+Alibags Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 This looks a bit strange. I wonder what is going on? Stonehenge Virtual Quote
+Bambi&Thumper Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 The "Icon Ho" TB is a travel bug that contains loads and loads of coins and "Icon" travellers and gets passed from hand to hand for all the "Icon Ho's" (as the Americans like to call them*) out there to log... No idea what it's doing in that virtual though. Bambi. * For the UK equivalent, I usually think of a rude word that sounds a little bit like a type of frost... Quote
+Simply Paul Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 I thought all virtual TBs and coins got banned/frozen... or was that just for this side of the Atlantic? Quote
+Mr'D Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Is is strange. Some of the coins/TB's specifically say they must be seen to be logged? There is no tracking numbers on the coin/TB page so how are people logging these? Quote
+adambro Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 It doesn't seem to be a virtual TB/coin. It looks like its a real TB which is a folder (or similar) containing a number of coins. The idea seems to be to allow people who find the TB to log all the coins and get the icons. The question is, where is the TB. It obviously isn't at a virtual cache. Quote
+currykev Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Maybe there is going to be a large gathering of cachers (and muggles) at the site on the 21 June at sunrise. Quote
+Bambi&Thumper Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) It doesn't seem to be a virtual TB/coin. It looks like its a real TB which is a folder (or similar) containing a number of coins. The idea seems to be to allow people who find the TB to log all the coins and get the icons. The question is, where is the TB. It obviously isn't at a virtual cache. It is indeed a real travel bug and not a virtual one. As to where it acually is now, I have no idea, but more info on the beast can be found in a thread on the GeoCoin forum. I would guess that the person who placed it in the virtual has/had it and wanted to get all that stuff off their inventory... Bambi. Edited May 23, 2006 by Bambi&Thumper Quote
+dino-irl Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 There was a similar discussion on the main forum about people using Archived caches to "park" TBs and Geocoins recently but I can't find the link. The consensus was the same reasons as outlined by Bambi&Thumper Quote
+The Bolas Heathens Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 I use one of our own caches for just this purpose - it's a nano so it's pretty obvious the coins are not in the cache (I've also added a note saying so on the cache page in case anyone does not realise). There was a similar discussion on the main forum about people using Archived caches to "park" TBs and Geocoins recently but I can't find the link. The consensus was the same reasons as outlined by Bambi&Thumper Quote
+Master Mariner Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 (edited) I have just received an email asking me to keep an eye open for this TB. Looks like a similar type of thing. Doubt that it will fit in the target cache though. Edited to add: I should read more carefully! It is ordinary coins and not geocoins!! Edited May 23, 2006 by Master Mariner Quote
+currykev Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 I have just seen this TB's new mission to head for my Dash #1.Thats a problem as it's a micro.??? Quote
+Learned Gerbil Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 The TB description says the objective isn't your cache, but instead is Unicef round the corner in Kingsway. Sounds dangerously agenda based if you ask me! Quote
+Alibags Posted May 23, 2006 Author Posted May 23, 2006 There was a similar discussion on the main forum about people using Archived caches to "park" TBs and Geocoins recently but I can't find the link. The consensus was the same reasons as outlined by Bambi&Thumper Oh I understand that okay, as my own coins are kept out of my inventory in one of my own archived caches conveniently close to my home co-ords. I also understand logging a TB in and out of a cache to to show where it has travelled... however, this does rather smell of virtual logging to me. Or, as Learned Gerbil says, some other agenda perhaps. Strange. Quote
alistair_uk Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 Could it be as simple as a typo when logging in the TB? Not the most likely but still possible. Quote
+BlueDeuce Posted May 23, 2006 Posted May 23, 2006 It doesn't seem to be a virtual TB/coin. It looks like its a real TB which is a folder (or similar) containing a number of coins. The idea seems to be to allow people who find the TB to log all the coins and get the icons. The question is, where is the TB. It obviously isn't at a virtual cache. It is indeed a real travel bug and not a virtual one. As to where it acually is now, I have no idea, but more info on the beast can be found in a thread on the GeoCoin forum. I would guess that the person who placed it in the virtual has/had it and wanted to get all that stuff off their inventory... Bambi. hmmmmm On a side note I have never considered geocoins travel bugs. Why? Because that's not the point of a geocoin. Anywoo, what not enough people realize is that you can stick your coins and bugs out to an unknown location and people can still discover them. By the way, I have just now decided never to 'Discover' a TB or geocoin. Quote
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