Mystery Coins

[+Swansea Jack]

A simple question ... do they ever appear in the UK?

 

All the posts i've seen so far all seem to be in the USA

 

Has anyone from UK found one on home soil?

[+keehotee]

A simple question ... do they ever appear in the UK?

 

All the posts i've seen so far all seem to be in the USA

 

Has anyone from UK found one on home soil?

 

Give us a clue - what are they???

[+*mouse*]

Do you mean like the Colonel H. George Cachington coins? They were appearing for a while - nobody knew who he was except coins were being left in random places for cachers to find......

[+Birdman-of-liskatraz]

Do you mean like the Colonel H. George Cachington coins? They were appearing for a while - nobody knew who he was except coins were being left in random places for cachers to find......

 

Yep I think that's it *mouse* except in the USA they seem far more popular..

[+The Klever Boys]

They do appear here, although not that many.

In fact, I have placed some myself on behalf of a contact over in the US - the last ones being earlier this year.

[+The Brat Pack]

Some appeared in South Wales a few years back - I think they were being left by a cacher who wrote his logs in rhyme!

[+The Klever Boys]

I think they were being left by a cacher who wrote his logs in rhyme!

 

The "Easter Geocoin Bunny" also did that and I also know of the "Geo_Leprechaun" who has visited these shores in 2007/8.

Also, we have the Highland Geofairy:

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...t&p=3829469

 

[+Teuchters]

I have been fortunate to have been given a number of mystery coins.

 

Some came from the Highland GeoFairy (I also live in the Highlands) but I also received some from the US.

Some of these are trackable, others are specially made and are not trackable.

 

CreepyCrawly

 

Pay It Forward

 

Highland GeoFairy

 

These coins either turn up in caches or not in caches but "under rocks at the base of a tree" with coordinates sent - I had received emails from various anonymous accounts alerting me.

[paganfrog]

theres many fans of the mystery coin givers over on the geocoin forums.

here is a thread listing all the known mystery coins - but it was last updated in june, since then there have been a good handful of new mystery coins. you just have to Search "mystery coins" in the coin forum.

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...=208906&hl=mystery coin givers

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

I have quite a number of mystery coins

 

Only one came from a cache, the others came anonymously via the snail mail and a few mysteriously appeared about my person / wheelchair / caching bag / hotel room at geocoinfest.

 

I have also distributed some on behalf of some US cachers that I know personally.

 

Unless they are from a cache, by and large they are distributed amongst the geocoin community, and in fairness, not many UK cachers frequent the geocoin forums.

 

There's a certain amount of etiquette involved wth mystery coins too.

[+HazelS]

Wendy - what kind of etiquette?

[+Dorsetgal & GeoDog]

Wendy - what kind of etiquette?

 

It's not written anywhere or anything, but over the years I have picked up things like,

 

a) Don't beg

b ) Even if you have an idea who was behind a coin, do not reveal the giver

c) Report thanks on geocoin forum, with photo if possible

d) NEVER sell a mystery geocoin for personal gain - with permission of giver in aid of charity is usually fine though

e) Remember people fund mystery coins from their own pocket for the joy of giving, so take joy that someone got one rather than be upset you didn't

f) Pay it forward ...

 

There may be more!

Edited November 17, 2010 by Dorsetgal & GeoDog

[+HazelS]

Very interesting!!

 

Thanks!!

[+Swansea Jack]

Interesting thanks guys N girls

[+FantasyRaider]

I found a: 'Tonibunny's lucky Geocaching bunny ages ago and didn't understand what it was?

It has a number and on the back it says:

Keep me or move me on.

Contact Tonibunny to register me.

happy Geocaching.

 

I tried to find out as much as I could about it (which was not a lot) and decided to keep it.

It stays in my Geocaching bag as a good luck charm but I still wonder about registering it?

Any clues?

[+The Blorenges]

I found a: 'Tonibunny's lucky Geocaching bunny ages ago and didn't understand what it was?

It has a number and on the back it says:

Keep me or move me on.

Contact Tonibunny to register me.

happy Geocaching.

 

I tried to find out as much as I could about it (which was not a lot) and decided to keep it.

It stays in my Geocaching bag as a good luck charm but I still wonder about registering it?

Any clues?

 

Yes, here's one...

 

tonibunny

 

(That's a nice signature item - I have/had one of her GeoJelly beans)

 

MrsB

Edited November 19, 2010 by The Blorenges

[+FantasyRaider]

 

Yes, here's one...

 

tonibunny

 

(That's a nice signature item - I have/had one of her GeoJelly beans)

 

MrsB

 

Thank you so much for that info!

Those are the ones!

Mine has a dark blue ribbon and aqua coloured ears and tail.

Aren't they cute? and only as big as my thumb nail too.

[mysterycoins]

Well, if you're lucky enough to find one of these mystery geocoins it will probably be sitting in a UK cache

 

http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...244037&st=0