Logging miles for Geocoins

[+will136]

I just recieved my first Geocoins in the mail. I plan to keep them with me for others to discover. I don't want to place them in caches. I met another cacher while out and about so we discovered each other's coins. So to make a long story short, I have seen people log caches say they dipped their coins to get miles. First of all, why do they do that? I understand that when you send your GC or TB out the logs track your item and show how far they traveled. So why dip a coin? What do you gain? Can anyone shed some light on this? Who knows, might be something I want to do with my coins.

Edited April 7, 2010 by will136

[Odyssey Voyager]

congrats on your new geocoins! many cachers like to "dip" their geocoins as another way to log and document their own personal miles traveled and trips taken. sort of like an online journal of your travel adventures. you can also "dip" a new geocoin into geocaches you've already found in the past, if you would like a total miles traveled while geocaching account record (although this may be a tedious and time consuming task). i had a geocoin i only dipped when it crossed a state line. it was fun to look back and view the map of my hops back and forth across the states!

Edited April 7, 2010 by Odyssey Voyager

[+luckycharmer]

I have a FTF coin that I only dip into any FTFs I get. It keeps a record for me so I don't have to try to always look back through a thousand finds to try to remember which were FTFs.

[+The Fossillady]

It tracks the caches you have visit and shows the number of miles you have traveled in finding caches. I have one I have been dipping since I got it at the first geocoinfest back in 2006 in Temecula, CA. I have traveled over 43,000 miles in the pursuit of caching.

[+will136]

That's a great idea for FTFs. Thanks for the tip luckycharmer. Your in put has been very helpful Odyssey Voyager and fossillady. Thank you all.