+chuckcolvin50 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I am finding coins with no numbers, new to GEOING so please help and not be offended if i am in the wrong forum direct my path i looked for coins pic in several places, nothing. Is this how you start a collection ? How do you let others know what you have found if you can't find a pic or number of what you have ? LOL sorry please help, one is orange & green side one is geocaching the world is our playing field with compass the flip side mostly green thanks for the cache ! smile face 2006................ second one is highland piper caching since 2004 flip of this is state of NY Kennedy any help would be appreciated ty chuck Quote Link to comment
+Ruddles1325 Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 I guess they may not be trackables.... just nice souvenirs! Quote Link to comment
Dofferson_Katch Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) Did you check the edge of the coin ? Sometimes the tracking number is very small or printed on the coin edge. Maybe you can post a picture of them i'm sure there are members who can tell you if it is a trackable or not. Edited June 6, 2013 by Dofferson Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) ...... second one is highland piper caching since 2004 flip of this is state of NY Kennedy any help would be appreciated ty chuck Highland Piper is a cacher in NY State. What you are finding are sig (signature) items. They are not geocoins. Some folks collect sig items and even have fairly massive collections. Think of it as a "business card" that is not a business card. Signature items come in all types and styles imaginable. Edited June 6, 2013 by Gitchee-Gummee Quote Link to comment
+doulos Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 Most trackables are obvious; you should see the number/code easily. But remember, every cache is an adventure and you never know what you might find! Quote Link to comment
+LadyBee4T Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 If it is trackable it will say somewhere on the coin "tackable at geocacoing.com" or something similar. This could be on the edge of the coin too. Quote Link to comment
+Droo Posted June 6, 2013 Share Posted June 6, 2013 (edited) If you find a trackable, either a travel bug or geocoin, in a cache it is a traveler and is owned by someone. As a geocacher you can move trackables from one cache to another and log the movements on the trackable's tracking page. When you do so an icon for that coin is added to a list in your profile.... or you can discover the coin without moving it and also get that icon. As others have said it should be clearly stamped somewhere on the coin that it is trackable on geocaching.com for it to be a geocaching trackable (some items are trackable on other sites but I digress). Many coins are used as swag, or trade items but not all are geocoins though some will argue otherwise - semantics. On the issue of collections... to build a collection you must purchase the coins you wish to collect. If you activate them you become the registered owner and if you release them your proof of ownership is right at the top of the trackable's tracking page. DO NOT COLLECT coins from caches as that is considered coin theft. EDIT TO ADD... swag or trade items ought to be traded for with something of equal or greater value. Travelers DO NOT need to be traded for, just moved (and logged). Edited June 6, 2013 by Droo Quote Link to comment
+Frozen Buns Posted June 14, 2013 Share Posted June 14, 2013 Most of the time when you don't see it on the front or back it will be on the edge and is even then sometimes hard to see. Check the inventory for the cache and see if it is listed. Quote Link to comment
+chuckcolvin50 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Did you check the edge of the coin ? Sometimes the tracking number is very small or printed on the coin edge. Maybe you can post a picture of them i'm sure there are members who can tell you if it is a trackable or not. Quote Link to comment
+chuckcolvin50 Posted June 16, 2013 Author Share Posted June 16, 2013 Nothing on edges how do i transfer a photo here of it / Quote Link to comment
Dofferson_Katch Posted June 16, 2013 Share Posted June 16, 2013 Nothing on edges how do i transfer a photo here of it / You need to upload the photo to some web photo gallary like "picasa" and copy the url to the photo in your message using the image icon above the text area. If there is no 6 character code on with the txt "track at geocaching.com" or "trackable at geocaching.com" then the coin is not a groudspeak trackable coin. If there is a 6 character code on the coin then you can enter the code here and if it does bring you to the trackable's page you need to log it. Another good tip is the one "Frozen Buns" gave: check the cache page from where you retrieved the coin and check if the coin is in the inventory list. If all failed i would just assume that the coin is for you to keep. Quote Link to comment
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