+AtwellFamily Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I saw a site where it shows the coins with the most mileage. I looked at the first one and it never left the owners hands. It went from event to event and many discovered the coin. My question is, did the coin travel? The owner traveled but for me the coin hasn't moved, it is still in his/her collection. Let the opinions come forth? Quote Link to comment
+fox-and-the-hound Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 Of course it traveled. A cacher carried it from cache to cache and event to event. Many cachers got the chance to enjoy holding it in hand and it's probably collected some stories along the way. That's what every TB should do. Quote Link to comment
+2happy2gether Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I have a coin that I keep with me all of the time - just one. It will be up for discovery at all events. I'm using it to track my personal mileage between caches. Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted January 30, 2007 Share Posted January 30, 2007 I pull coins from my "stash cache" and take them to events for people to discover. I always place them in the event and log the mileage, because they always travel to the events. (Otherwise, how do people discover them?) Quote Link to comment
+Hula Bum Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 For me it doesn't count. I want to see a coin that's moved from cache to cache by different people. Maybe they need to create a "discovered" miles section. Show me a coin that's gone the distance, been left in lots of caches (not just dipped) and been moved by lots of people and then I say it's a true traveller, but hey, that's just me. Quote Link to comment
+Bunya Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 For me it doesn't count. I want to see a coin that's moved from cache to cache by different people. Maybe they need to create a "discovered" miles section. Show me a coin that's gone the distance, been left in lots of caches (not just dipped) and been moved by lots of people and then I say it's a true traveller, but hey, that's just me. It's not just you, but I guess this'll bring out the "kicking a dead horse" comments. I agree with you and, I suspect, so do quite a few others. Quote Link to comment
+AtwellFamily Posted January 31, 2007 Author Share Posted January 31, 2007 For me it doesn't count. I want to see a coin that's moved from cache to cache by different people. Maybe they need to create a "discovered" miles section. Show me a coin that's gone the distance, been left in lots of caches (not just dipped) and been moved by lots of people and then I say it's a true traveller, but hey, that's just me. My point of the post. If I take a trip to China and dip a coin and then bring it back. I don't look at that as the coin traveling. I agree with Hula Bum...show me the coin that was take by one cacher moved arounf China for a while by a bunch of other cachers and then came back. Now that coin has traveled. Quote Link to comment
+Hula Bum Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Uh oh, u don't want to agree with me, that'll get you into all kinds of trouble! Quote Link to comment
+jevans7 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I have one coin that has got over 6000 miles on it right now it is in germany. it is fun to git emails on it from where it has gone and to look at caches that it goes to that i probably will not ever git to see. that is part of the thrill for me. but on the other hand i have about 70 coins that will only go to events with me so i guess i can go both ways. Quote Link to comment
keewee01 Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 (edited) I agree that a coin in someones hands shouldn't clock up an award for most miles travelled, but then I also don't mind people bringing coins to events to be discovered... Not sure if I'm fence sitting or what!? Edited January 31, 2007 by keewee01 Quote Link to comment
danoshimano Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 There's no rule that says what a coin can or cannot do (although people do try to create those rules). People are free to do with them as they please. Quote Link to comment
+GA Cacher Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 I have released many coins to travel, and I have coins that I take to events. Some of the traveling coins get "lost" pretty quick and some travel on. Not claiming the most just to show some do travel via cachers. Here is one that has gone from GA to ME, to TX (Geowoodstock) then Germany. Coin seem to move cache to cache in Europe with out getting lost.LOL 9491 miles GA Stone Mountain Geocoin Here is one that hasn't left the US 7391 miles. Long Island Geocoin Quote Link to comment
+Ladybug Kids Posted January 31, 2007 Share Posted January 31, 2007 Some people have a "personal geocoin" similar to a "personal travel bug" that they log through caches and events as they log them. It's a way of tracking one's own geocaching mileage. Quote Link to comment
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