Where/What is the Oldest TB

[+Durango633]

I looked for this answer before posting, hopefully I didn't miss it.

 

Where is and what is the oldest known TB?

 

Maybe there is no way to tell.

[CacheNCarryMA]

It's probably Deadly Duck: Envy. ID 1, reference# TB1, released August 30, 2001.

 

I wonder what's the oldest active travel bug? "Active" = placed in a geocache in the past six months.

Edited June 18, 2008 by CacheNCarryMA

[+-CacheMonkey-]

I imagine THIS is the oldest TB.

[+Eartha]

I imagine THIS is the oldest TB.

 

Actually, though that says it was released in 2000, it wasn't placed in a cache until 2003. I think there are older TB's. People sent things traveling before there were tracking numbers.

[Mr.Yuck]

It's probably Deadly Duck: Envy. ID 1, reference# TB1, released August 30, 2001.

 

I wonder what's the oldest active travel bug? "Active" = placed in a geocache in the past six months.

 

Yep, TB1 and TB2 are owned by the CEO of Groundspeak, Inc. TB3 was never activated. Then, starting with TB4 apparently several were sold at a Geocaching event in Virginia before they were announced publicly, per this TB log Then around TB20, you start getting into Mountainbike geocoins.

 

Before then, people made their own home-made travelers, which is what led to TB's being invented in the first place. As I see Eartha already said. Sorry, missed that.

Edited June 24, 2008 by TheWhiteUrkel

[+A & J - Adrift]

TB383 is the oldest one we've moved. It's still going strong.

 

In 2006, we picked it up and dropped another TB in the same cache. The replacement TB was immediately stolen. So, it's survived at least one near death experience.