+Search1128 Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 I have been caching for only about two weeks now and have found several caches. There has been a common find through all of these -- besides the normal trinkets and log books, I have seen several of these laminated paper coins in the cache boxes. Some are labeled George token, Wheres George (I know that website), cache coin, etc. What are the purpose of these coins? Are they like Travel Bug type objects? If I take one do I log its tavels and then pass it on? Are they simply signature items? The questions keep on coming... Please fill me in on these things... Kirk out -- Search 1128. Quote Link to comment
+brad.32 Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 I haven't seen mention of those, but there is "Skan's CacheCard project" http://cc.flame.org/, which sounds similar. Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Search1128: ...I have seen several of these laminated paper coins in the cache boxes. Some are labeled George token, Wheres George (I know that website), cache coin, etc. What are the purpose of these coins? Not sure Ive ever heard of paper coins. I have seen business cards from different cacher teams, and even some left by the cache hider. It looks like most of the caches you've found were placed by Flyfisherken and WildGeorge, have you tried email them and asking if they know who/what the 'coins' are? Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by welch:Not sure Ive ever heard of paper coins. I found a really nice one here in NJ left by "Team Jellybean". I don't have a pic of it handy, so I decided to see if I could find one posted in their finds. I didn't find one, but I did find out that the ones Team Jellybean uses were made by Spidertracks, who is a very active cacher in Utah, which is where the original poster is from. Here is a pic of Spidertracks, which looks alot like the one I found out here: These are laminated and very nicely done. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
+welch Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Mopar: Here is a pic of Spidertracks, which looks alot like the one I found out here: These are laminated and very nicely done. But are they paper? Edit: Went back to another thread about Spider Tracks tokens, and Im not seeing where it says there paper... Not that says what they are made out... Guess I just wouldn't assume paper Quote Link to comment
+Mopar Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 quote:Originally posted by welch: quote:Originally posted by Mopar: Here is a pic of Spidertracks, which looks alot like the one I found out here: These are laminated and very nicely done. But are they paper? http://brillig.com/geocaching/http://img.Groundspeak.com/user/22008_1700.gif http://www.gpgeocaching.com/ Yes, but heavily laminated, much like many driver's licenses, or company/student ID cards. They do not easily bend, and should be waterproof. The one I found is slightly larger then most coins, maybe as tall as a standard business card. Tae-Kwon-Leap is not a path to a door, but a road leading forever towards the horizon. Quote Link to comment
FISUR Posted March 10, 2003 Share Posted March 10, 2003 For more examples of GeoTokens by Spidertracks, go here. Rhode Island Geocaching Quote Link to comment
+run4cache Posted November 9, 2003 Share Posted November 9, 2003 I found a mini-Wheresgeorge dollar, laminated, with the name Wild George, and Token #490 (Salt Lake City Utah), written on it. I tried to log it at wheresgeorge.com, but it has been blocked from being logged. I can't seem to find a wya to log it. <A href=http://www.keenpeople.com/stats target=_blank> <IMG SRC=http://www.keenpeople.com/images/gstats1.gif border=0> </A> Quote Link to comment
+run4cache Posted November 10, 2003 Share Posted November 10, 2003 WARNING I WAS BOOTED FROM WERESGEORGE.COM FOR ENTERING A TOKEN LAMINATED GEO DOLLAR THAT I FOUND IN A CACHE. SEE THE BELOW MESSAGE: IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD ENTERED ONE OF THESE: Matt, Due to recent abuse(s) of the Where's George? website, your account at email address has been disabled. This abuse could include: - Fake or false bill entries or hits - Inaccurate locations/zip codes used for bill entry - Entering bills you do not have in your possession - Abusive, vulgar, and/or offensive user notes - Inappropriate behavior on the Where's George? Forums - Other behavior deemed unacceptable for the Where's George? website. <A href=http://www.keenpeople.com/stats target=_blank> <IMG SRC=http://www.keenpeople.com/images/gstats1.gif border=0> </A> Quote Link to comment
+Dad and the Dynamic Duo Posted November 21, 2003 Share Posted November 21, 2003 WARNING I WAS BOOTED FROM WERESGEORGE.COM FOR ENTERING A TOKEN LAMINATED GEO DOLLAR THAT I FOUND IN A CACHE. SEE THE BELOW MESSAGE: IT WAS THE FIRST TIME I HAD ENTERED ONE OF THESE: Seems that the folks at wheresgeorge are a bit sensitive about our hobby. I got wind of it a bit ago and did a forum search over there. Made for some interesting reading. Seems that they feel that we are stacking the hit rates and have apparently implemented a seperate category for "our" bills. Sound like they require that a GC bill be identified as such even if the initial entry is at a cache and it is spent by the first finder rather than moving from cache to cache. Perhaps they will reinstate your account now? George Quote Link to comment
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