+OmniCitadel Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 ok so i am still very clueless as to the geocoin thing... but yea how often do they appear in caches? and what is the point of geocoins while im on this topic? <----- N00b Quote Link to comment
+brian b Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Geocoins in geocaches? Are you kidding? No way. These things stay nice and neat in our respectable hiding places where not even our children can touch them, and every night, we kneel down before our horde of coins and pray to the gods of bronze, silver, and gold that we won't miss a sale that might be put out in the middle of the night. Nope. They don't belong in geocaches. . . . Quote Link to comment
+OmniCitadel Posted December 18, 2005 Author Share Posted December 18, 2005 so why be trackable? Quote Link to comment
+brian b Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 The icons, my friend, the icons. It is all about the icons. (Just like it is all about the numbers.) Some of the last events I have attended have turned into nothing more than an icon (geocoin) swap. And I am guilty as charged. Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Im putting my coins in caches. Except the Moun10Bike coin. Quote Link to comment
+WeatherednBoston Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 The icons, my friend, the icons. It is all about the icons. (Just like it is all about the numbers.) Some of the last events I have attended have turned into nothing more than an icon (geocoin) swap. And I am guilty as charged. I agree its all about the icons. I have a geoscrew coin as well. Just like you in my profile I have a screw icon under my items owned list...yet I dont have an screw icon under my found list. If you would like to trade info perhaps we both can add an icon to our found list Quote Link to comment
+Nomad and the Librarians Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Geocoins in geocaches? Are you kidding? No way. These things stay nice and neat in our respectable hiding places where not even our children can touch them, and every night, we kneel down before our horde of coins and pray to the gods of bronze, silver, and gold that we won't miss a sale that might be put out in the middle of the night. I play with mine. Some I keep. Some I swap. The keepers are pocket pieces. I carry them to school and share them with my students and others. I have introduced several people to caching for sure, maybe to coins as well. I like a sexy piece of metal in my hands. That's what my coins are all about. The icons are cool too, but they get sticky and run in my pockets. Quote Link to comment
+Fundamental Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Nope. They don't belong in geocaches. . . . Please speak only for your brave home country.. here in Europe they mostly travel from cache to cache with great success.. Quote Link to comment
+pdxmarathonman Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Nope. They don't belong in geocaches. . . . Please speak only for your brave home country.. here in Europe they mostly travel from cache to cache with great success.. Every time I see a post like this I want to reply with some snappy defense of the once-great USA. But then I remember my TB that made an escape to the Netherlands and has been happily travelling around Europe far longer than the TBs that weren't lucky enough to get across the pond. When I leave my personal geocoins in caches I leave a note that says it can be kept or moved. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I'm working on a "TFTC" ("Thanks for the Cache") geocoin that I'm hoping to sell at or below $5 (including shipping) that people can leave as a thanks for cool caches...my thinking is that you log that you left the coin when you find a great cache to leave it in, and when somebody takes the coin there are instructions to place it in a great cache that they find...a nice way to spread positive geo-karma... Sure some would disappear, but some wouldn't... I like finding and leaving geocoins in caches, but I also appreciate the collectors' mentality, as some are really beautiful...I like to buy/trade for coins that I am going to keep, and to move coins I find in caches to other caches...but that's how I play... jamie Quote Link to comment
+SharpShin' Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I'm working on a "TFTC" ("Thanks for the Cache") geocoin that I'm hoping to sell at or below $5 (including shipping) that people can leave as a thanks for cool caches...my thinking is that you log that you left the coin when you find a great cache to leave it in, and when somebody takes the coin there are instructions to place it in a great cache that they find...a nice way to spread positive geo-karma... Great idea NFA John Quote Link to comment
+rojeel Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 Nope. They don't belong in geocaches. . . . I put coins in caches. I have put other cachers coins in caches. All the coins I have put out are trackable, somewhere. Most have moved at least once. I also am creating a coin book to share with others at events. So I believe coins do belong in caches. And trackable is the way to go. IMHO. I like NFAs idea and would be proud to find and move one (or buy and place some). When I put a coin in a cache, it is usually because I thought it was a great cache, or was a landmark cache for me. (FTF, first in snow, first in state, WOW factor, etc) Please put out more coins. I for one will move them from place to place. I buy the coins I want to keep in my book. Quote Link to comment
+Ladycacher Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 (edited) I have used coins as a FTF prize. I will tell you that my caches with coins as a FTF prize get found faster than one with out. Edited December 18, 2005 by Ladycacher & Boys Quote Link to comment
+graylling Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 One of the reasons I got my personal coins made was so that I could drop some of them in caches. However I also dont' tell anyone what caches I have dropped them in because I know there would be an effort by some people to head right for that cache to get the coin. It's much nicer when someone who isn't expecting it comes across the coin. Quote Link to comment
+HerrK & Friends Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I'm working on a "TFTC" ("Thanks for the Cache") geocoin that I'm hoping to sell at or below $5 (including shipping) that people can leave as a thanks for cool caches... Cool idea..........! Quote Link to comment
+Ladycacher Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 One of the reasons I got my personal coins made was so that I could drop some of them in caches. However I also dont' tell anyone what caches I have dropped them in because I know there would be an effort by some people to head right for that cache to get the coin. It's much nicer when someone who isn't expecting it comes across the coin. I herd of a person who watches caches so they can grab the coin and sell it on an auction site. I have thought about not telling either, just leaving a note in the cache, but the town I live in doesn't get many cachers. Quote Link to comment
+brian b Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 For those of you who took my comment that "they don't belong in geocaches" seriously, It is called sarcasm. GEOcoin -- GEOcache. Sure they belong. They just don't often get placed. And if they do, someone usually picks it up without logging the find. Quote Link to comment
+IceCreamMan Posted December 18, 2005 Share Posted December 18, 2005 I've been putting my coins in caches See my coin list. It has links to the ones that have been released into the wild. My Coin List Quote Link to comment
+IceCreamMan Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 For those of you who drone on about coins never being put in caches and always disappering, it so happens I found Three coins yesterday while out caching. I wasn't even targeting them. I had no idea they were in the caches I found them in until I poped open the ammo can. One was even an icon State coin. And they've been out for a while. Two had 1300 miles and one had 3400. And each had dozens of logs. There out there if you just sign off the forums and go caching. USA Geocoin Yet Another Geocoin Jr The Treasure Hunters Maryland Geocoin Quote Link to comment
+GeoNap Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 For those of you who drone on about coins never being put in caches and always disappering, it so happens I found Three coins yesterday while out caching. I wasn't even targeting them. I had no idea they were in the caches I found them in until I poped open the ammo can. One was even an icon State coin. And they've been out for a while. Two had 1300 miles and one had 3400. And each had dozens of logs. There out there if you just sign off the forums and go caching. USA Geocoin Yet Another Geocoin Jr The Treasure Hunters Maryland Geocoin That's awesome! Ahhh... just in time for Christmas too... my faith is restored in my fellow coin loving cachers. Or perhaps they just didn't find the cache in time? Quote Link to comment
+cainrcc Posted December 24, 2005 Share Posted December 24, 2005 One of the reasons I got my personal coins made was so that I could drop some of them in caches. However I also dont' tell anyone what caches I have dropped them in because I know there would be an effort by some people to head right for that cache to get the coin. It's much nicer when someone who isn't expecting it comes across the coin. I herd of a person who watches caches so they can grab the coin and sell it on an auction site. I have thought about not telling either, just leaving a note in the cache, but the town I live in doesn't get many cachers. That just sucks and is wrong Geocoins are ment to travel and not be sold on ebay!! Quote Link to comment
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