+THE RED FOX RAIDERS Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Any word on the geocoin street about a second series of Wildlife Muggle coins? First set was great. Quote Link to comment
+Camp Explorer Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Yes there will be a second Wildlife Muggles series. I'm currently looking for designs to use. If anyone would like to submit a design they will be rewarded. The coins will all be trackable and each with its own icon. Please contact me if you have any designs. Thanks Tom Camp Explorer Quote Link to comment
Team Macha Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 you should use a mouse chewing away a cache. this has hapened to several people I know. the mouse gets in and makes a nest out of the log book. then the next cacher to find the cache gets a surprise. Quote Link to comment
+Rockin Roddy Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 How about the skunk on the trail??? A skunk could be standing on the trail between the cache and a small group of cachers!! Quote Link to comment
+Team Sand Dollar Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) Ok I'll add one. How about a Rattlesnake sunning itself on top of an ammo box. I did encounter a few snakes when I cached in AZ. One was on a rock near the cache and another in an opening in the rocks below a cache. The caches were just far enough away to retrieve but I did get me to be more careful. Team Sand Dollar Edited January 26, 2007 by Team Sand Dollar Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 How about a Rattlesnake sunning itself on top of an ammo box. Mustang Joni has one coming out with that exact image. Quote Link to comment
+The Dream Cachers Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Bees or wasps? We see a lot of these! Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We've seen tons of deer while caching...how about a buck with a bison tube hanging from its antlers. Quote Link to comment
+Tank Hounds Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 Some of the critters that we run across is definitely the mouse! Scared one out of a hiding spot next to the ammo can (thank goodness not inside it!). We have seen a lot of black widow spiders too. And we even came upon a cache that was covered in ants...I guess that's not really "wildlife" in the sense that your other coins were though! Quote Link to comment
+The Amigos Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We seem to find either rats OR Skunks (or both) coming out of the cactus that some people like to hide cache boxes in. Makes for a very interesting find (or not, in the case of the skunks. We defer to them!) A magnificent buck standing over an ammo box would be a sight I would love to walk up on! Here in Texas, we have lots of armadillos. You could have one rutting at an ammo box with his nose. There are already snake and spicer coins out, but they could be done in different ways. We have found several caches hidden under bushes, where a spider has made a web in the limbs, and was guarding the box, and we've found snakes wrapped around, or hidden under, warm ammo boxes. You could have an owl watching over a cache hanging in a tree. The owls eyes could glow in the dark. Maybe these ideas will help some. I have the first series and just love them! Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We've run into turkeys while caching, too. Quote Link to comment
+agilefox Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 (edited) Squirrels and chipmunks are forever gnawing into tupperware lids around here. P.S. Loved the fox from the first series! Edited January 26, 2007 by agilefox Quote Link to comment
+roboknight Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I would also love to have another series come out.. Love the idea about the skunk or how about a lizard that camos himself to look like a cache container with ammo tape on it.. I know that is kind of farfetched but thought it would be cool. Quote Link to comment
+chancerider Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 We live out in the gold country foothills in CA, and run into quite an assortment of critters while we're out caching. I love the idea of the skunk.. they're out in force right now! We also see possums, bobcats, mtn lions, deer, snakes, bees and wasps, hawks, and "evidence" of bears. While we've been lucky and haven't seen bears, there are caches nearby with warning signs posted by local hikers. Looking forward to the next series, whatever it brings! Quote Link to comment
+CachingCoins Posted January 26, 2007 Share Posted January 26, 2007 I loved the first series! I can't wait to see what you come up with next! Quote Link to comment
+Prairiepartners Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 We've run into turkeys while caching, too. We run into alot of turkeys also while caching..LOL Quote Link to comment
WI_Robin Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 There was a bear near here that made punctures in each side of a lock-n-lock, he didn't manage to get into it though....... Quote Link to comment
+The Amigos Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 "how about a lizard that camos himself to look like a cache container with ammo tape on it." One of my very first finds had me climbing about 6 feet up in a tree to grab a "Lizard" that I thought was the cache in disquise. I nearly fell out of that tree when that "fake" lizard ran across my hand trying to get away from me! The cache was actually on the ground, under the tree, glued to the bottom of a squashed soda can! I don't chase lizards anymore! I'm too old to fall! It would hurt! But, seriously, a lizard coin would be cute, too. In Texas, we have "giant" Mosquitos that could carry away a cache. What about a porcupine with an ammobox stuck on his quills? Or a micro hidden in his quills?!! Quote Link to comment
+The Amigos Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Or you could have a bunch of ants, marching two-by-two, carrying an ammobox on their antennae. they can carry ten times their own weight, and a bunch of them could conceivably carry an ammocan!! Quote Link to comment
+Bunya Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 (edited) Or you could have a bunch of ants, marching two-by-two, carrying an ammobox on their antennae. they can carry ten times their own weight, and a bunch of them could conceivably carry an ammocan!! Hmmm - interesting thought! A quick bit of googling gives estimates for the weight of an ant of 1 to 5 mg. So using an average of 3mg and your "can carry ten times their own weight" one ant can lift 30 mg. A .30 cal ammo can weighs about 4 pounds = about 1800 grams. So if I've got my decimal points right, it would take 60,000 ants to "carry the can". I'll let someone else work out if they would fit under it! Edited January 27, 2007 by Bunya Quote Link to comment
+Bunya Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 I'll let someone else work out if they would fit under it! OK. If no-one else wants the job, I’d better try. Assuming the average ant is about 5 x 1 mm, I get that at most 9,500 ants would fit under largest side of the ammo can, and even then their legs would have to overlap a bit! So if it wasn’t an ammo can, but something the same size made of much lighter material, it might JUST be possible. That’s enough arithmetic for today. Quote Link to comment
+Cheesy pigs Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 As a lover of the Wildlife Muggles set, I think it would be nice to also see some animals from elsewhere who conduct cache muggling In Tasmania Australia, we have Tasmanian Devils, Brushtail possums, snakes (generally sitting on top of the cache), hunstman spiders - ERK! , echidnas and quolls that regularly pick caches to bits. Gotta love them though Speaking of Wildlife Muggles series though - does anyone have a spare Cache bandit? Quote Link to comment
+Camp Explorer Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Thanks for all the animal suggestions. A skunk was suggested last year as my next one so I think I will have to go with that. I have also been thinking of a deer. The Tasmanian Devil sound like a winner. I was also thinking of a beaver. Quote Link to comment
+DresselDragons Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 We crossed a beaver dam to get to a cache...didn't see the beaver, but made use of his handywork. A couple more ideas...we've seen several cranes while caching, and, this might be a stretch, but fish. We've encountered plenty of fishermen, so the fish must be there too. Maybe something with an aquacache theme. Just a thought. Quote Link to comment
+Degai Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 Ok I'll add one. How about a Rattlesnake sunning itself on top of an ammo box. I did encounter a few snakes when I cached in AZ. One was on a rock near the cache and another in an opening in the rocks below a cache. The caches were just far enough away to retrieve but I did get me to be more careful. Team Sand Dollar Someone posted a picture of a snake on an ammo box. I think it was referred to as "The Cache Guardian". . .which I thought was a very appropriate title. When I was in FL, looking for a cache, which was around rocks and water, I saw a water moccasin. Personally, I hate snakes (even though I know snakes provide assistance in the balance of nature) but after a few minutes, I regained my composure and found the cache. It made me realize that when I am around those elements, I use a stick to poke around, not my hands. Quote Link to comment
+chaosmanor Posted January 27, 2007 Share Posted January 27, 2007 We've seen tons of deer while caching...how about a buck with a bison tube hanging from its antlers. I think that this is a great idea! But I thought that moving caches were outlawed :angry: We saw a bird's nest on a tupperware-type container, once. The cache hadn't been found in some months, and the lid was depressed, making a nice little "bowl" for the bird. Fortunately, the hatchlings had left when we found the cache, so we got to "find" the cache without disturbing the nest. Quote Link to comment
+THE RED FOX RAIDERS Posted January 27, 2007 Author Share Posted January 27, 2007 Glad to hear there a second series coming out Here a few animals for consideration 1. Pine Marten 2. Snowshoe hare 3. Porcupine 4. Chickadee 5. Osprey 6. Mink 7. Lynx Thanks for the up date Camp Explorer Quote Link to comment
+Camp Explorer Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Update The first coin has been designed. It is a Beaver! Will there be any interest in pins in the second series? I will post back here with any updates. Camp Explorer Quote Link to comment
stvanme Posted February 3, 2007 Share Posted February 3, 2007 Update The first coin has been designed. It is a Beaver! Will there be any interest in pins in the second series? I will post back here with any updates. Camp Explorer Yes, I would be interested in purchasing the companion pins. I have all from the 1st series. Quote Link to comment
+THE RED FOX RAIDERS Posted February 4, 2007 Author Share Posted February 4, 2007 Pins and coins go hand in hand Quote Link to comment
+Team GCHound Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 Update The first coin has been designed. It is a Beaver! Will there be any interest in pins in the second series? I will post back here with any updates. Camp Explorer I like the beaver! Quote Link to comment
+agilefox Posted February 5, 2007 Share Posted February 5, 2007 I have several Finder Fox coins (just had to) and my son just started his own account as "CrazyBeaver". Please send me a PM with instructions for ordering this coin. It would be a neat present as his first Geocoin. Quote Link to comment
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