+nfa Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I've got a line on a manhole cover, and was thinking about stamping it with a set of TB numbers to make it into a huge geocoin...this particular manhole cover geocoin weighs about 200 pounds...would you move it from cache to cache? j Quote Link to comment
+Nocturnal Navigators Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Size alone would be a major issue. It weighing 200 lbs would be the killer here. I mean, I can think of only a couple caches it could fit in due to size. Although I couldn't get it to any due to weight. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted February 22, 2006 Author Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Size alone would be a major issue. It weighing 200 lbs would be the killer here. I mean, I can think of only a couple caches it could fit in due to size. Although I couldn't get it to any due to weight. It'd probably have to be next to (near to) most geocaches due to its size...it would probably require a team of cachers, and/or a sled or wagon to move it...I would think that long-distance hikes would be out of the question for most caching teams when recovering or placing this geocoin. ps - anyone have a spare PC-geocoin code number to sell...that would probably be better than a TB number. j Edited February 22, 2006 by NFA Quote Link to comment
+Nocturnal Navigators Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I'm with ya, and I'd say some people might try moving it. I might would even try just due to the oddness of the whole thing. Although we couldn't carry it, and I wouldn't be able to take a sled or anything like that to most caches. I'm not saying it wouldn't move, but I wouldn't plan on much movement. If anything it might be neat to setup your own cache, and incorporate the cover "geocoin" into that. Just make it a permanent TB at this particular cache. Quote Link to comment
+Tharagleb Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Do it, then we can see if Crashco will take it to the top of Spruce Mountain. :-) Quote Link to comment
+Prairiepartners Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 NFA.....Check your mail. Quote Link to comment
SCP-173 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Do it, then we can see if Crashco will take it to the top of Spruce Mountain. :-) LOL. Just what I was thinking. I have one of Flask's DVDs with the video of that giant frog statue (Cache Signal Improvinator was the name, I think) being moved from cache to cache and that was the first thing I thought of when I read about the manhole cover. You should definatly do it! And Jamie, if you still need a PC tracking code shoot me an email. Actually I'll just email you. I'll give you one for free. Edited February 22, 2006 by Vargseld? ™ Quote Link to comment
+The Blind Acorn Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I wouldn't pick up a TB/Coin that outweighs me... Sorry Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 I agree that it would be too big for us to move along but I would take picture of the girls with it and log it. That would be funny. Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Do it. Funny Quote Link to comment
+graylling Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Heck you could make it a cache itself.. Provide a hammer and stamp to you could stamp your initials into it.. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 (edited) Hey, if Cindy can exist, why not Manny? edit: dang tags! Edited February 22, 2006 by robert Quote Link to comment
YemonYime Posted February 22, 2006 Share Posted February 22, 2006 Stick a tire iron through the hole and wheel it around like a hula hoop. No biggie, sheesh. Quote Link to comment
+altosaxplayer Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) It will make things better... You will have to drive to the cache just to be able to put it there. No more of that awful hiking. 10 miles into the woods, and you can consider it a park-and-grab! Edited February 23, 2006 by altosaxplayer Quote Link to comment
+Chaos A.D./aka Arlsdaddy Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Hey, if Cindy can exist, why not Manny? edit: dang tags! I just pulled out a bowling ball TB from a cache..."ten pounder" and you get to engrave your cacher name as it moves along Quote Link to comment
+zygote2k Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 If you give a fish a bicycle, will he try to ride it? Quote Link to comment
SCP-173 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 It's a real coin now. Now to put it on my watchlist and enjoy the hilarity that ensues! Quote Link to comment
+Colorado Cacher Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Sounds like a good "Initiation bug/coin" for newbies to carry down the mountainside. Quote Link to comment
ParentsofSAM Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I can't wait to see the 1st persons log for it! Quote Link to comment
+RebelJedi Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I'm with you PoSAM. I wouldn't mind seeing dropped in at an event. Just to see who picks it up. Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted February 23, 2006 Author Share Posted February 23, 2006 (edited) Ginormous Geocoin and Brobdingnagian Geocoin both grew out of this thread and the generosity of geocachers. My thanks to Vargseld and Prairepartners for their kindness in sending me coin codes for these HUGE Geocoins. There will be 2 of the geocoins instead of one for a number of reasons: the big one I had originally been planning on had to be picked up down in NJ (and I live way up in upstate NY), and found a source much more convenient to me These 2 manhole covers geocoins are round, where the other one was square These ones only weigh in at around 60+ pounds apiece, making them a bit more accessible to a broader range of geocachers than the 200 pound one originally planned I plan to launch them both on April 4, 2006, my 2 year geocaching anniversary...both will start out in a cache up here in the ADKs, but one will shortly thereafter travel with me out west for release in one of the caches I'll be visiting in Nevada and Arizona during my trip to Las Vegas (picture me and homeland security in the airport...). I'm thinking about painting the geocoins with rustoleum to clean them up a bit, and improve their longevity in the wild. Thanks for the input, help, and codes everyone!!! Jamie Edited February 23, 2006 by NFA Quote Link to comment
+PassingWind Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Mega-Geocoin carrier...... Quote Link to comment
hirlas Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Mega-Geocoin carrier...... wha tha? Just put the tracking number on your car bumper. Oh wait it's been done, it's called a license plate,,, Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 I have found that rock hammers make great manhole handles. 200lbs is a lot bigger than a normal manhole cover weighs. This thing must be a relic from the days of old when knights were bold and Neanderthals. Quote Link to comment
+trippy1976 Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 Finally a coin that won't get lost in the bottom of your cache pack Awesome! Quote Link to comment
+ZSandmann Posted February 23, 2006 Share Posted February 23, 2006 yeah wanna see collectors stick this in their albums instead of passing it along. Boy I bet the folks on your street are wondering where the sewer covers went Quote Link to comment
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