Posts Tagged ‘Geocaching’

Sunburst Nature Walk Geocoin.

I am sure that SupremeMe will correct me if I am wrong, as this is another one of his coins. If you really look closely at the photo you'll see tape up across the back. You see, this coin wasn't perfect when he got it. There was a tiny bit of metal poking out around the frame and SupremeMe felt it needed to come off. So he pulled at it and ended up popping one of the panes of color out of the frame. I want to say he has since purchased a replacement, but I don't have photos of that one yet. I chose to put this one up today so that SupremeMe can see how pretty his coins are when they are photographed in front of a light source.

This Sunburst Nature walk Coin is silver. I'm not sure if it is one of the ones with the antique finish. I don't believe it is. I have found a site though that references the antique silver finish. Apparently there were only 300 of those minted. The coin measures 1.75"(45mm) in diameter. It is trackable at geocaching.com and comes with its own unique icon. I know that it was also available in Bronze and Gold. The quote around the outside edge of the coin reads: "In every walk with nature one receives far more than he seeks" The quote is by John Muir.

The Sunburst Nature Walk Coin is a really pretty coin. I hope that SupremeMe displays all of his suncatcher and sunburst geocoins in a lit cabinet.

If you decide that you would like to Purchase a stained glass geocoin, do a search for both suncatcher and sunburst geocoins.  I have included both terms at my coolgeocoin site so that it will do the work for you, or you can just click here!

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Racer Geocoin

Slug Bug! I called it first! We love to play slug bug, so SupremeMe just HAD to get this cool bug geocoin.

It took me a bit of searching to figure out the name of this coin. Apparently it is named the racer geocoin. As far as I can tell it isn't listed on the wiki page. I was able to find an ebay listing for an orange one that lists the coin as being 2 inches wide and 3mm thick. The Orange one has a black nickel finish and is made with soft enamel. It is trackable and has its own icon. I imagine that information also holds true for the green one. It was originally sold at the geocoin store. This one was purchased from ebay. Which reminds me, I need to add a vehicle category to my store. I will do that this evening. I have no idea how many of these were minted.

We have our own version of the slug bug game. We give one smack for a new one, Two smacks for an old one and three smacks for an old vanagon bus. If you call it wrong, whoever was on the receiving end gets to smack you back twice as many times. Also, if you drive by a parked car and then drive back by later in the day it still counts because it is a new trip. Same goes for going in a store and coming back out. The game certainly keeps us all on our toes.

As a side note. We just went on a road trip to Oregon. Be forewarned, There are TONS of bugs in Oregon. Especially in the parking lot of the Oregon Country Fair. It was like a freaking vanagon convention.

My arm is still sore.

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Tempting the Fates

This is another one of SupremeMe's geocoins. The coin was designed by Chris Mackey . I'm not sure how many were minted, or when it was released. There were a few on ebay so I thought it was a new coin, but I see it has been out and about since at least early 07. I found a reference that it was supposed to ship on January 20th. That particular blog entry didn't have a date but posts above and below it are for December 2006. So my best guess is that it was released some time in early 07.

SupremeMe was pretty excited about this coin when it came. It has both a curse on it and an easter egg of sorts. The text under the skull reads something to the tune of

Don't tempt fate

Move my coin

Steal this coin

at your peril
Also, the designer incorporated his initial in to the design. If you look underneath the skull you can see the letter "M". The coin is 1.75 inches in diameter and is 3mm think. SupremeMe won't be releasing this one in to the wild. Instead it will remain in his collection. Hopefully it won't bring him bad luck. After all, he hasn't stolen it from a cache. He bought it fair and square!

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iCache Gold LE Blue Glitter Geocoin

I'm not sure how many of these were made. I think 50 were made. I was lucky enough to find this one on my first trip to the StarGate.  The back is flat, shiny and has the tracking code. I was delighted to find it. I love my iPod and this one is both glittery and  my favorite color. It is trackable on the geocaching website.

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Purple Wizard Cacher Tag Geocoin

This was a fun geocoin to find. The cache it was discovered in can only be found if someone else gives you the cords. It is called: Heard It Through The GrapeVine. Fun stuff. The container is wedged in the base of a bush. It is wrapped in fabric grape vines for cammo. I am currently on vacation, so I brought this one along with me to Oregon. I placed it in the hustle prize zone cache.

I was first to find on the Hustle Prize Zone cache just about three years ago. I didn't bring my GPS with me on the trip (big mistake) so I found myself trying  to find caches solely by remembering where they were. I didn't even take the time to look online. The first one I tried to find isn't even there anymore. I looked for this one again, because it was in a convenient park where my kids could catch up with friends. I'm so happy that we looked for it.

You see, I didn't remember that we were first to find on this one until we pulled out the log. The kids were over the moon. I didn't think anything else about it until I went to log it back at the hotel. I went back to read what we wrote originally just for grins. I'm telling you, the geocaching website makes for a wonderful diary. I can't for the life of me seem to keep a journal, but I will sometimes take the time to write about finding a cache.  It is like keeping a memory book. I read the log and then all of a sudden I remembered how frustrating it was trying to find the cache, as well as how funny the whole thing was.  It was like a little window into the past.

in a nut shell...

We went to find the cache. While looking for it we ran in to another caching family. It appeared as though they were just trying to be sneaky about finding it. The guy, turned his geocaching hat around so that we couldn't see the logo. We assumed that they were also trying to be first to find. it seemed like we were trying to wait each other out, so we ended up leaving so they could take first to find. As it turns out, they were the owners of the  cache. No one had found it yet, so they were just checking up on it to make sure it was ok. They saw us looking for it, and decided to hang out and see if we could find it. [:p]

On our second attempt at finding it, we ran in to some friends at the park. We were trying to be discrete, as were they...it was then that we discovered that they were also cachers! It took us forever to find it. It was our first magnetic find. We found it stuck to the bottom of the trash can.

Fun stuff. i really want to encourage you guys to take the time to really put some effort in to logs. It is so easy to get in the habit of writing "TFTH" or "SLTN". Take the time to put down some memories. You'll be so happy you did when you look back down the road.

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Celtic Sun GeoCoin.

This post is for my good friend SupremeMe. He was lamenting last night that with all of the coins he has purchased (and I have taken photos of) only one of his has appeared on my site. This one is another one of his. As it would have it, it is also one of my favorites. He has good taste in geocoins.

It originally came in Gold, Silver and Copper. I would have loved to have seen the copper ones, but they have sold out. Funny thing about that...... SupremeMe bought it off ebay. Lesson learned. If you find a coin on Ebay that you like, google it and see if it is still in production or is available from the manufacture. Why duke it out on Ebay  and pay $20 for it when you can get it for $10.99 from lillysue?  The really funny bit was when he found out that he bought it from Lillysue on Ebay. :p  If you are interested in owning one as of right now there are still some available. However, if you want copper you are going to have to take your chances on Ebay.

The coin is 50mm across (2 inches) and is 3.5mm thick. It is trackable on Geocaching.com and it comes with a fancy icon.

Edited to add (March 3 09)

Total minting numbers for the Celtic Sun is 400.
165 - Gold
160 - Silver
75 - LE 

The AE of each will be nickel, black nickel and foggy nickel respectively.  The entire set will have suns, stars and moons.

I have one of the Stars, but I'll do a separate post for that.

Artist Edition?

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Troop 923, Springville Ut.

This is another one of those coins I retrieved from the Stargate on our first trip down to Springvillle. Goodness, can I just say that there are TONS of caches in Springville. If a person were worried about knocking their numbers up, that would be the place to cache. I think we were there for two hours and we looked for 10 or 12 caches. We found all but two.

At any rate, I felt really badly about this one once I logged it in. It was a brand new coin, just venturing out in to the world with high hopes of getting to the birthplace of scouting. In England. ..And I pulled it out of the gate. I think of all the coins that should have been left there, this one gave me the most guilt. This is the one that prompted me to drive all the way back down there and return it.

I did finally get an an answer about the stargate. The owners of the cache have the addresses of all the other caches. (as in mailing address). I was told that geocoins could be mailed to help them achieve their goals. The poppy was pulled out by someone else who thought they could move it a little East. (I really should have just mailed that one on my own). I'm not sure what else I could have done. I marked the coins very, very well. Also, the ones I took were not marked in any way. I suppose I will probably still use the gate to move coins. It seems to be frequently visited, so in that regards it is still a good place to leave a geocoin.

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Scottish Thistle Geocoin

This Scottish Thistle Geocoin belongs to SupremeMe. He has recently been bitten by the geocoin bug and has been purchasing coins for his personal collection.  I'd like to give a quick thank you to SupremeMe.  He has been letting me snag photos of them as they have been arriving, and boy have I been snapping photos. He is really getting in to this geocoin thing. Lucky me!  This is one of those coins that is hard to do it justice with a photo. It is very pretty. I am glad to have gotten to see it in person. As part of a collection, this coin will probably never see the the inside of a cache.

I'm cool with that though. [:)]  Someday I hope to have a collection of my own.

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Bailey Dog’s Trakabulldog Geocoin

This is the Bailey Dog Trakabulldog Geocoin. I think it is pretty cute. I retrieved this from the local Stargate. It was one of the ones I returned back to the Stargate the following week. I hope it makes it someplace neat. This coin belongs to ocdman.

I finally got my photo setup put together. I wish I still had this coin so that I could get a clearer photo of it. I'm Sorry Bailey Dog. I think you're cute, so I'm putting this photo up anyway. I wonder what other breed specific coins are out there.

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Not a good day for Caching

We need to pick easier caches. :p SupremeMe and I set out to find a couple of tough  caches today. One had a difficulty rating of 4.5. It is dedicated to a couple of cachers with very difficult hides. The other one I believe is only rated a 3, but is named "Impossible". It also is dedicated to three cachers that have put out difficult to find Micros.  The third one we didn't find was actually a puzzle cache. We were  more or less  taking a guess on the cords, so we didn't really expect to find this one. It was hidden by one of the three in the above mentioned caches.

We did finally snag the one at the baseball field that was hidden up in the I beams above the bleachers. We also found one behind a store. All micros. Still, it remains a fun and addictive hobby. Fortunately there are thousands of caches in the Salt Lake Valley to keep me busy for a while.

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