Mustcache Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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? Quote Link to comment
+TeamSnook Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 Yes much faster! Quote Link to comment
+Nomad and the Librarians Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+GrnXnham Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+Team LightningBugs Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
+dhenninger Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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 Quote Link to comment
Team Kryptos Posted December 2, 2005 Share Posted December 2, 2005 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. Quote Link to comment
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