Geocoin hotel caches? Is there such a thing?

[+EPMinnesota]

Is there such a thing as a geocoin hotel cache much like travel bug hotels? While I'm not sure these would be a good idea I'm intrigued by the idea that it might be depending on where it's located. We are proprieters of a travel bug spa and hotel that I think is set well with no trading required, you can leave or take as many as you like, and barring bad weather (like the subzero we've had here in MN lately) travel bugs only are welcome at our hotel for a max of 30 days and then I personally move them along. Would a coin hotel that worked like that be a good idea or is it just to risky?

[+islander1988]

They do exist. Here's one in my neighbourhood for microcoins.

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...de-a565cb38beea

[+Renegade Knight]

A TB Hotel and Coin hotel would be the same, except for one thing.

 

You could use a smaller container for a Coin specific hotel. Other than that they have the same purpose in life.

[+Renegade Knight]

A TB Hotel and Coin hotel would be the same, except for one thing.

 

You could use a smaller container for a Coin specific hotel. Other than that they have the same purpose in life.

[+creacher]

In my area, there are a few "Coin Exchanges" as they are called.

 

They can be great given the right location, and (in my opinion), the owners need to make sure the residents dont stay too long...

[+geodiamond]

I think that this is a great idea. However, things don't always work out the way you want them to. We had a local cache that wasn't called a coin hotel, but that is what it was. It only lasted a week, even as a 'subscriber only' cache.

Edited February 22, 2007 by geodiamond

[+S&G.Davison]

We have a TB Hotel which gets coins and TBs. Must admit we had been thinking of a Treasury Cache aimed for coins.

 

Sue

[+Snowwolf75]

This could be the start of something big COIN drop

[+Kealia]

A TB Hotel and Coin hotel would be the same, except for one thing.

 

You could use a smaller container for a Coin specific hotel. Other than that they have the same purpose in life.

 

What he said. Twice.

[+stickerooni]

Here's one in MN that has some specific coin/bug drop requirements:

 

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...13-9bd0c4d0037a

[Jake - Team A.I.]

but since it's specific to coins, wouldn't it be a Geocoin Bank?

[+stickerooni]

but since it's specific to coins, wouldn't it be a Geocoin Bank?

 

Yeah. There's a Gringott's Cache in Iowa that stashes coins. I've had a couple coins in and out of there.

[+EPMinnesota]

Thank you everyone for your replies. I'd love to hear any other thoughts anyone has. I'm thinking I might consider this further and perhaps use a small cammo container as a hanging cache. It would be somewhat in the area of our tb hotel and not far from home so easy to check up on as needed. I'd like it to be specific to those that are into coins.

[+cachegame]

Here's mine. Lots of bling bling in there Link

[+tokencollector]

My main thought is PLEASE don't turn it into a geocoin prison! I've had coins sit for a while in one geocoin prison, and another coin disappeared when the geocoin prison that it was incarcerated in was muggled.

 

A good cache in a suitable location should draw coins (or at least one would hope that it could). Geocoin caches that I've seen with trade-one "requirements" tend to be holding grounds for geocoin copies.

[+cachegame]

My main thought is PLEASE don't turn it into a geocoin prison! I've had coins sit for a while in one geocoin prison, and another coin disappeared when the geocoin prison that it was incarcerated in was muggled.

 

A good cache in a suitable location should draw coins (or at least one would hope that it could). Geocoin caches that I've seen with trade-one "requirements" tend to be holding grounds for geocoin copies.

 

In my experience they cycle through pretty good. I guess it depends on the cachers in the area.

[+roboknight]

I did one of these. The idea was a "take a penny, leave a penny" sort of a thing so people could switch out coins. To "protect it" from being raided completely a put a little puzzle on it. That way those who figured out the puzzle could always safely leave coins there. The location isn't bad. The problem is, the puzzle might be a little too difficult as a few coins have gotten stuck, but for the most part, it seems to work.

[The Justice League of NM]

My main thought is PLEASE don't turn it into a geocoin prison! I've had coins sit for a while in one geocoin prison, and another coin disappeared when the geocoin prison that it was incarcerated in was muggled.

 

A good cache in a suitable location should draw coins (or at least one would hope that it could). Geocoin caches that I've seen with trade-one "requirements" tend to be holding grounds for geocoin copies.

I am curious what you consider a "prison" and can you give an example of a coin sitting for a while? I am not understanding what you mean.

[+tokencollector]

My main thought is PLEASE don't turn it into a geocoin prison! I've had coins sit for a while in one geocoin prison, and another coin disappeared when the geocoin prison that it was incarcerated in was muggled.

 

A good cache in a suitable location should draw coins (or at least one would hope that it could). Geocoin caches that I've seen with trade-one "requirements" tend to be holding grounds for geocoin copies.

I am curious what you consider a "prison" and can you give an example of a coin sitting for a while? I am not understanding what you mean.

 

A "prison" is a cache (geocoin or TB) with a take one leave one requirement. Most geocoins in circulation are travel bugs whose owners mean for them to travel - not to sit in a museum waiting for someone else with a coin to happen by and make a swap.

 

I hate to pick on a specific example, but GCVA5V is a prision that has been archived. (My coin was there for only two weeks before the cache dissappeared. But, had the cache not been muggled, it could have spent much more time there when it should have been travelling.

 

I've visited and had 8 geocoins move through GCVRQ2. It's a nicely done cache, and the coins have moved relatively well throught there. But they do tend to linger longer (10-30 days) than they do in caches without trading requirements.

 

If you want to see folks with strong opinions of TB prisons, visit the TB forum.

[+fairyhoney]

This could be the start of something big COIN drop

 

Hey, He took my idea! Ha, Ha! Seriously, sometimes they appear empty and then as if it were magic, someone is kind enough to replenish it.

[+Snowwolf75]

This could be the start of something big COIN drop

 

Hey, He took my idea! Ha, Ha! Seriously, sometimes they appear empty and then as if it were magic, someone is kind enough to replenish it.

Ideas can be copied... if they steal your location, that's not as easy to claim back, though.

[+EPMinnesota]

For my tb hotel I use a 30 day limit (give or take depending on weather) for bugs to hang out. After than if one isn't moving I'll pick it up and move it along or if I know I'm going to an event in the near future I'll leave it until just before I go and if it's still there pickd it up and take it along. Most bugs move along before 30 days but for those that don't, is that too long for coins?

[+msrubble]

Here's another example in Minnesota, not a prison: Breezy Bee Coin Exchange.

[+Map Monkey]

Here's another example in Minnesota, not a prison: Breezy Bee Coin Exchange.

The cache description is a bit flowery and verbose for my liking Probably explains the dropping of TB's, exchanging geocoins for pins etc.

 

mm

[CinemaBoxers]

Theres one in WI -

The First National Bank Of Heffronia

 

Theres no 'rules' and coins move pretty freely here. Its also a fairly 'safe' cache to place them in.

[+chaosmanor]

We adopted a Geocoin Vault on a trail in the local Santa Monica Mountains. It's a decon container secured to the back of a trail sign. The agency which controls the land here has approved geocaching, and they encourage us to keep hiding In fact, several of the rangers are occasional cachers, which is great! Anyway, because it is on the trail that runs on the ridgeline, it doesn't get as much activity as some caches, and I'm thinking of moving it lower down, so that coins don't spend months in it. Of course, the problem is finding an open spot But this is something that you want to keep in mind; like any travelers' hotel, it has to be both accessible and safe: no easy task!

[+Goudacat]

A team in my area just published a cache "TZI Life $avings" that has the potential to become a geocoin prison. We visited it and we left four of our coins in exchange for four we had been tracking on our watchlist. It was a fun cache for us, but it was located on very steep, off trail terrain that would not be accessible to a large portion of geocachers in our area. I will be watching it over the next month to see if any of the coins get moved.

[+mark&beth]

We placed a geocoin-specific cache early this month. Here's the link:

 

Truro Geocoin Stock eXchange (TgSX)

[+CacheHunters42]

I hid a geocoin exchange, which upon my last check was void of geocoins. I started it with 6-8 trackable and non-trackable coins.

 

Also made it a members only cache and it still turned up empty.

[+fairyhoney]

The main problem is getting cachers to log in the log book what they are taking AND in the coin log. There are cachers for some reason that just take and not even bother to document (that gets rather discouraging). And that is a whole different subject as to why "keep" someone else's property since you can never "own" it yourself! Now, if we could get every one to document!!!

[+fairyhoney]

OOPS, all in all the concept is a good idea!!

[+EticoKai]

I hid a geocoin bank with a twist. It's been out for quite sometime, and folks have been good about not taking a coin without leaving one. Here it is: Gringott's GCRXK2

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...af-28f49a1a103b