Help me find the owner of this travel bug.

[+releasethedogs]

found this travel bug today in cache in GCZTCJ. The number is worn completely off. You can still make out a few numbers but so far I have not got the correct numbers but i was hoping some one would recognize the trackable that way we can track down the owner and i can attach something with the correct code.

 

[+BlueDeuce]

Seems odd that the numbers would be missing and nothing else to that extent.

 

Not seeing that it was logged into the cache.

Edited December 13, 2012 by BlueDeuce

[+releasethedogs]

normaly id just assume it is not trackable but the words "track at geocaching.com are visible. A few digits are able to be made out but not all.

[+BlueDeuce]

Someone might recognize the coin. We'll have to work out the tracking number is it was mass produced.

[+redwoodkestrel]

Don't know if it helps at all, but those "Support our Troops" geocoins have tracking numbers that start with "ST", I believe. Can't tell if those are the digits that are hard to read or if they just all are.

[knowschad]

found this travel bug today in cache in GCZTCJ. The number is worn completely off. You can still make out a few numbers but so far I have not got the correct numbers but i was hoping some one would recognize the trackable that way we can track down the owner and i can attach something with the correct code.

 

 

I found at least one source of that coin, if it helps: http://www.worldcach...avel-tag-p-726/

 

Made of aluminum, these fun travelers also

 

That probably explains the wear.

Edited December 13, 2012 by knowschad

[+releasethedogs]

Don't know if it helps at all, but those "Support our Troops" geocoins have tracking numbers that start with "ST", I believe. Can't tell if those are the digits that are hard to read or if they just all are.

 

how many characters in the code?

is it alphanumeric or only letters?

 

any one know?

[+speakers-corner]

Try contacting coinsandpins.com explaining the problem and the digits that you can see and they might be able to help.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Hold on...

Edited December 13, 2012 by nonaeroterraqueous

[+redwoodkestrel]

Don't know if it helps at all, but those "Support our Troops" geocoins have tracking numbers that start with "ST", I believe. Can't tell if those are the digits that are hard to read or if they just all are.

 

how many characters in the code?

is it alphanumeric or only letters?

 

any one know?

 

I found a photo of one where someone didn't hide the tracking code. Looks like it's ST _ _ _ _ with both letters and numbers. This one was letter, number, letter, number... but I don't know if that holds true for all of them. I would guess not.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

 

Apparently, there are three similar trackables called "the Key to Freedom," and they might all look like the above picture. At least that narrows it down a little.

 

The key to freedom I (pictured)

 

The key to freedom II

 

the key to freedom III

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Incidentally, "The Key To Freedom III" was lost nearest to San Diego, where the OP found this one.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Apparently all three originated from the same area. The owners might all be members of the same family. Try contacting the owner of the first one. That's probably the best place to start.

Edited December 13, 2012 by nonaeroterraqueous

[+releasethedogs]

Incidentally, "The Key To Freedom III" was lost nearest to San Diego, where the OP found this one.

 

excellent. thanks everyone. looks like this is it.

i'll keep everyone updated.

[knowschad]

Has anybody posted an "IBTM" yet?

[+6NoisyHikers]

Never mind. You guys search faster than me

Edited December 13, 2012 by 6NoisyHikers

[inqontrol]

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

[inqontrol]

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

 

Tracking # STXF01

[+OZ2CPU]

please HAMMER in new good numbers, so it can continue to live for a long time

good work finding the codes and all that.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

 

Tracking # <snip>

 

You don't want to do that. Never post those numbers on the internet. You'll get in trouble that way.

[+kunarion]

please HAMMER in new good numbers, so it can continue to live for a long time

good work finding the codes and all that.

Yes, you could use a metal punch, or inscribe it big & bold using an engraving pen. With the coin owner's permission, of course.

[+kunarion]

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

 

Tracking # <snip>

 

You don't want to do that. Never post those numbers on the internet. You'll get in trouble that way.

It doesn't look like [the posted Tracking Number] to me, comparing it to the photo. But the number is pretty much obliterated.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

It doesn't look like [the posted Tracking Number] to me, comparing it to the photo. But the number is pretty much obliterated.

 

You're right. It's not the same travel bug/geocoin. Inqontrol seemed to think it was his because it was the same kind of geocoin/tag, and because the OP posted a note to his trackable page asking if it was his. I do not think that it is the same trackable as was pictured at the top. I doubt Inqontrol's TB had the key attached.

 

Nevertheless, that number posted by him should not be made public, whether it's the same one or not. It's one of the fundamental rules about all trackables, here.

[+ham2405]

It's not my tag. Mine had no key attached like that. Thanks for asking, because mine is missing too!

[+Totem Clan]

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

 

Tracking # <snip>

 

You don't want to do that. Never post those numbers on the internet. You'll get in trouble that way.

Yep! Some cacher will discover it just because they saw the number online.

Edited December 13, 2012 by Totem Clan

[+lv2wj]

found this travel bug today in cache in GCZTCJ. The number is worn completely off. You can still make out a few numbers but so far I have not got the correct numbers but i was hoping some one would recognize the trackable that way we can track down the owner and i can attach something with the correct code.

 

 

We have one of these out, but not with a key and not with that cable-type holder. Too bad the codes aren't staying on these better. If I'd known that, I'd have etched it in better before sending it out.

[+Gustav129]

I have one of those Firefighter travel tags on my key chain. It's made out of aluminum. I've only had it 6 months and the number is starting to get hard to read.

[+Viajero Perdido]

I opened the coin's image in a graphics program (GIMP, but others should work), and tinkered with brightness and contrast. I was able to make out some digits, and get some reasonable guesses at a full tracking code. The system didn't like the tracking codes I tried, but I didn't try too many before giving up.

 

Perhaps if you took several more high-res pictures of the coin from different angles, and tried this trick. You want lots of contrast, and much less brightness to compensate.

 

Good luck.

[+DragonsWest]

I'm not a particular fan of a lot of these trackables with printed on codes. I have one I picked up recently with, as I expected, the number half worn off. A tag is attached with big, bold letters of the tracking code.

 

I miss those great dog tag travel bugs of the early days, which were punched. Those will go through quite a lot of wear and still be readable.

[+releasethedogs]

It doesn't look like [the posted Tracking Number] to me, comparing it to the photo. But the number is pretty much obliterated.

 

You're right. It's not the same travel bug/geocoin. Inqontrol seemed to think it was his because it was the same kind of geocoin/tag, and because the OP posted a note to his trackable page asking if it was his. I do not think that it is the same trackable as was pictured at the top. I doubt Inqontrol's TB had the key attached.

 

Nevertheless, that number posted by him should not be made public, whether it's the same one or not. It's one of the fundamental rules about all trackables, here.

I looved up as many of these kind of TB as I could before we figured out it is Key to Freedom III.

 

This trackable belongs to me. I marked it lost back in April.

 

Thank you for finding it.

 

Tracking # <snip>

 

You don't want to do that. Never post those numbers on the internet. You'll get in trouble that way.

Yep! Some cacher will discover it just because they saw the number online.

 

already happened.

 

Still waiting for owner of key to freedom III to contact me with the code.

[nonaeroterraqueous]

Still waiting for owner of key to freedom III to contact me with the code.

 

I don't know if you've contacted the owner to Key to Freedom I, but the reason I suggested it, earlier, was because I suspected that the three owners were all members of the same family. The second two look like they might be children, based on their names. The first one seemed like a better bet, even though he is not officially the owner. He might be more responsive.

[+releasethedogs]

I have contacted the owner of key to freedom III

[+OHail]

Still waiting for owner of key to freedom III to contact me with the code.

 

I don't know if you've contacted the owner to Key to Freedom I, but the reason I suggested it, earlier, was because I suspected that the three owners were all members of the same family. The second two look like they might be children, based on their names. The first one seemed like a better bet, even though he is not officially the owner. He might be more responsive.

 

Agree. The "owners" of Key to Freedon II and Key to Freedom III are children and probably won't answer e-mails. Can tell that from their geocaching names and logs saying they were caching with their dad who is the owner of Key to Freedom I.

[+rfoutz]

Sorry I should have read the thread deeper.

Edited December 17, 2012 by rfoutz

[+Bushwalker53]

What a shame Looks like a nice trackable. Unfortunately I've never come across it. Good Luck!

[+MountainWoods]

This may be a little off topic, but I'll bet that forensic scientists could get that number! I love to read forensic stuff, even though it's not my field. There's probably some way to lift or see those numbers using tricks and/or tools that we don't know about.

 

We now return you to your regularly scheduled program.

[+releasethedogs]

What a shame Looks like a nice trackable. Unfortunately I've never come across it. Good Luck!

never say never

[+jellis]

I went to an event and when I picked up the leftover Trackables and started to log them in I saw one coin that was drilled and attached by a wire to something else. I looked up the coin and found the original owner adopted it out to another cacher and deleted the entire history. The coin had been missing for about, if I rememeber, 2 years. I asked the new owner what they wanted me to do. It was suggested I mail it to him. So I did. When he got it he sent me a message about the object the coin was wired to. I told him I didn't really notice. Turned out to be another missing geocoin that had been missing for almost the same amount of time and it wasn't his. He sent me the code and then contacted the owner of that coin.

Who would drill through two coins, attach them and hold them for 2 years and then leave it an event to be found?

Hate to say it but that wasn't the only items I found at that event and others in the same area that had been missing or not logged for over a year. I have an idea who it is but I don't want to mention the name. And no it's not in WA.

[+fuzziebear3]

I went to an event and when I picked up the leftover Trackables and started to log them in I saw one coin that was drilled and attached by a wire to something else. I looked up the coin and found the original owner adopted it out to another cacher and deleted the entire history. The coin had been missing for about, if I rememeber, 2 years. I asked the new owner what they wanted me to do. It was suggested I mail it to him. So I did. When he got it he sent me a message about the object the coin was wired to. I told him I didn't really notice. Turned out to be another missing geocoin that had been missing for almost the same amount of time and it wasn't his. He sent me the code and then contacted the owner of that coin.

Who would drill through two coins, attach them and hold them for 2 years and then leave it an event to be found?

Hate to say it but that wasn't the only items I found at that event and others in the same area that had been missing or not logged for over a year. I have an idea who it is but I don't want to mention the name. And no it's not in WA.

 

At least their conscience got to them enough that they threw them back in the game. Kudos to you for making them right again.

[BlueRajah]

Moving to the trackables forum

[rudygomez03]

I lost mine sometime last summer it was last seen at http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?guid=081d9c24-4352-4d44-91a0-bc48f5678b3e by Brooks83 they were the last ones to log it. y support the troops coin had a plastic sleeve with pictures and thestory behind it if the owner of this one hasnt been found I have a number that can be bounced off of the vsible numbers on this coin let me know if you are still looking for the owner

[+Tennessee Jed]

Sorta looks like a Perseid88 coin.

 

[+wandering4cache]

Glad to see you figured it out. Great detective work. http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=3179775

[+Zekester & Simon]

I'm not a particular fan of a lot of these trackables with printed on codes. I have one I picked up recently with, as I expected, the number half worn off. A tag is attached with big, bold letters of the tracking code.

 

I miss those great dog tag travel bugs of the early days, which were punched. Those will go through quite a lot of wear and still be readable.

 

We concur. That is one of the reasons we started using geocoins with holes drilled through them for TB tags. Another alternative is blank dog tags (just search for "blank dog tag" under shopping in Google), which you can stamp yourself. Number and letter punch sets can be had at McMaster-Carr, just search using that term.

Edited December 23, 2012 by Zekester & Simon

[+releasethedogs]

Don't mean to necro this thread but I finally fixed it.

what do you think?