+Boom!pa Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 we thought a cointest was in order!... so it's simple really! All you need to do is email me the name of our First Nations artist who came up with the design!... do NOT write the answer in this thread!! LOL! Email it to: boomerangpapa@live.com with "BCGA 2009" in the subject line... and then type a little msg here telling us what you like the best about the coin! (shameless I know!)... one entry per person!... Anyone and everyone can enter!... that's it!... the names of the correct answers will be added to a bucket and 2 winners will be chosen for the BCGA 2009 Members Only coin (Brushed Black Nickel).... and the contest closes on July 15th... oh, here is the link to the coin thread to make things easier!... http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=219167 Quote Link to comment
+Howlingmoon Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent. Thank you for the cointest! I ordered one of the copper versions a couple weeks ago only 'cause I couldn't get a Member Only one, which was the one I really wanted. Quote Link to comment
Theotokos Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 It's a BCGA coin so what's not to like about the coin Quote Link to comment
+Crowesfeat30 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Looks like I'm at least third. LOL Love First Nation Ravens! Love Ravens in general! Love First Nation art! CF30 Quote Link to comment
+FScout Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I am also a fan of the raven and the symbolism and meaning behind it. Thanks for the cointest. Quote Link to comment
QuigleyJones Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I do like how it appears to be two parts with the translucent enamel as a separator. Quote Link to comment
aniyn Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I like the 3d edges. Very cool. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent. An excerpt from the email: ...I like it for several reasons: 1) the suncatcher design (I like that the center rondel is solid) 2) the First Nations symbols and meaning worked into the coin* and 3) the flower. I love how the GC logo is worked into the petal. *I'm a sucker for shape-shifter stories, and for stories involving characters or persons whose main strength is their cunning. Raven stories are pretty darn cool. Have you read Neal Stephenson's "Cryptonomicon" yet? One of the characters has a fairly long but fascinating monologue about the role of cunning in a society's success. Athena, he asserts, represents technological cunning, and that reverence for cunning solutions that the Greeks had survived wholesale in Western societies much to those societies' advances; Raven, he said, is the Native American version of Athena, and shows the same reverence for (or sneaky admiration of) cunning, tho without the heavy technological overtones. P.S. Aniyn, I like the 3D edges too. : ) Thanks for the cointest! Quote Link to comment
+GATOULIS Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent! WOW! Amazing coin!!! I love it!!! I like the design, the compination of suncatcher and solid metal, the symbolizm wich is so great... and the edge! It reminded me a nest, or the wrap with wire some geocachers do in coins..... It is a very pretty con!!!! WOW!!!!! Thank you for the cointest and for the chance to win such a beautiful and only for the members coin!!!! Quote Link to comment
+catsnfish Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I like the fact it pushes the envelope of manufacturing and it's a great design. Quote Link to comment
+PengoFamily Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent. Thanks for the cointest. I think the overall design for this coin is unique. I love the way the outside twists around and the artwork is stunning for this coin. Very nice! Quote Link to comment
+sdkonkle Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I can't think of one thing, I love everything about it. Quote Link to comment
+fuzziebear3 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I like that it is a suncatcher, and the many colors. The fact that it was challenging to produce can only mean that the finished product will be more spectacular for its efforts. Quote Link to comment
+teamhaynes Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) Very Nice coin. I like the edge of the coin, kinda reminds me of a c celtic look around the outside. The whole raven transformation with the three images... Edgar Allan Poe would have loved this coin.. Edited July 9, 2009 by teamhaynes Quote Link to comment
+opalsns Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Thanx, Email Sent. For me, It's the whole coin. I collect Shapies, Shaped Geocoins and also Copper is my Choice of Metals. Then add the Raven .... There you have it. The Perfect coin to add to my collection!!!! Opalsns Quote Link to comment
+SgtMikal Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent. Excerpt: This is really a beautiful coin! I love all things Canadian (especially hockey). I was lucky enough to get one of ELTADA's personal coins, which has a Canadian theme to it. I would love to add this one to my collection, as well as a Caching Night in Canada coin...that one is really cool! Thanx for the cointest! Quote Link to comment
+ECplus3 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Email sent. I love the imagery of the raven/man transformation. There is something mischievous about hiding things in the woods. Quote Link to comment
sarahbelle Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 I really enjoy First Nations art, and as others have said, the border is very unique. The suncatcher aspect is pretty too. Thanks for the cointest! Quote Link to comment
+ZenRVers Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 email sent. I love native art and this coin rises above just a geocoin, it is a true work of art worthy of being proudly displayed. Quote Link to comment
+Scruffster Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 The coin takes First Nation's legend and combines it with geocaching. Yes, the trickster is definitely a paramount geocaching theme. When we hide our caches we are always trying to transform our treasure through cammoflauge in order to trick people into a DNF. Very cool idea. Quote Link to comment
+coman123 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 E-mail sent, I love how the designer uses a B & W image against a stain Glass back ground, very well thought out Quote Link to comment
+sterni2009 Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 (edited) Email sent, thanks a lot for the cointest I love this coin. What I like most is the 3D-design and the colours. The suncatcher-design looks so beautiful!!! And, to add, I prefer the colours of the member-only coin. The "normal" coin is beautiful, too, but the member-only coin is one of the most amazing I've ever seen. I'd be very very happy to win such a coin Edited July 9, 2009 by sterni2009 Quote Link to comment
+anne.and.eli Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Thanks so much for the cointest!! I'm a huge suncatcher fan, and this is one of the most unique I've seen! The artwork is also beautiful, I love the tie to BC's historical roots. Quote Link to comment
+Astro_D Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Hm..what do I like best about the coin? Simple, it's a reminder of one of my most memorable vacations. The colors remind me of the beautiful totem poles I saw in Stanley Park and the majestic mountains and their various hues depending on the time of day and cloud cover. The Raven reminds me of the First Nations story I heard and seen at the planetarium in Vancouver and how the first time I heard "First Nations" it made me stop and think. The coin design reinforces what I have come to know and love of Vancouver (hey, It's the only place I've been in B.C.) - colorful, lively and ethnically diverse place to be. And the coin itself is a reminder that geocaching has taken me off the beaten paths to discover fascinating people and places that would have gone unnoticed and unexplored. Quote Link to comment
+kini_ont Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Thank You for the chance of owning this members coin. What do I like about it... It;s Canadian, it's British Columbia, it's well it's a grat looking coin. When the word was first out about the coin I was ready to join BCGA fold but a small little discepancy came up being that BC borders would have to be moved to Ontario, at least to the eastern side of Geogian Bay . Quote Link to comment
+jasondulac Posted July 9, 2009 Share Posted July 9, 2009 Realy neat coin Thanks for the cointest Quote Link to comment
dimkasmir Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Email sent this morning. I love the idea of having a translucent suncatcher around a solid metal centerpiece. Most other suncathcers have the inside be pure translucent enamel, while here there is something different. Quote Link to comment
+seekerfamily Posted July 10, 2009 Share Posted July 10, 2009 Email sent - Beautiful coin. Seekerfamily Quote Link to comment
+SYOTT Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 E-mail sent... such a beautiful coin, the sun cactcher is wonderful and the Haida art is awesome Quote Link to comment
+rosebud55112 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 This geocoin reminds me of the Totem Pole on the (1958?) Canadian Silver Dollar. Very evocative. Reminds me of the BC museum in Victoria I visited about 15 years ago. Quote Link to comment
acadiahiker Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Email sent. A nicely designed coin representing BC. Quote Link to comment
+Frank n Beck Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Email Sent. We like the suncatcher and the detail. Gorgeous coin! Quote Link to comment
+H_4 Posted July 11, 2009 Share Posted July 11, 2009 Thank you for the contest! The coin looks good. Quote Link to comment
+Boom!pa Posted July 12, 2009 Author Share Posted July 12, 2009 31 right answers so far! good work! Quote Link to comment
+Tethys C Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 E-mail sent. I love the First Nations artwork and the fact that it is a BC coin. Beautiful and complex design. Quote Link to comment
ieatedjessicalba Posted July 12, 2009 Share Posted July 12, 2009 Nice!! This would be my foyst geocoin!! never even seen one in real life. Quote Link to comment
+Boom!pa Posted July 14, 2009 Author Share Posted July 14, 2009 Get your answers in ...only a little time left to go! Quote Link to comment
+fingers crossed Posted July 15, 2009 Share Posted July 15, 2009 Email sent. We love the way the centre of the coin is 'suspended' within the suncatcher glass. Thanks for the cointest. Quote Link to comment
+Boom!pa Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 Less then 7 hours left for this cointest...ends at midnight BC time! Quote Link to comment
+Boom!pa Posted July 16, 2009 Author Share Posted July 16, 2009 The winners of the BCGA Members Only Brushed Black Nickel Coins are: 1. Frank n Beck 2. FScout Congrats to the winners and thank you everyone who played along! Quote Link to comment
+Howlingmoon Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congrat's to the winners! Quote Link to comment
+anne.and.eli Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congrats to the winners! Those are some lovely coins you're winning. Quote Link to comment
+sterni2009 Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congratulations to the winners and thanks for the cointest! The winners are very lucky to get such a beautiful coin!!! Boomerangpapa, I have just added an entry to your other thread because I'd like to order a "normal" coin now. I hope that works Quote Link to comment
+kini_ont Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congratulations FScout & Frank n Beck on some nice looking coin. Quote Link to comment
+seekerfamily Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congrats to both winners. Quote Link to comment
acadiahiker Posted July 16, 2009 Share Posted July 16, 2009 Congrats to the winners and thanks for the cointest! Quote Link to comment
+FScout Posted July 17, 2009 Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks so much. Guess I need to send an email. Quote Link to comment
+Boom!pa Posted July 17, 2009 Author Share Posted July 17, 2009 Thanks so much. Guess I need to send an email. Yes. Send me an email with your shipping addy. That would be great. We are still waiting for our order to come in (as you saw that pre-sales only ended the same day as the cointest ended!) so they will be shipped out ASAP when we get them in! Thanx to all for playing! Quote Link to comment
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