+Desert J-Dog Posted August 24, 2003 Share Posted August 24, 2003 I looked in FAQ no info on Geocoins, what are they and what do you do with them Quote Link to comment
+PilotMan Posted August 25, 2003 Share Posted August 25, 2003 Geo-coins are similar to travelbugs. They have a unique number on them and you track them in the same fashion as a travel bug. They are available here: http://www.usageocoins.com/ Quote Link to comment
+Desert J-Dog Posted August 25, 2003 Author Share Posted August 25, 2003 Thanks for the info, I will be looking for one of these now as well. Might even buy a few, but, I don't like that Pay Pal, stuff. Why can't you just pay with a credit card? Quote Link to comment
+CrimsonWrath Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Desert J-Dog:Thanks for the info, I will be looking for one of these now as well. Might even buy a few, but, I don't like that Pay Pal, stuff. Why can't you just pay with a credit card? I'm pretty sure you can just use your credit card through PayPal. I would confirm this for you, but I keep getting PayPal logon requests since it recognizes me. You might want to go through a few of the motions yourself and see how far you can go without a PayPal account. Quote Link to comment
krazykatzen Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 I just found my first cache, and it also contained a geocoin. I went to www.usageocoins.com, which said to "Track your coins at Groundspeak.com,. just like Travel Bugs." Groundspeak.com doesn't have anything related to geocoins on their root page, and the travelbug search doesn't recongnize my coin. They have no help or search links for their page either, so I wrote to 'travelbug@geocaching.com' and when that failed, I wrote to 'contact@Groundspeak.com'. Both addresses fail with "service unavailable". Are geocoins officially dead? Quote Link to comment
+Eric K Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Desert J-Dog:Thanks for the info, I will be looking for one of these now as well. Might even buy a few, but, I don't like that Pay Pal, stuff. Why can't you just pay with a credit card? Unfortunately all of our online credit card orders go through paypal. If you don't wish to pay via paypal you can use the form on the webpage to pay via check also. Get your trackable USA geocoins at http://www.usageocoins.com Quote Link to comment
+Eric K Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by krazykatzen:I just found my first cache, and it also contained a geocoin. I went to http://www.usageocoins.com, which said to "Track your coins at Groundspeak.com,. just like Travel Bugs." Groundspeak.com doesn't have anything related to geocoins on their root page, and the travelbug search doesn't recongnize my coin. They have no help or search links for their page either, so I wrote to 'travelbug@geocaching.com' and when that failed, I wrote to 'contact@Groundspeak.com'. Both addresses fail with "service unavailable". Are geocoins officially dead? USA Geocoins are far from dead. :-) Geocoins are basically Travelbugs. They work exactly like Travelbugs. Use the coin number as if it was a tag number of a Travelbug. If you have any questions or need any help feel free to contact support@usageocoins.com Get your trackable USA geocoins at http://www.usageocoins.com Quote Link to comment
krazykatzen Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 Thanks for the info, Eric. It seems I have an "unofficial" geocoin. It is 4cm in diameter and made from bronze. The "head" side of the coin has a howling coyote with the text "WAYPOINT 15 www.geocaching.com", the "tail" side is the geocache emblem. The bug search cannot find "15", and the word "WAYPOINT" is too many characters for it. So I've inherited a mystery. I'll drop it off into another cache and make it someone else's problem to track it. Quote Link to comment
+PilotMan Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by krazykatzen:Thanks for the info, Eric. It seems I have an "unofficial" geocoin. It is 4cm in diameter and made from bronze. The "head" side of the coin has a howling coyote with the text "WAYPOINT 15 http://www.geocaching.com", the "tail" side is the geocache emblem. The bug search cannot find "15", and the word "WAYPOINT" is too many characters for it. So I've inherited a mystery. I'll drop it off into another cache and make it someone else's problem to track it. This may not be a geocoin. This may be like someones personal signature item. Like some people leave business cards, stamps, and other personalized items. You're coin could be one of them. Then again I may be wrong (probably ) Quote Link to comment
+Eric K Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by krazykatzen:Thanks for the info, Eric. It seems I have an "unofficial" geocoin. It is 4cm in diameter and made from bronze. The "head" side of the coin has a howling coyote with the text "WAYPOINT 15 http://www.geocaching.com", the "tail" side is the geocache emblem. The bug search cannot find "15", and the word "WAYPOINT" is too many characters for it. So I've inherited a mystery. I'll drop it off into another cache and make it someone else's problem to track it. That is one of the signature coins that are circulating. Check the link below rof Team Fisur's information that has lots of Geocoin pictures and information. Team Fisur's Geocoins links Get your trackable USA geocoins at http://www.usageocoins.com Quote Link to comment
FISUR Posted August 26, 2003 Share Posted August 26, 2003 quote:Originally posted by krazykatzen:. . . It seems I have an "unofficial" geocoin. It is 4cm in diameter and made from bronze. The "head" side of the coin has a howling coyote with the text "WAYPOINT 15 . . . . krazykatzen, take a look at the logs of the cache you found, and you'll see that waypoint15 was the first to find it. That's a beautiful geocoin, and I know that there are more than a few geocachers out there who would love to add that signature item to their collection. FISUR Rhode Island Geocaching Quote Link to comment
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