Master Mariner Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Having some time to kill I was looking through the first 10 pages of nearest geocaches including those I have found. I noticed that there were only two caches out of the 200 that indicated they contained a geocoin. That's from Greenwich, London. How do others do for geocoins in their areas? Is 1% good or bad? Quote
+Jango & Boba Fett Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 .. two caches out of the 200 that indicated they contained a geocoin ... Greenwich, London. How do others do for geocoins in their areas? Is 1% good or bad? Norwich 200 caches takes you 70km away and 12 contain GeoCoins = 6% Quote
+bhodisatva Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 (edited) Same as MM here in West London - 2 out of 200 hundred caches = 2%. It will soon be 3 out of 200 when i place this canadian coin i have in front of me in my local cache later this afternoon though . Just waiting on some acrylic key tags dropping through my door and then i should be releasing some of the coins i have amassed so far out into the wild. Edited to add - 200 caches takes you 6.6miles away for me - reckon about 60-75% of these caches are micros and virtuals though. Edited June 3, 2006 by bhodisatva Quote
barryhunter Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 (liveish) Map of caches apprently containing a geocoin! Quote
+BikerKats Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Also 2 out of 200, also west London, but 200 caches cover a 7.5 mile radius from here. Could you hold up the dropping of the Canadian coin, Bhodisatva? We've got people coming round soon and won't be able to go caching and grab it! Quote
+MartyBartfast Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Petersfield, 200 caches within 17.3 km but only 2 coins. There were 3 this morning but the one I dropped off at 09:00 has already been collected. Quote
+Spnoo Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 200 nearest from Ascot, Berks takes me 12.8 miles from home, and 5 have coins in, so 2.5%. Quote
+scaw Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 first 10 pages 32 geocoins a white jeep and a yellow jeep Cumbria Quote
+Chaotica_UK Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 first 10 pages 32 geocoins a white jeep and a yellow jeep Cumbria Good Grief, thats quite a selection! Within 10 pages - 6 coins, 1 of which is resident in a 5/5 night cache with two other coins, one is in a virtual ready for an caching event, leaving 2 to be easily picked up. A single yellow jeep was picked up yesterday and there are no other jeeps in the area. Mark Quote
+scaw Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 first 10 pages 32 geocoins a white jeep and a yellow jeep Cumbria Good Grief, thats quite a selection! Within 10 pages - 6 coins, 1 of which is resident in a 5/5 night cache with two other coins, one is in a virtual ready for an caching event, leaving 2 to be easily picked up. A single yellow jeep was picked up yesterday and there are no other jeeps in the area. Mark quiet alot of them are mine i have released nearly 90 geocoins since i started caching back in October. Also i have been swapping activated coins from me with other people to release over here. I also took part in the great experiment to get geocoins out into the wild and in caches Quote
+The Golem Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 first 10 pages 32 geocoins a white jeep and a yellow jeep Cumbria Good Grief, thats quite a selection! Within 10 pages - 6 coins, 1 of which is resident in a 5/5 night cache with two other coins, one is in a virtual ready for an caching event, leaving 2 to be easily picked up. A single yellow jeep was picked up yesterday and there are no other jeeps in the area. Mark quiet alot of them are mine i have released nearly 90 geocoins since i started caching back in October. Also i have been swapping activated coins from me with other people to release over here. I also took part in the great experiment to get geocoins out into the wild and in caches She's mad you know... Quote
+Bear and Ragged Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 Wondering if it's worthwhile driving through the night to spend the day caching in Cumbia tomorrow... Quote
+Dorsetgal & GeoDog Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 North Poole 200 takes you to 25.2 miles, and shows 11 coins this evening = 5.5% Quote
Andys101 & Redfrock Posted June 3, 2006 Posted June 3, 2006 (edited) Thanet - 200 caches = 8 coins = 4% BUT ... its a 40 mile radius to get 200 caches from here Edited June 3, 2006 by Andys101 & Redfrock Quote
+Andy&BeckyRiley Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 North West Huddersfield 9/200 = 4.5%. But 4 of them are in one (hard) puzzle cache. Andy & Becky Quote
+Us 4 and Jess Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 you need to be working north!! Durham first 10 pages 15 coins 1 white jeep and 40 travel bugs Mandy Quote
+Teuchters Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Just south of Inverness: 200 caches takes you out nearly 50 miles and there are 6 coins within this circle. Quote
+*mouse* Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 8 geocoins in the 200 closest caches to Lowestoft in Suffolk. 4%! Quote
+perth pathfinders Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) Perth Only 5 coins in 200 caches Perhaps somebody would like to do a raid of the Cubria caches and head north?? Edited June 4, 2006 by perth pathfinders Quote
+Haggis Hunter Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 From my house in Edinburgh, 200 caches have a radius of 22 miles with 18 coins and 42 TB's. Quote
Master Mariner Posted June 4, 2006 Author Posted June 4, 2006 In response to my initial question "is 1% good or bad" I think I can say BAD! So far, the most generous geocoin cachers appear to be up north: Cumbria(ish) 16% Edinburgh(ish) 9% Durham(ish) 7.5% Norwich(ish) 6% Poole(ish) 5.5% Huddersfield(ish) 4.5% Lowestoft(ish) 4% Thanet(ish) 4% Inverness(ish) 3% Chaotica Land 3% - sorry, do not know which area you are in Ascot(ish) 2.5% Perth(ish) 2% London West(ish) 1% Petersfield(ish) 1% Greenwich(ish) 1% Anyone care to comment on why this might be? Looks like Scaw could be working for the Cumbria Tourist Board I know that, of the coins I have released, none are in my area; two are in the USA; one is in Ireland; one in Wales and two are in England. What is good to see, though, is that people are entering into the spirit of the mission's that each coin has been given. Quote
+snaik Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Perth Only 4 coins in 200 caches, 4.1 miles. Perhaps somebody would like to do a raid of the Cumbria caches and head north?? You been at the cooking sherry again! try 22 travellers in nearest 200 Quote
+perth pathfinders Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) You been at the cooking sherry again! try 22 travellers in nearest 200 Pah! Nope, but think you might!! Only Geocoins were asked for, and one is a Virtual in a micro which I didn't count!!! Edited June 4, 2006 by perth pathfinders Quote
+MBFace Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 23 caches in nearest 200 containing a total of 26 Geocoins and 1 white jeep. Location = Cumbria, 6.3 miles South of Scaw. MBF Quote
+Team Clova Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 You been at the cooking sherry again! try 22 travellers in nearest 200 Pah! Nope, but think you might!! Only Geocoins were asked for, and one is a Virtual in a micro which I didn't count!!! OK you've both been on the sherry??? Just counted 11 (not including non-counting micro!) Bit early in the day for so much drink wasn't it???? Quote
+Team Clova Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Oh! 8 in my 200 caches closest to home (Arbroath) Quote
+BikerKats Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 (edited) Also 2 out of 200, also west London, but 200 caches cover a 7.5 mile radius from here. Oops - correcting radius - 200 caches cover a 10 mile radius from here. Edited June 4, 2006 by BikerKats Quote
+mumbo jumbo Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 Top 10 pages takes me 17.2 miles from my home co-ords but I have 5 within 15 miles at the moment (from South Esat Birmingham) i.e. 2.5%. That's not counting the one I picked up this morning (my first coin find!). MJ Quote
+The Blorenges Posted June 4, 2006 Posted June 4, 2006 11 geocoins and one yellow jeep (which I hadn't noticed before ) in my 200 nearest caches here in SE Wales. I'd really like a little yellow jeep for a while....We should have gone to Weston Super Mare today! MrsB Quote
+aRRKS Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 200 caches takes us to 19.8 miles around south Cheshire. Within that radius there are 43 TB's and 8 assorted coins - 1 geocoin, 1 EU, 2 Welsh, 2 UK, 1 CC and 1 Not Another Micro! There would have a phone-a-friend coin as well but we've just picked that up - nice... Quote
+minstrelcat Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 We have 9 coins in the nearest 200 caches, which is a radius of 19.4 miles. No jeeps - they never seem to make it as far as Kent. Lisa Quote
+The Bolas Heathens Posted June 6, 2006 Posted June 6, 2006 200 nearest caches to home gives 20.9 miles and a total of 15 coins. Quote
+scaw Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 so which area has the least? was that figured out yet? Quote
+M0GEJ Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 200 caches takes me 19.7 miles from where I live, and there are nine geocoins and one white jeep within this area. Quote
+Tiger-Eyes Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 my nearest 200 from mid norfolk are 7 coins, 3 white jeeps 1 yellow jwwp in 45 miles, i think we seriously need more caches Quote
The Mount View Crew Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 From ALdershot in Hampshire my nearest 200 are within 13.3 miles, with 48 TBs (24%) but only 6 Geocoins (3%). So its good for bugs, but pretty poor for coins. Quote
+Alboy Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 13 coins round Epsom in a 12.5 miles radius. plus 2 I'm holding for release when I'm next allowed out!! Of those 13, 5 are USA coins. No jeeps, never seen one remotely close I don't think! Quote
+Orchards Finest Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Sorry, I'm a bit late. 6 coins in nearest 200 caches (36km, approx 22 mile, radius) Also one yellow jeep. There are 46 'other' travellers Oh, I'm down on the coast in West Sussex. Quote
+Happy Humphrey Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Out of the 72 IOM caches, 9 contain Geocoins (12.5%). One cache contains 9 Geocoins though, and another has 2 (shall I include those in the total to make it 26.4%?). Two of the coins are Moun10Bike . There is also a white jeep and a yellow jeep. Don't forget the IOM Event at the end of July! HH Quote
+scaw Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 Out of the 72 IOM caches, 9 contain Geocoins (12.5%). One cache contains 9 Geocoins though, and another has 2 (shall I include those in the total to make it 26.4%?). Two of the coins are Moun10Bike . There is also a white jeep and a yellow jeep. Don't forget the IOM Event at the end of July! HH its a clear day and i can see the IOM from my garden over the sea and to think there is a Moun10Bike coin there *looks longingly at the sea* Quote
+The Flying Boots Posted June 15, 2006 Posted June 15, 2006 For us in Gloucestershire but close to the South Wales borders it's 14 coins and a radius of 22 miles And we have an especially lovely "Welsh Californian Poppy" nearby Thanks to the Blorenges. Quote
+rutson Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 so which area has the least? was that figured out yet? Beijing - zero Though that will change VERY soon... Keep an eye on this. Quote
+tteggod trackers Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 weybridge..200 in 13 mile radius containing 11 geocoins. Quote
+Team JSAM Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Kimberly, Idaho USA 10 pages 9 coins 20 pages 14 coins Quote
Nediam Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Lichfield/South Staffs area:- 200 caches within a 19.1 mile radius - 7 coins available = 3.5% (Plus I have 2 at home which I need to release ASAP ) Quote
+PopUpPirate Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 10 pages reveals 9 coins within 14 miles of Chorley lancs Quote
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