Geocoin Versus Travel Bug Tag

[Mustcache]

I've placed 14 Travel Bugs in the past year. Recently, I've activated my first two Geocoins. I was wondering if Geocoins tend to disappear more often than TBs.

What is your personal stat?

[+TeamSnook]

Yes much faster!

[+Nomad and the Librarians]

I have had more than 100 travel bugs pass through my hands. I have yet to lose or steal one. I have handled a couple geocoins, no personal ones, and passed them along.

 

I have started 8, I think, bugs. None has survived. I have several unused tags. I don't know what to do with them.

 

I will not release any of my geocoins. They may not disappear any faster than the TBs, because I am not sure they could. I did not buy them for other people to keep them or lose them.

[+GrnXnham]

We have 11 TB's. All are still moving and all are older than 1 year.

 

We have 4 USA geocoins. 1 coin was lost or stolen. 1 coin was stolen. Three of the coins are less than 6 months old. I even drilled holes in three of the coins and attached a card with coin info.

[+Team LightningBugs]

I'll probably jinx myself here, but....

 

6 TBs sent out / 3 active, 3 gone

 

3 geocoins sent out / 2 stuck in difficult caches, 1 held by someone for about 3 weeks, none I would consider MIA

 

So I feel like I've actually had better luck with the coins. This is probably an anomaly.

[+dhenninger]

I have released 3 USA geocoins.

 

1 Still traveling

1 Known lost (holder emailed me that he lost it over a cliff )

1 Held by a cacher that did not realize it was a traveler (i emailed them today)

 

Not too bad, none intentionally stolen. I released a NJ geocoin a week or so ago, let's see what happens to that one.

 

I have had several TB go missing, but I will release more anyway

[Team Kryptos]

IMO Travel bugs generally keep moving unless they are attached to something cool or put in a cache that gets muggled.

 

Coins however are another story. They are pretty cool just in themselves and I don't think some people can resist the pretty shiny things (my precious). I will no longer put any out. If I find one in a cache I will surely pass it along but the ones I buy stay with me.