+Bob&TheGang Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I found my first Oregon GeoCoin in a cache the other day. What should I do with the geocoin? I already logged the find on cogeo.org. Can I keep the coin or should I pass it on to another cache (just like a Travel Bug)? Quote Link to comment
Aksor+Raskol Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Keep it. Start a collection. Impress your friends. Quote Link to comment
Team Kender Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 People's signature items are some of the more prized finds. If it's just a generic geocoin and not one created by a specific cacher, and if it has a track log showing it has traveled around, I'd keep it moving. But if it is an individuals sig item, I'd keep it! Team Kender - "The Sun is coming up!" "No, the horizon is going down." Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Send it to me and I'll let you know! (Been trying to find some out here...) Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 I've never had the privelege of findinga geocoin. If I did that puppy would be in my collection so fast my tracks would be on fire. Keep it. But don't keep more than one of a kind just so other geocachers can have the honor. Quote Link to comment
+Team P2 Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 My wife and I have started making our own geotokens for regular and micro caches. We are numbering them but any finders are welcome to keep them in their collection. Team P2 Variety is the spice of life...and I like it HOT! Quote Link to comment
+Quoddy Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 What's next...Keeping Travel Bugs. Numbered Geocoins are TravelBugs,too. I would no more think of keeping an actual traveling coin than stealing from my friends . I have one Geocoin in circulation and four more waiting to go (once I find that the "I'll keep it" mentality doesn't prevail in Geocaching). I leave personalized buttons and tokens as keepers in almost every cache I find, that's a totally different matter. "Blessed are those who can laugh at themselves for they shall never cease to be amused" Quote Link to comment
kite Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Some people put out coins as simple trade items, though. If you want your coin to stay in circulation, it might be best to stick it in a baggie with brief instructions. I'd love to have a coin to keep, if I found one and the owner didn't care. Quote Link to comment
+The Gowen Family Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Like Team P2, we are making some geocoins that are numbered. They can log them in at our webpage, and keep them going or they can keep them for their collection. Quote Link to comment
+flask Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 some of them ARE TBs and should be moved along. others are just nice trinkets. although i suppose people could keep TBs if they wanted, it just isn't polite. it doesn't matter if you get to camp at one or at six. dinner is still at six. Quote Link to comment
+captnemo Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Geocoins are collectables. Travel Bugs are not. If you want your coin to stay out there, best to include instructions to that affect. Coins I find go into my collection unless they have instructions otherwise. Quote Link to comment
+evergreenhiker! Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 Depends on the Geocoin. Moun10Bike has his famous ones out...I've the good fortune of finding 6 of them. I'm keeping 2 for keeps...perhaps I'll release one in the future. He stated that it's ok to do that, but if his coins have traveled 2000 miles or is it 1000...can't remember...anyway, he would like to keep them moving. Quote Link to comment
+nincehelser Posted July 30, 2003 Share Posted July 30, 2003 If it is trackable (e.g. has a serial number and associated web site), it should keep moving unless the owner states otherwise. If it isn't trackable, it's probably safe to consider it a keeper. This has been discussed before. There are some people who think it is OK to keep them under any circumstance, but their "logic" is impossible to follow. Like Quoddy said, are traditional TBs next? (Maybe this accounts for some of the TBs that are MIA?) If you really want to collect them, I suggest you just purchase your own, or asking the owner for permission to keep it. I've found 3 types of geocoins. Only one was a non-trackable item. I have found a trackable one that wasn't activated, though. I don't know who left it, and the activation codes were not included, so I was a bit puzzled. I finally decided to pass it along for someone else to worry about. George [This message was edited by nincehelser on July 31, 2003 at 12:10 AM.] Quote Link to comment
+murfster Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 How does someone make a geocoin? I've never seen one. What are they made from? Quote Link to comment
+Capt. Jack & 1st Mate Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 We purchased 40 or 50 of the new Oregon Geocoins all with serial numbers. We have placed only 5 so far but have put them in a protective coin holder, in a zip lock bag with 2 labels; one with the logging instructions and one that reads "This geocoin is yours to keep or to place in another cache, but please log it". I never did intend for them to travel far as they are rather collectable and someone, somewhere is going to keep it anyway. If someone labels the coin that they want it to travel, then yes it should. Otherwise I think of them as a very nice trade item and just like to see where they end up. So Bobkat92 , if yours didn't have specific instructions, I would keep it if desired. Quote Link to comment
+Team P2 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 My wife and I do number our tokens/coins but only for general tracking by ourselves. Not for hardcore TB use. I'll get a pick of our simple little tokens and post in a few days. Team P2 Variety is the spice of life...and I like it HOT! Quote Link to comment
+sbell111 Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Murfster:How does someone make a geocoin? I've never seen one. What are they made from? Some geocoins are minted professionally others are made by the cacher. These 'homemade' coins tend to be of two varieties. Wooden nickle blanks can be purchased and stamped with a signature logo. Also, several cachers have made unique coins using Sculpey clay material. (I have made attempts at this but have only released a few early test coins). As I recall, Mountain Mudbug's profile has a link to instructions to make a Sculpey coin. Quote Link to comment
cool_and_the_gang Posted July 31, 2003 Share Posted July 31, 2003 I am starting to distribute "Wooden Nickel" type coins. I put a message on them to keep them moving and to e-mail thier new positions out of curiosity. But they also contain some messages of good will so if the finder thinks it's inspiring and wants to keep them, that's okay, too. I haven't found any coins yet. Rubberstamping or affixing an adhesive sticker with an avatar is most popular around here, it seems. Anyway: If the coin is unique and doesn't have specific instructions to indicate it is a sort of travel bug I would trade something of comparible quality to it. "Now may every living thing, young or old, weak or strong, living near or far, known or unknown, living or departed or yet unborn, may every living thing be know happiness!" Quote Link to comment
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