+dorkfish Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I was given an unactivated Michigan geocoin by a local geocacher & I'm not sure how to make it active on gc.com. I was able to activate it on the michigan page but when I try it on gc.com I get a message that says the tb does not exist. Are there some coins that aren't trackable. Thx Quote
+GeoHills Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Go here http://www.geocoinclub.com/code.php They will e-mail you the activation code. Quote
+Mauison Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I was given an unactivated Michigan geocoin by a local geocacher & I'm not sure how to make it active on gc.com. I was able to activate it on the michigan page but when I try it on gc.com I get a message that says the tb does not exist. Are there some coins that aren't trackable. Thx If you activated it on the MiGO website, then it's not trackable on gc.com. The newer ones are trackable on gc.com but it seems you have one of the older ones. Quote
+dorkfish Posted November 17, 2005 Author Posted November 17, 2005 Thanks for the help. I don't believe the Michigan geocoin came from the coin club so I don't think they'd be able to help me with an activation code. This is the 2005 geocoin that has the michigan website listed on the back. I was looking on ebay for pictures and there is currently one for sell that says it is trackable on gc.com which looks exactly the same as mine. Is it not possible to track this coin? thank you! Quote
Cyclops and Son Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 Around the box were the number is. Does it say "Trackable on Geocaching.com" Quote
+GrnXnham Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 I see the coin that is selling on ebay. I do believe that they are mistaken about it being trackable on geocaching.com I have the same Michigan coin that you have and I think it's only trackable at the MI website. I have tried the Geocoin club with no luck. Quote
+Shasties Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 The original MiGO coins were trackable at travelertags.com. This was before gc.com opened the doors for anyone except USA or Moun10bike to track their coins on their site. If the number on your coin is a plain number (such as 123, 529. 1034, etc) it's probably one of the earlier coins. When they became trackable at gc.com the numbering went to random lettering/numbering. It will start with a MI and then will have several digits after that, like MIE4GQ or MIT45F or something equally as random. The coins will look identical except for, as Cyclops and Son mentioned, the older coins just say trackable around the coin number box while the newer coins say trackable at geocaching.com. Otherwise the coins are identical in artwork. Quote
+Rusty & Libby Posted November 17, 2005 Posted November 17, 2005 If it is trackable at geocaching.com it will say so around the number box. The original coins did not say trackable. If it is trackable at gc.com then you go to the geocoinclub.com site to retrieve the activation code. That is a free service offered by the club and does not mean they are affiliated with the coins using the service. BTW.. there is no such thing as a 2004 or 2005 MiGO coin, they are simply trackable or not trackable there is no other difference... yet. Quote
+dorkfish Posted November 17, 2005 Author Posted November 17, 2005 Thanks everyone. I now know the coin is not trackable on gc.com which is ok. Just wanted to make sure it was/wasn't before I send it out for it's adventure. I appreciate everyones help! dorkfish Quote
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