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I have over 100 geocoins in the wild and for the most part they have been moving pretty good. I have had 2 recently that disappeared from the first cache they where placed in. That bothers me more, because you almost have to figure that it is someone local that removed the coin – but maybe not…….

As far as Mother Wolfs post about viturally logging coins – although I am sure she meant well, there is a rule about virtual logging of coins and travel bugs. This is copied directly from the groundspeak forums “How to log a travelbug or geocoin”

If you log a bogus virtual log on a TB, or offer your own TB up for virtual logging you will risk having that TB page locked forever. This means, if you never saw a bug, but got the bug number and youlog it, that bug is in risk of being taken out of the game. Don’t do this to TB owners who inadvertently might post a photo, or someone else posts a photo, of their TB number. Don’t log it virtually. It’s considered abuse of the system. And it’s not fair play.

If you show your coin or TB to someone they may discover it. If your coin or TB turns up missing you may make a copy and release it. You may not “virtually” share tracking numbers on the internet or in person by giving them the tracking number of coins or TBs that they have not actually seen I know it happens, but those who choose to do it (especially on-line where it can be easily come upon in an internet search by the people) run the risk of having those tracking numbers permenently locked. There are actually people out there who have nothing better to do and disapprove of virtually logging to the point that they do internet searches for pages that share tracking numbers and report these to groundspeak. Just an FYI………………..

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He’s not so old that he didn’t want to start finding the caches as soon as they came out – around 1am 🙄 . (Thanks Wis Kid – I was hoping to be able to get some sleep 😉 ) I did finally convince him that going out in the middle of the night was fool hardy at best!! I still don’t think he slept much thinking about all those FTF opps that where just sitting out there waiting for him.

Despite my little comment I do really have to thank Wis Kid and Cheese Wis – they where great about letting me in on the progress of everything and approving all of those caches! I also want to thank all of the cache placers who helped my HBZ 51 possible – Da Bloodhound, Doc, Dcrand, Mama Kat, Kent1915, EC-JEMS, Bandits, Spike007, Roaming Pack, lagrac, jchaas, Bobcat, jenhen and last, but not least drhaas!! You are all wonderful!!! It was really fun to have a group effort cache. I hope you all eventually will be able to find HBZ 51 – trust me, it’s in a spot that’s worth the effort! Thank you all for helping to make Zuma’s B-day fun!

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Congratulations!! Looking forward to meeting you at the event.

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My that was quick!! Congratulations on your first big milestone!! Hope to meet you out on the trails sometime.

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Just to keep things clear…………….. All I did for Justin and Brett is drop off their passbooks. The CVB had the coin made and mailed it out. The big thanks goes to the Chippewa Valley Visitors Bureau for sponsoring this great event and the coins 😀 !!

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Congratulations Justin! I’ll get there – someday………………… Great to be able to share some of those caching days with you!!

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Congratulations Seth and Marie. You had better get moving if you want to beat Zuma to 5000!! Glad to be able to share some caches, coins and good times with you both!

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Congrats Zuma! Glad to be there to share this milestone with you and hope to be there for many more!

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I have decided that I am also going to drill holes in my next batch of coins that I release and attach tags. I bought some clear photo holder type of keychains on e-bay for about fifty cents each and Da Bloodhound drilled holes in the coins for me. I am sure he would be willing to help anyone out that doesn’t have a drill press for a small “coin” fee 😀 . The coins that I had previously released had been in a bi-fold coin flip with a tag on one side explaining that the coin was a travelbug and should be logged and placed in an other cache. Recently I have had 2 coins disappear in the Eau Claire area in the first cache I placed them in – which is really disappointing to have someone that is probably local to not log your coin. One was a Compass Rose that I place in the silver ammo can that Zuma put out for my 1000th cache find 😥 … I will continue to release them all and hope that they get shared!

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Wow – the end of this contest snuck right up on me! I had plans to have an image ready – but it’s not something I can do by myself and my “art person” is off for the weekend.

Borrowing on several other ideas……………………. The coin could be a cheese wheel, with a slice cut out. The cut out could be attached by magnets (like the Geochum coin that some of you might have seen at the CITO event) The holes in the cheese could be Wisconsin themed shapes. The big part and the slice could have the same tracking number – so it could be a regular or a micro coin.

Now kind of off topic – If you want to see what a WI shaped coin looks like (click on one for a larger picture):

I am not quite happy with these, so I am getting some new samples with some changes. You should be able to find a few coins like this in a cache near you in about a month.

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I did receive a phone call from Aaron at Coins and Pins. They started production on replacement coins last week. It usually takes about 3 weeks to complete the process. The good news is they where able to retrieve all except 5 of the coins that had the duplicate numbers so most of the Zuma and Jesse coins will be fine. If you want to check your coin just try to track your coin. If you have already activated it, it’s all good. If you have not activated it and when you check it the number comes up as unactivated you are fine. If when you enter the tracking number and it comes up as a coin that is not a Zuma and Jesse, you need to send your coin in for replacement. I will post here when the replacement coins have been finished.

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I will also be there, with some traders in hand in addition to the trades I have already set up with NSLPs 8) . In addition if anyone would like to discover some coins I have 20 or so that I am in the process of getting ready to release that will be availalbe to discover.

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Let me first and foremost say that I appreciate all that our cache approvers do so that we may all have the joy and privilege of placing and finding caches. Without their time and efforts we would not be able to participate in the sport we all enjoy. This post is my opinion, and not meant to be critical of our approvers. I would not like to have the job of deciding which caches of the hundreds submitted every week are suitable for publication!

I can tell you as owner of the HBZ series that I have only received compliments on those caches. I am not saying they are the greatest caches or that they are something that everyone likes, but most cachers love the fact that they can go to a park, hike the trails and find more than one cache. In most instances to find all of the caches in the park you have to spend several hours there, walking, relaxing and enjoying the trails. Along the way you can enjoy the scenery, peace and more than likely see some wildlife. Although they are part of one big multi/mystery, if you don’t find one you can still go on to the next and get credit for your find. I don’t see how having these “power trails” detracts from the sport of geocaching, or is undesirable.

If “A cache should be a reason to let someone discover a cool location.” why does it seem that the majority of cache are becoming skirt lifters in various parking lots and film canisters placed in guardrails and stop signs? I don’t see those kind of caches having any problems being approved and the vast majority of those are on private property. I have and do find these caches, but get sick of them pretty quick. Not saying that there is not a place for them and I know there must be people who enjoy them or there wouldn’t be so many. I just think that it should take you longer to find the cache than it takes to park, but that’s just me.

If you place 6 caches on 2 miles of bike trail, you are more than likely going to walk 4 miles and in the time spent doing those caches you could have found 12 skirt-lifters (or more) in a cache dense area. I did the caches on the Omaha bike trail and had a great time; a much better time than I do when I am on a “numbers run” caching day. Even the drive out to the area was enjoyable. The caches on the bike trail where a variety and would be appropriate and enjoyable for virtually any cacher of any age, level and ability. Even if the cache it’s self is not totally handicapped accessible, bike trails are usually wheelchair friendly and if caching with a partner the caches would be very handicapped friendly.

If there is a ruling on how many caches should be placed in a particular area besides the no closer than .10 miles from an other cache than it should be published and consistent. Or maybe there should be goals for cache placement. A cache that would otherwise be published because it meets the general guidelines could be denies because it does not meet the “goals” of cache placement. Many caches that I have been to I wonder what the goal of that cache was, except to provide an other opportunity for a smiley.

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Just picked up the prizes for the drawing from the visitors bureau and WOW, there are some good ones. There will be drawings for adults and junior cachers – so be sure to bring them with. One prize I know they will be interested in is an $80 gift card to non other than Action City! That should get them motivated to pick up some trash! I picked up some other prizes for the kids as well. For the adults we have some hotel stays, canoe trips and some other prizes as well. Looks like it might be a nice day after all, so hope to see you all there!!

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