+Ladycacher Posted October 6, 2005 Share Posted October 6, 2005 What is the oldest (still traveling) travel bug? What is the most miles traveled (and still traveling) bug? Quote Link to comment
hide & seekers Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 I have one in my possession right now that was released 12/30/2001 and has logged over 22,000 miles. I bet there's others out there that can beat that though. Jack Burton. . . ME! Quote Link to comment
hide & seekers Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Here's another one that has passed through my area with over 31,000 miles: simply Travel Bug Dog Tag and another: Blotts Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Not sure what the actual oldest is (I have a feeling theres some thread out there on this) But this coming weekend for be 4 years! for Markwell's Geoffrey, the Ultimate Geocacher. Quote Link to comment
+CobraMike Posted October 7, 2005 Share Posted October 7, 2005 Just picked this guy up yesterday. He's 4 years old today (October 7th). Green Mountain Traveler Quote Link to comment
+Rich the Bushwhacker Posted October 8, 2005 Share Posted October 8, 2005 I did some searching and found TB78, Lobo the Duckstill going. It started out 10/2/05. 29486mi. Quote Link to comment
+Cryptik Souls Crew Posted October 9, 2005 Share Posted October 9, 2005 We took Travelling TiVo to complete the UK part of his mission today, he has been travelling since 28th Dec 2001 Quote Link to comment
+RickandCindy Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 We released one in Oct.2017 not 2 years yet and it's traveled 72,000 miles and still going. Quote Link to comment
+usyoopers Posted July 31, 2019 Share Posted July 31, 2019 Did a check of our travelers..... Most miles and still traveling is TB2QAF3. It was released 2/14/09, has logged 70,237.6 miles, it was last logged 7/31/19. Longest still traveling would be TBZ5KY. It was released in July 2006, its last log was on 7/13/19. However, most of our travelers are long gone...... Quote Link to comment
+angelsunshine Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 Hold your hats folks. My most traveled is TB is Starting Line, the end of the "starting line" stick from car rally. Released 2/29/12 TB48GKB as of today 2752919.5 Miles This is an actual TB not a virtual. HQ says its in top 10, but haven't a good way to "scrub" virtual TB's from list. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted August 28, 2019 Share Posted August 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, angelsunshine said: 2752919.5 Miles That's a lot of kms 1 Quote Link to comment
+Aceey Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 Over 2 million miles is outstanding. I know I have picked up a couple that had traveled around the world which was pretty cool to imagine some of the people who had that travel bug in there possession at one time. I wish Ground Speak would let us add favorite points to travel bugs & trackable's like they do for geocaches. I think there would be some pretty amazing trackable's circulating through out the game if geocachers could get some sort of recognition for their work. Aceey Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted September 4, 2019 Share Posted September 4, 2019 34 minutes ago, Aceey said: I wish Ground Speak would let us add favorite points to travel bugs & trackable's like they do for geocaches. I think there would be some pretty amazing trackable's circulating through out the game if geocachers could get some sort of recognition for their work. We've seen enough fakers to realize it's already all about recognition. Whenever stats are involved in any game, there's cheats. I don't think these guys that hold on to another's property for years, using it as their own private mileage tracker, should be "rewarded" for their nonsense. 1 Quote Link to comment
Rossland Rider Posted September 22, 2019 Share Posted September 22, 2019 Mine was released in 2010, currently 19,709 miles and 13 countries. I still enjoy getting the notifications when it moves. Let's hope it keeps travelling 1 Quote Link to comment
+stites1 Posted November 23, 2019 Share Posted November 23, 2019 I was just looking to see if I could find the oldest or longest traveled bug. my Oak island Geohound was released in 2007 and has logged over 33,000 miles. He started on the US East coast (NC) and has been to Alaska and back to the US, totally coincidentally stopped a few hundred yards from my parents' house in PA, took a Baltic cruise, and is now boppong around Switzerland and Germany. I love getting updates :-) 1 Quote Link to comment
+Isonzo Karst Posted November 25, 2019 Share Posted November 25, 2019 My New Mexico geocoin was released Nov 9 2005. Still alive. Not especially high mileage, but the survival on this thing has been remarkable. 1 1 Quote Link to comment
Timfy Posted August 9, 2021 Share Posted August 9, 2021 (edited) Thought I might resurrect this thread... Our travel bug, the lucky Irish hug hog, was released in Aug 2006 and had crossed the Atlantic for the first time today. It has covered 32,596.6 miles so far and is still rewarding us with photos from those that find him! It has racked up 1,449 log entries! Edited August 9, 2021 by Timfy Quote Link to comment
+24carpediem Posted March 12, 2022 Share Posted March 12, 2022 Our B&B bug (TB6FMO) has travelled 28,779 miles, since 2014, through over a dozen countries and has had 889 logs. Quote Link to comment
+cobraleader312 Posted August 25, 2022 Share Posted August 25, 2022 I have a TB tattoo on my leg that has traveled 87,917 miles. My daughter has lived in Texas, California, Kansas, New York, and Boston. All of my miles are legit, I have traveled to everywhere she's lived multiple times, and cached in them all. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 17 Share Posted February 17 I have just released a trackable from 2005. Not the original jeep though. TBM4F7 ▼ White Jeep Travel Bug "Bemeere" Bumping down the road. It needs to be 4WD to get over the gravel. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 Not as old as my previous example, but this TB was released in 2011, but then soon after went missing. Today, I found it, ten years since it was marked missing. I have found TBs that were missing for a few years, before, but this is a new record for me. It went missing in Canada. I found it in Australia, a long way away. TB488XT 1 Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 18 Share Posted February 18 11 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: ten years since it was marked missing. The TB owner has now made a note, "I'm thrilled Cloggie is back in action af almost exactly 10 years missing! " Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 22 Share Posted February 22 (edited) Likely the oldest trackable I have found. 2003. TBCFF9. I picked this up today. Edited February 22 by Goldenwattle Quote Link to comment
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