gougabulldogs Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 (edited) Hello everyone! I purchased quite a few trackables a few years back with good intentions to hide them myself, but haven’t been able to get out and Geocache in a while. I’m looking for a host who would be willing to take some of my trackables and put them out in the wild! I would love to send to someone in an active area in the US where I know these trackables will get some good use. If anyone would care to be a host I can mail you my trackables for free. Just let me know if you’re interested and why you’d be a good host, I’d love for these to go to a good home and out into the wild. Thanks! Edited March 7, 2019 by gougabulldogs Quote Link to comment
+ecanderson Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Search for any events being held in your area. Enjoy the company of a few geocachers there, and I'm sure you'll have plenty of takers for your offer. Some will likely take you up on it just for the opportunity to 'discover' a few new trackables. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Lynx Humble Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Be prepared that most of those TBs get a good chance to be lost/stolen quickly after being released in the wild. 2 Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted March 7, 2019 Share Posted March 7, 2019 Not sure what you mean by "host". If you simply want someone to take all 18 and place them in caches for you, that might be cool... - But realize that once a trackable leaves your hands, it's fate is unknown. I believe I have one released that isn't missing. Maybe you could look at a still-active local cacher from one of your finds, and ask them if they're interested. 1 Quote Link to comment
gougabulldogs Posted March 13, 2019 Author Share Posted March 13, 2019 On 3/7/2019 at 4:54 AM, Lynx Humble said: Be prepared that most of those TBs get a good chance to be lost/stolen quickly after being released in the wild. Thanks, I figured that is the case with most but I hope they get some usage. Better than sitting in my drawer. Quote Link to comment
gougabulldogs Posted March 18, 2019 Author Share Posted March 18, 2019 If anyone else is interested please let me know, I have about 3 people interested so far. Going to send a few trackables to each. I have sevral trackables left I can mail out. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
+TeamRabbitRun Posted March 19, 2019 Share Posted March 19, 2019 17 hours ago, gougabulldogs said: If anyone else is interested please let me know, I have about 3 people interested so far. Going to send a few trackables to each. I have sevral trackables left I can mail out. Thanks! Email sent! Thanks!! Quote Link to comment
+anne602 Posted March 22, 2019 Share Posted March 22, 2019 If you still have any TBs that you'd like released I'd be happy to take some. Quote Link to comment
+Roamingbull Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 Releasing my own coins has proven to be very disappointing. Not to discourage, but its rather sad. I have found using a clone coin is best. you can get as creative as you like, but you can purchase toy coins at the dollar store and imprint the track code on it. You can even take a picture and attach it to a tag or something like that. This way, your coin wont be stolen. You can always recover it, and send it out again if it gets waylaid. Some may be upset they don't get to handle the actual coin, but the trackable on their inventory will be the same. And you do not loose your investment. I lost all of my coins going out within the first 72 hours. 1 Quote Link to comment
+IceColdUK Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 9 hours ago, Roamingbull said: Releasing my own coins has proven to be very disappointing. Not to discourage, but its rather sad. I have found using a clone coin is best. you can get as creative as you like, but you can purchase toy coins at the dollar store and imprint the track code on it. You can even take a picture and attach it to a tag or something like that. This way, your coin wont be stolen. You can always recover it, and send it out again if it gets waylaid. Some may be upset they don't get to handle the actual coin, but the trackable on their inventory will be the same. And you do not loose your investment. I lost all of my coins going out within the first 72 hours. I understand the disappointment but I think the first question you should be asking is “Am I expecting to see my Geocoin again?” I know some trackables have a mission to find their way home (and some make it), but I think most people release a trackable without such expectations, just hopeful that it stays in play for as long as possible and has an interesting journey. So, obviously, if you don’t want to lose a coin, don’t send it out. However, if you’re resigned to saying farewell to it anyway, why not take the gamble? Yes, it will be disappointing if (when) it goes missing, and more so, if this happens quickly, but whilst it is in play, it will be giving others a lot more pleasure than a code on a laminated proxy. (And if it does go missing, then you can send out a proxy.) Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted March 24, 2019 Share Posted March 24, 2019 12 hours ago, Roamingbull said: Releasing my own coins has proven to be very disappointing. Not to discourage, but its rather sad. I have found using a clone coin is best. you can get as creative as you like, but you can purchase toy coins at the dollar store and imprint the track code on it. You can even take a picture and attach it to a tag or something like that. This way, your coin wont be stolen. You can always recover it, and send it out again if it gets waylaid. Some may be upset they don't get to handle the actual coin, but the trackable on their inventory will be the same. And you do not loose your investment. I lost all of my coins going out within the first 72 hours. I hear ya, the other 2/3rds lost over a dozen. Unlike an on-sale Travel Bug or tag, coins aren't cheap. She won't be doing that again... We even call them "coins", and that probably has a lot to do with it. The "treasure" in this world's largest treasure hunt. - The other 2/3rds coins are used as a collection now, since we don't feel proxies ("coin clones") are much of a replacement. Better ones go missing the same, cheaper often looks more like swag than a valuable item (kids grab 'em), and the laminated carp we've seen never seems to hold up. If we ever re-released the code, we'd use them for Discover-only items at events, or meeting someone on trail. Quote Link to comment
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