Selfmade Geocaching/Signal Stuff

[+lumbricus 52]

Hi,

please show all your selfmade things about Geocaching, Coins, Signal, etc.

I'll start with some of mine:

 

Trackable 3D-Signal

 

Where's Signal? puzzle

 

Halloween Signal

 

Coin/Trackable icon art (for a t-shirt)

 

Signal carving board and a t-shirt

[+lumbricus 52]

Sorry. This thread fits better in the Design-section. Please move it there. Thanks!

[+lumbricus 52]

 

The finished puzzle

[+6NoisyHikers 2]

 

The finished puzzle

 

I would get one of these for my kids for Christmas (the older ones might roll their eyes a bit but they'd still build it)!

[+lumbricus 52]

...I would get one of these for my kids for Christmas (the older ones might roll their eyes a bit but they'd still build it)!

I'm sorry, but at the moment there is only one puzzle which I made for me, but perhaps Geocaching will do some in the future? Maybe. By the way there are shops in the internet which can do a puzzle from every picture/grafic you like. Ravensburger is a very good quality.

[+grufflepuff 0]

 

Does this count? I designed* a batch of signature items/bottlecap charms. I've yet to memorize the code for decoding additional hints on caches and I got tired of always having to write out the alphabet on whatever scrap of paper I could find, so I made these. I figured maybe other people have the same problem, and I've read that quite a few people out there like to collect signature items, so...best of both worlds? Maybe?

 

*I know it's a ridiculously simple design, and maybe there was a fast and easy way to go about it, but this was kind of a labor of love for me, so I'm pretty proud of it anyway.

[+kunarion 2210]

 

Does this count? I designed* a batch of signature items/bottlecap charms. I've yet to memorize the code for decoding additional hints on caches and I got tired of always having to write out the alphabet on whatever scrap of paper I could find, so I made these. I figured maybe other people have the same problem, and I've read that quite a few people out there like to collect signature items, so...best of both worlds? Maybe?

 

*I know it's a ridiculously simple design, and maybe there was a fast and easy way to go about it, but this was kind of a labor of love for me, so I'm pretty proud of it anyway.

Nice design! And useful, too! I think people will like those.

[+Runningpuma 0]

Hi,

please show all your selfmade things about Geocaching, Coins, Signal, etc.

I'll start with some of mine:

 

Trackable 3D-Signal

 

Where's Signal? puzzle

 

Halloween Signal

 

Coin/Trackable icon art (for a t-shirt)

 

Signal carving board and a t-shirt

 

I love that cutting board! Anything laser engraved catches my eye, great job. Do you have your own machine?

[+ubermick 0]

Mine are sort of similar to Grufflepuff's, although didn't think to add the clip to them to make them into keyrings or zipper pulls. I did make up some little info cards on them though, and popped them in small ziplock bags (useful for keeping logs dry) so folks know what the design is, and what it means:

[+Yvn-Geeert 0]

 

Does this count? I designed* a batch of signature items/bottlecap charms. I've yet to memorize the code for decoding additional hints on caches and I got tired of always having to write out the alphabet on whatever scrap of paper I could find, so I made these. I figured maybe other people have the same problem, and I've read that quite a few people out there like to collect signature items, so...best of both worlds? Maybe?

 

*I know it's a ridiculously simple design, and maybe there was a fast and easy way to go about it, but this was kind of a labor of love for me, so I'm pretty proud of it anyway.

 

I really REALLY like this!!

I'm going to see if I can fix something like this as well

[+liteserenity 0]

That is amazing! I love it!

[+kunarion 2210]

Old-fashioned pin buttons:

 

 

[+ChrysalisX 1]

I loooove the puzzle! Too cool!

[+kunarion 2210]

There's a "Roaring '20s" Mega Event next year, so I'm making a new collection of "kunarion's Cache Zippers".  These are serialized (not official trackable items) keychains, each with one cool zipper pull, and for now a solid 24-Karat gold* dragon! This time there's a "compass watch" number tag attached, so you'll know what you've found.  I'm also attaching an extra surprise already (not pictured).  I place these in random caches, and only containers in which they fit, so be sure you place a lotta decent sized caches.

 

Here's the protoype, the very first ones in the design:

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

*May contain no actual gold.

 

 

Edited November 6, 2019 by kunarion

[+VAVAPAM 160]

46 minutes ago, kunarion said:

There's a "Roaring '20s" Mega Event next year

Where?

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[prototype photos]

Very cool, indeed!  Where?

 

46 minutes ago, kunarion said:

*May contain no actual gold.

 

[+kunarion 2210]

26 minutes ago, VAVAPAM said:

Where?

 

In Rome, Georgia, USA.  The theme for the Event will be "The Roaring 20s", so I'm designing some Art Deco retro things now for sig items, starting with the new cache zippers.  Wherever I go caching, I'll grab a few sig items to place.  Could be most anywhere, although I'm most often around the Atlanta area.

 

I don't go to the Event every year.  But I usually make the cacher card (it's like baseball card) and some other themed stuff.

 

Edited November 6, 2019 by kunarion

[+thebruce0 2226]

Yeah Going Caching this year got huge attention. I was on the edge of going but there's been SO much travel this year for me I couldn't swing it. Next year is much more likely.

Very nice sig items!

[+VAVAPAM 160]

1 minute ago, kunarion said:

 

In Rome, Georgia, USA.  The theme for the Event will be "The Roaring 20s", so I'm designing some Art Deco retro things now for sig items, starting with the new cache zippers.  I don't always go to the Event every year.  But I usually make the cacher card (it's like baseball card) and some other stuff.

 

You mean like this ... Von Cache Family  and this ... Ike13 ? 

I found those 2016 cards on a mountaintop in Virginia.  Wow, nice work and fun stories!

 

Should-a gone when it was in Pine Mtn.  Rome's a bit off my southbound path.  Then again, October's a good time of year.  Hmmmmm.....

[pulls up caching map] 

[+kunarion 2210]

1 hour ago, VAVAPAM said:

You mean like this ... Von Cache Family  and this ... Ike13 ? 

 

Yes, they're printed by the Going Caching folks for the Mega.  This year I was a pirate.  Last year the theme was "ghosts", and I made a "Ouija Board" ROT-13 decoder for the back of my card.  I was a "ghost" in my old outfit.  Now I can re-use this "1920s" period costume again!   I have grand ideas for photoshopping myself into some old photo.  Not sure how to actually get the pose just right.  Gonna need a director/coach who has a photographer's eye to help line it up. 

[+kunarion 2210]

Here are my prototypes for '20s Hotel Key swag items.  The skeleton key is the same design as the ones HunterandSamuel suggested in another thread.  The finish may be different.

 

These have the "hotel name" on one side and a ROT13 decoder on the back.  I'm sure you remember the luxurious four-star Hotel Kunarion, very popular in its time.  OK, I made it up. 

 

 

 

Edited January 28 by kunarion

[+HunterandSamuel 211]

On 1/28/2020 at 12:12 AM, kunarion said:

Here are my prototypes for '20s Hotel Key swag items.  The skeleton key is the same design as the ones HunterandSamuel suggested in another thread.  The finish may be different.

 

These have the "hotel name" on one side and a ROT13 decoder on the back.  I'm sure you remember the luxurious four-star Hotel Kunarion, very popular in its time.  OK, I made it up. 

 

 

 

 

 

They came out beautiful!!!! 

 

 

[+HunterandSamuel 211]

On 11/6/2019 at 3:41 PM, kunarion said:

I have grand ideas for photoshopping myself into some old photo. 

 

A tintype!  I think they stopped making them in the 1940's so it will definitely go with your 1920 theme. I found a couple of them in an antique store. You can drill a hole in the top. There are places that will do tintypes today. The right pose would be like this, sitting in a chair, and don't smile! lol 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

[+HunterandSamuel 211]

PS. The skeleton keys made great swag too and are not too expensive when buying in bulk. 

[+kunarion 2210]

Now I've kicked these up a notch.  The images in the key fobs have more of an antique look to them.  Get ready for neat '20s swag in caches!

 

 

 

 

 

Edited February 1 by kunarion

[+HunterandSamuel 211]

On 1/31/2020 at 11:14 PM, kunarion said:

Now I've kicked these up a notch.  The images in the key fobs have more of an antique look to them.  

 

I like the change! More of an antique look.

[+Max and 99 1680]

On 1/27/2020 at 11:12 PM, kunarion said:

Here are my prototypes for '20s Hotel Key swag items.  The skeleton key is the same design as the ones HunterandSamuel suggested in another thread.  The finish may be different.

 

These have the "hotel name" on one side and a ROT13 decoder on the back.  I'm sure you remember the luxurious four-star Hotel Kunarion, very popular in its time.  OK, I made it up. 

 

 

 

I love finding skeleton keys. That swag is amazing! I would love finding something like that in a cache!

[+Seeker_Knight 64]

On 1/31/2020 at 11:14 PM, kunarion said:

Now I've kicked these up a notch.  The images in the key fobs have more of an antique look to them.  Get ready for neat '20s swag in caches!

 

 

 

 

 

Very nice designs and a great idea. I love when folks think outside the box.

Seeker_Knight

[+Seeker_Knight 64]

On 1/29/2020 at 7:32 AM, HunterandSamuel said:

 

A tintype!  I think they stopped making them in the 1940's so it will definitely go with your 1920 theme. I found a couple of them in an antique store. You can drill a hole in the top. There are places that will do tintypes today. The right pose would be like this, sitting in a chair, and don't smile! lol 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

They had to do that back then because of the equipment/materials/process they used. You would have to use very bright conditions, and a super long shutter speed. So long in fact that there was no shutter on the camera, but only a lens cap. You loaded your film, set your focus on a glass screen, put in the coated plate (with emulsion you made yourself) and removed the lens cap, using a watch to time the exposure, then popped the cap back over the lens. It took so long, that they actually had metal braces that went around the waste and sometimes the back of the neck to keep the person still. Any movement would ruin the shot. So smiles and such were not encouraged.

Seeker_Knight