+Rocky Balboa Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 I've been browsing a few profiles recently and stumbled over a few odd cache finds which I don't know much about. I was just wondering where & when they originated & why, & could we possibly get something up and running for the UK?!? The things i've spotted so far are USA Geocoins & Moun10bike Coins (sure there are lots more!). Do they count as separate logs? and what are they for exactly? Quote Link to comment
+Cave Troll and Eeyore Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 USA Geocoins are a different type of TB that can be tracked and logged on the site the same as standard TBs. Quote Link to comment
+MarcB Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Moun10bike coins were released by an infamous US cacher called Moun10bike. MarcB Quote Link to comment
+Kitty Hawk Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 (edited) I like the symbols and I've found them an incentive to find particualar caches. My understanding is the same as cave troll & joan - the coins are tracked in the same way as TB's - I have one at home right now. Mount10bike, unusually, gets his own symbol, presumably becuase he was the 1st to invent/release geocoins. Look here Moun10bike for some info and history including maps of where his coins have got to - (none active in the UK) It would be cool for us to have our own, but I notice some quite 'big' groups that haven't managed to get their own icons - there are several other coin styles, georges (travelling doller bills) and books so our chances are probably pretty slim. Jeep obviously managed to swing it, but I daresay the costs of sorting out the icon and software were covered. I'm puzzled that we can't use the benchmark symbol to log our trigpoints. I daresay there is a good reason. The latest approved symbol is Earthcache - a geology educational cache. I'm looking forward to those arriving in the UK. Edited October 20, 2004 by Kitty Hawk Quote Link to comment
+NickandAliandEliza Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 (edited) There are also some that don't appear on the site - - - - we've just picked up a Canadian Geocoin. Edited October 20, 2004 by Nick & Ali Quote Link to comment
+Stuey Posted October 20, 2004 Share Posted October 20, 2004 Moun10bike coins were released by an infamous US cacher called Moun10bike.MarcB The first Geocoin I picked up was one of Moun10bikes, although it wasn't a special Moun10bike icon.... USA Geocoin #5 Quote Link to comment
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