Lol I love that smiley in the previous post.
Well, since were are being nice and all, then I would just like to say that during the creative process of the making of my coin, I consulted with my FRIENDS. The people that started me on this great adventure of geocaching. We all have support systems that we rely upon and since I could not discuss it in here, due to the fact I was unable to access this forum, its true that you all were not involved in the making of this coin. In fact it was a result of hard work put in by both myself and my Dad. My real goal in making this coin was to build an avenue of communication between myself and my Dad and my goal has been met. There are hundreds if not thousands of Geocoins on the market today, and out of all those, how many has the COMMUNITY had creative input on. Not many I'm sure, yet I'm the bad guy.
But in regards to my knowledge about the discussions of a California Coin in this forum, its true, I have an informant amoungst you all. Well actually four guys that work in shifts so I can monitor the posts 24/7 lol. Ok thats not really true but the controversy started, if you remember, when MY FINNISHED California coin, that took 3 months to produce, was put up for sale on eBay. A Friend of mine did inform me that it was creating some ruckus in the forum. Thats the first time I had ever heard there was another California coin even being thought of. In my discussion with my geo friends, I was under the impression that there was no other California coin out there that was trackable on GC.com and had a unique Icon. So I simply was filling the void for a well done state coin that would reflect California's beauty and what a cacher could expirience while adventuring inside the golden state.
Anyway, I believe this thread really violates the forum guidlines, since this convo really is not about MY CALIFONIA GEOCOIN 2006.
Oh and thanks hirlas, I appreciate the complement.
Todd (Lakerfan559)