Team Tismon

The GPS has been sold. Thanks for all of the inquiries.

Although it has not been sold, it is still on hold for redleg due to unforseen happenings. He assures me that he is still interested, but a second buyer is still ready just in case. I will let you know if anything changes, but you would be third on the list at the moment.

redleg7, I've sent you a couple of emails, but haven't heard anything back. To be fair, the second was only a few minutes before this. I'll post on here just in case I've been deemed spam by some server. Thank you.

Thank you for giving us the final answer. I've never seen one like this and honestly, why does Groundspeak do this? Perhaps that was the original way, but nowadays the 6-digit code is by far more recognizable. Either way, thank you for closing this mystery completely.

We have a brand new, sealed Explorist 710 that we would like to sell. We won this as a FTF prize, which was/is still amazing in itself and we are extremely grateful. Yet my better half can't really seem to use touchscreens very well (heat? electrostatic charge? magic?) and we'd like to sell this one to get a Gpsmap 62s instead. And since the 62s can be found for much less than the 710, that's how we're going to set this up. Sealed Explorist 710 IPX-7 Waterproof 3.2 megapixel camera, microphone, and speaker 3-axis compass and barometer 3in touchscreen Maps (comes with all) -World base map with roads -City Series USA (City Navigator equivalent) -Summit Series USA (24k US Topo maps) Asking: $375 Pretty much all needed maps are included. I'm not sure why Garmin doesn't have a better business platform like that. We would like to make sure that a geocacher gets this so we haven't posted anything on craigslist, ebay, etc. Unless local to us (Western KY, Southern IL, or St. Louis area), Paypal is preferred. Alternatively, if you have a sealed 62s, we will gladly just trade.

I don't have more than one, but I might be able to get a hold of someone else who has one. Though once it is activated, is that an issue any longer? Can it be re-activated to another account? And this was done by a park trying to be extremely supportive of geocachers coming to help clean up the area. There should have been no expectations from the mint of the customer of what is normally seen in these situations. In my opinion, the mint caused this one.

Nope, not the date, and the last 8 numbers are actually just 4 numbers repeated. Either way, the mystery on how to activate it and log it has been solved so I'm not too concerned about the miscellaneous numbers. Thanks for all the help.

The pattern is as follows: (Number Letter) LLNNLNLLLNLLNNNNNNNN And I'm not sure what more a picture might do, but since you asked...

No problem. Hopefully there's enough search-able terms that it will be easy to find once it is buried.

Solved! So this was actually pretty basic, just poorly constructed. With a 20-digit code (or anything larger than 12), the first 6 digits are the tracking code, the second 6 digits are the activation code, and the remaining 8 digits (in this case only numbers), don't seem to mean anything at all. Perhaps the remaining is something internal to the manufacturer like a batch or order number. I'm really not sure why this was done and how they expect that every cacher that finds this coin will be able to figure that out (though just using the first 6 to log it isn't that bad), but it at least is now registered. And for the record, since the OP, I've had some time to do proper logs for that trip.

If you wouldn't mind then, please explain how this 20 digit code is used? There aren't any breaks or dashes and the field for entering a trackable code won't accept ones this long. Thank you

No luck on pathtags.com.

Sorry, I haven't had time to do a proper log, but yes that is the right one. And I'll check out the pathtag site even though it says "Trackable at geocaching.com" right above the code. I can get a hold of the one who ordered them so I might try to contact the company as well. I'm really hoping that they didn't pull one over on a state park. Especially one that places their own caches and has tried to integrate with the hobby/sport as much as they have.

Just as usual, I'm sure that this has already been discussed, but I am not able to find the answer. I just was given a coin from a CITO I went to today and it seems to have an alpha-numeric, 20 digit code on it. I'm not sure what exactly to do with it and the park that ordered them (300 of them) isn't sure of the specifics of TBs, let alone the details about the code. Any ideas?

Just to throw in my 2 cents for future new cachers. I've used c:geo, the official app, and now neongeo. Although c:geo is good, it's a little clunky and not quite as polished. In some cases, it just wouldn't load caches for me. The official app is decent as well, but it always took fairly long to open and would show an accuracy of about 400ft typically. Finally, neongeo is plain awesome in function, interface, and speed. The ability to manage trackables and pocket queries is amazing, not to mention the ability to see where other cachers are (of course, using the same app). Combine it with Pocket Query Creator and it is a powerful duo. I've not looked into Cachesense yet, but it looks pretty good as well.

We're looking for a good entry level as well and so far the best value seems to be the magellan explorist gc. I don't think that it can be used as a typical gps, but for caching, it seems to be great. I've only gotten to play with one for a few minutes indoors, but it handled pretty well. I've seen these go on ebay new for about $100 (compared to the geomate jr that is about $100 after getting the data cable). Though, admittedly, this is my first time on these forums so I don't know how cheap a used, but better gps goes for yet. Good luck, and I hope that he can make a recovery himself.