+Ladycacher Posted October 6, 2005 Posted October 6, 2005 What is the oldest (still traveling) travel bug? What is the most miles traveled (and still traveling) bug? Quote
hide & seekers Posted October 7, 2005 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
hide & seekers Posted October 7, 2005 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
+welch Posted October 7, 2005 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
+CobraMike Posted October 7, 2005 Posted October 7, 2005 Just picked this guy up yesterday. He's 4 years old today (October 7th). Green Mountain Traveler Quote
+Rich the Bushwhacker Posted October 8, 2005 Posted October 8, 2005 I did some searching and found TB78, Lobo the Duckstill going. It started out 10/2/05. 29486mi. Quote
+Cryptik Souls Crew Posted October 9, 2005 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
+RickandCindy Posted July 31, 2019 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
+usyoopers Posted July 31, 2019 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
+angelsunshine Posted August 28, 2019 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
+Goldenwattle Posted August 28, 2019 Posted August 28, 2019 42 minutes ago, angelsunshine said: 2752919.5 Miles That's a lot of kms 1 Quote
+Aceey Posted September 4, 2019 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
+cerberus1 Posted September 4, 2019 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. 2 Quote
Rossland Rider Posted September 22, 2019 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
+stites1 Posted November 23, 2019 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
+Isonzo Karst Posted November 25, 2019 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
Timfy Posted August 9, 2021 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
+24carpediem Posted March 12, 2022 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
+cobraleader312 Posted August 25, 2022 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
+Goldenwattle Posted February 17, 2023 Posted February 17, 2023 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
+Goldenwattle Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 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
+Goldenwattle Posted February 18, 2023 Posted February 18, 2023 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
+Goldenwattle Posted February 22, 2023 Posted February 22, 2023 (edited) Likely the oldest trackable I have found. 2003. TBCFF9. I picked this up today. Edited February 22, 2023 by Goldenwattle Quote
Rubi Jane Posted April 10, 2023 Posted April 10, 2023 I released a TB back in 2005 for my son, it's travelled 138977.2km / 86,356 miles As of 9/15/22 it's MIA which is a bummer 1 Quote
+T0SHEA Posted July 25, 2024 Posted July 25, 2024 (edited) MIA - New Zealand traveled 89,080.3 miles - 143, 360.8 km February 3, 2012 to April 23, 2023: 11 years 2 months 20 days This was my last active trackable I now have 12 that are MIA Edited July 25, 2024 by T0SHEA Quote
+Te@m Boul@nger Posted February 24 Posted February 24 Well Ned Lander started traveling in 2011, went MIA 3 times, resurrected again a few weeks ago and has now travelled over 235.000 km Date Action Where Remarks 28-11-2011 Released Austria Coming from my/his home country, the Netherlands, for a business trip to Vienna, Ned was released 24-12-2012 Lost London While visiting London with the family we found the destroyed cache where Ned should have been residing 23-12-2016 Found New Zealand A muggle handed Ned Lander over to a genuine geocacher somehow 20-12-2020 Lost Australia Went missing form the cache where he was in at that time 25-04-2022 Found Australia Geocacher who retrieved him had forgot to register. And came aware 2 years later luckily. 18-10-2023 Lost Australia Went missing form the cache where he was in at that time 14-20-2025 Found Australia Found 5 km away in another cache Countries visited Australia Austria New Zealand China United Kingdom United States Sweden Norway Denmark Germany Netherlands Luxembourg France Poland Czech Republic Quote
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