It appears it was uploaded as the Key 2008. We emailed earlier this afternoon when the switch was discovered and are just waiting to hear back from Groundspeak now! Thanks to everyone who gave the heads up.

I know! You have to love it when the mint is wrong IN your favor!

Wow! They got there fast! Glad you like them.

Just got back from the post office- all US orders have mailed and almost all overseas orders! The last few overseas will ship tomorrow morning (I ran out of customs forms and had to go pick up more! ) Thanks everyone!

The coins are here and the corrected colors turned out beautiful! Much more vibrant than the samples. I will be packing and shipping all day, and will let everyone know when they have all shipped. Thanks!

The coins have been shipped to me! YAY! Looks like the last day to order these coins at the pre-order price will be Wed., and there are still a few sets left. Thanks everyone.

It looks like the coins may be here even earlier than the earlier-than-expected I posted last week! I will keep you updated, but we may be looking at delivery the end of this week. Yay!

Blue Eyes cyin' in the rain - Elvis Presley

Mission # 1 - Sofi E-mail Sent - 04/01/2009 Name Received - 04/09/2009 Sunshine Sent - Yes!!! 04/22/09 Sunshine Received - Yes!!! Recieved on 04/20/09 Thank you so much Opalsns, I Loved my sunshine!!!! Mission # 2 - Holmbiorn E-mail Sent - 04/01/2009 Name Received - 04/09/2009 Sunshine Sent - Yes!!! 04/22/2009 Sunshine Received - Yes!!! Recieved on 04/24/09 all the way from Sweden! Thank you Helvite, Love the Viking Helm coin and the flower seeds from your fathers garden. Can't wait to see them growing in ours!

There are probably as many answers to these questions as there are people on the forum! When we started out, we would buy coins we liked and just purchase one or two extra to use as trades. That is how we built up our collection originally. For coins in your collection, generally it is considered good etiquette if it is a personal geocoin to check with the person who made it before selling the coin. If it is a commercially available coin it is usually fair game to do with it whatever you want. If it was a mystery coin then generally it should not be sold and should only be traded with permission. However, the vast majority of coins in caches are designed to be moved, very,very few are in a cache as swag! What is the most common size? between 1.5-2 inches but there is a huge variety How many do you buy? depends on how well I like the coin and how much spare money I have! Do you have a coin minted hoping to sell them and make money, or just trade for other coins? A little of both. There is little profit in minting coins but our collection has increased a *ton* since we started minting. Do you leave them in a geocache without swapping anything or are you expected to receive a like coin in trade from a cache? Perhaps a better way to ask this is "How do your coins get their start?" If it is *really* swag then you should trade as good or better for it. Mosy likely it is in there to be moved, in which case you would just move it on to another cache. Hope that helps a little, I'm sure you'll get a variety of opinions!

Very nice!

Mission # 1 - Sofi E-mail Sent - 04/01/2009 Name Received - 04/09/2009 Sunshine Sent - Yes!!! 04/22/09 Sunshine Received - Yes!!! Recieved on 04/20/09 Thank you so much Opalsns, I Loved my sunshine!!!! Mission # 2 - Holmbiorn E-mail Sent - 04/01/2009 Name Received - 04/09/2009 Sunshine Sent - Yes!!! 04/22/2009 Sunshine Received -

Just wanted to give everyone an update- The coins were ordered last week and codes were ordered today. Well over half of the coins we are ordering have been sold, so if you are still interested in the full set please keep in mind that it looks like they may sell out during the pre-order period. Speaking with the mint tonight, I was told that the coins will be here earlier than expected! Estimated delivery has now been moved up to early in the first week of May. The votes for the icon were tallied up and #2 is the winner we appreciate everyone who gave us their input. Thanks for your support!

Here is nature-seeker's submission... Submission #1 (shrunk down to 32x32 pixel icon size)

Fun cointest! Cheesy Stuffed Chicken 4 boneless skinless chicken breasts 1 box stuffing mix 4 string cheese sticks 1 can cream of mushroom soup shredded cheese to top Pre-heat oven to 350. Prepare the stuffing mix according to the directions on the box- set it aside to cool a little bit Pound the chicken breasts with a tenderizer or mallet until they are an even thickness all the way through. (a *really* good way to get the days frustrations out! ) Lightly salt and pepper the chicken Take the string cheese and a good sized blob of stuffing and put it in the center of the flattened chicken breast Roll up the chicken lengthwise keeping the filling in the center Place it in a baking dish with the ends of the chicken face down and bake for 30 minutes After 30 minutes put the soup over the chicken, top with the shredded cheese and bake for 30 more minutes You can put all kinds of yummy additions into the filling (for those who are not veggie adverse!) around our house we love to put sauteed onions and spinach in place of the stuffing, I've also made it with wild rice and with white rice. Yummy!!

#2 and #3 are the head of the dragon shown on the key... Thanks for your vote!

Everything is coming along nicely! We are to the point of ordering codes and an icon.... We have come up with three different choices for the icon, and are having a hard time choosing. so... why not put it to a vote, and pick the most popular one. Icon #1 Icon #2 Icon #3 Please, vote for the one you like best. -OR- Choice #4 If none of the above icons do it for you, design one for us! (post it here and email us a copy) If your Icon design is the one picked we will reward you with a set of the keys! Voting and icons submissions are open from now until Monday april 20th, as we are planning to order the codes and custom icon no later than april 21st. Thanks, and have fun!

I've thought about a lock and/or a key chain to hold all the keys, but I like the treasure chest idea much better! *Sofi goes off to happily play with design ideas...*

There are/were a large number of people who did this with last years version too! I wore my around as jewelry for several weeks when they first came in.