+GallifreyStands Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I got back from the coast on the 14th... wait for it......looking around.... CRAP! WHERE'S MY I.D.????? there were at least 12 places in the 355 miles on the road trip it could have been! I thought for sure it was in "Peggy Texas" and Peggy herself would steal my identity.... I tear the Xterra apart only to fail.... Cut to this afternoon.....A letter comes in the mail with no name on the return address, just a Corpus address... I open it to find my I.D. and a geocoin! no note, no name, no username or email address, nothing! Apparently digging through my pocket for a pen, I dropped my I.D. at one of the caches I did down there.... no one has logged a find since I found them though..... I wrote a letter thanking this mystery cacher and sent it off today, so we'll see! Its amazing that someone would go to the trouble to even send my I.D. back to me, let alone an unactivated geocoin to let me know they were a fellow cacher!! So thank you.....whoever you are!!! you saved me a DREADFUL 6 hours at the DPS!!! Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 I got back from the coast on the 14th... wait for it......looking around.... CRAP! WHERE'S MY I.D.????? there were at least 12 places in the 355 miles on the road trip it could have been! I thought for sure it was in "Peggy Texas" and Peggy herself would steal my identity.... I tear the Xterra apart only to fail.... Cut to this afternoon.....A letter comes in the mail with no name on the return address, just a Corpus address... I open it to find my I.D. and a geocoin! no note, no name, no username or email address, nothing! Apparently digging through my pocket for a pen, I dropped my I.D. at one of the caches I did down there.... no one has logged a find since I found them though..... I wrote a letter thanking this mystery cacher and sent it off today, so we'll see! Its amazing that someone would go to the trouble to even send my I.D. back to me, let alone an unactivated geocoin to let me know they were a fellow cacher!! So thank you.....whoever you are!!! you saved me a DREADFUL 6 hours at the DPS!!! Hmmmm, Corpus is a very small cachin' community. Lots of caches, by just a few hiders and generally well maintained. Try emailing the owners of the caches you hit. You could hit 100 caches down there and only get 6 or 7 different hiders. Chances are it was an owner checking their cache or a friend's cache. Quote Link to comment
+GallifreyStands Posted September 18, 2008 Author Share Posted September 18, 2008 I got back from the coast on the 14th... wait for it......looking around.... CRAP! WHERE'S MY I.D.????? there were at least 12 places in the 355 miles on the road trip it could have been! I thought for sure it was in "Peggy Texas" and Peggy herself would steal my identity.... I tear the Xterra apart only to fail.... Cut to this afternoon.....A letter comes in the mail with no name on the return address, just a Corpus address... I open it to find my I.D. and a geocoin! no note, no name, no username or email address, nothing! Apparently digging through my pocket for a pen, I dropped my I.D. at one of the caches I did down there.... no one has logged a find since I found them though..... I wrote a letter thanking this mystery cacher and sent it off today, so we'll see! Its amazing that someone would go to the trouble to even send my I.D. back to me, let alone an unactivated geocoin to let me know they were a fellow cacher!! So thank you.....whoever you are!!! you saved me a DREADFUL 6 hours at the DPS!!! Hmmmm, Corpus is a very small cachin' community. Lots of caches, by just a few hiders and generally well maintained. Try emailing the owners of the caches you hit. You could hit 100 caches down there and only get 6 or 7 different hiders. Chances are it was an owner checking their cache or a friend's cache. that could be it....i'll find out soon enough! (hopefully) Quote Link to comment
+SgtSue Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Nice story and lucky you. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Wow!! Generally, "Reward for Return" means the finder GETS the reward!! Whoever did that did a very cool thing! Quote Link to comment
+critterator Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 It would be kind of neat to make it a "pay it forward" geocoin. Whoever finds it then has to do something extra nice for someone else. It is a bit cheezy I know, but it would be a nice wway to hounour the person who sent it to you. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted September 18, 2008 Share Posted September 18, 2008 Nothing cheezy about it. I often do things for strangers and only ask that they help a stranger in need some time down the road. I don't know if it will raise my standings in the universe, but it can't hurt. Seems like you owe one to the cosmos. Change a flat for a little old lady. Next time you go shopping buy an extra couple of cans and drop 'em off at the local pantry. Mail a couple of bucks in an unmarked envelope to your favorite charity. Doesn't matter what just as long as you help if you can. Quote Link to comment
+GallifreyStands Posted September 19, 2008 Author Share Posted September 19, 2008 It would be kind of neat to make it a "pay it forward" geocoin. Whoever finds it then has to do something extra nice for someone else. It is a bit cheezy I know, but it would be a nice wway to hounour the person who sent it to you. That's a GRAND idea!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
+sseegars Posted September 20, 2008 Share Posted September 20, 2008 Nothing cheezy about it. I often do things for strangers and only ask that they help a stranger in need some time down the road. I don't know if it will raise my standings in the universe, but it can't hurt. My feelings exactly! I wanted to bump this one back to the top cause it's such a cool story! So BUMP! Quote Link to comment
+Guinness70 Posted September 24, 2008 Share Posted September 24, 2008 -//- So BUMP! +1 whats the latest on this one? Quote Link to comment
+GallifreyStands Posted September 24, 2008 Author Share Posted September 24, 2008 -//- So BUMP! +1 whats the latest on this one? still haven't heard anything.... I'm releasing and activating the coin today though!!! Quote Link to comment
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