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Is it possible to disown a trackable that has gone missing?  For example, I have no need for TB56PQ7 to stay on my list of owned trackables, as it disappeared 9 years ago.

 

TIA

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51 minutes ago, GeoElmo6000 said:

Is it possible to disown a trackable that has gone missing?  For example, I have no need for TB56PQ7 to stay on my list of owned trackables, as it disappeared 9 years ago.

 

TIA

 

Adopt it so someone.  Adopt it to me!  I can always use Tracking Codes.  :anicute:

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On 6/11/2025 at 7:33 AM, GeoElmo6000 said:

Is it possible to disown a trackable that has gone missing?

 

Usually each TB comes with two metal plates, if you still keep one of those, why don't you add it to another trinket and let it continues the journey?

You can also create a proxy, if both of the plates have now gone...

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2 hours ago, kunarion said:

 

Adopt it so someone.  Adopt it to me!  I can always use Tracking Codes.  :anicute:

 

I have five missing trackables, four of which I'm willing to adopt over to you if you really want them for the tracking codes.  Let me know.  The other I'd like to keep because it fulfilled its mission to go to a certain place and take photos at places I asked for, but disappeared afterward.

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I have a bunch of missing trackables in my collection. I treat them the same as my archived caches: they once existed, but the listings now just show the historical record of them.

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i just learned something, i have a few TB that were kept by people or stolen out of caches, i didnt know you could recapture and then resend or proxy the TB number...

why is this not told to us? 

might want to add that its likely a great idea to record the TB tag number and keep in a safe place if sending out the "back up" tag, my guess might be to proxy instead!!

This is amazing!!

On 6/16/2025 at 5:41 PM, little-leggs said:

I'm confused 

the TB has a code - re use it

make a proxy coin / Tag 

set it free again 

so it can get lost again 

LOL little legs...love this.."so it can get lost again!

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If I adopted out all the coins and TBs I've set loose that went missing, I'd go from owning 274 to, like, 40.

 

(I was WAY into coins and trackables when we started. Not as much these days.) 

 

Just set 'em as missing and move on with life.

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We wait a few years, and then make a proxy to take its place in the journey.  So far we haven't had an issue where the original has turned up again.  Some we have re-released several times..

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1 hour ago, qqnonrev said:

We wait a few years, and then make a proxy to take its place in the journey.  So far we haven't had an issue where the original has turned up again.  Some we have re-released several times..

I have had issues where the original has turned up again.  One (or both) of the finders will contact me, very confused.  I explain and then tell one of them to just trash the one they have.

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