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fallyn

Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 32
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Trove Chasers

Joined: 10 Sep 2007 Posts: 93
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Posted: Oct 11, 2010 12:35 pm Post subject: Missing Travellers |
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We are very familiar with the feeling you have when your GC or TB goes MIA, as we have several as well. I don't believe there are any rules about not making copies or facsimilies of coins when they go missing. We have made several and we have also picked up a few along the way. Go ahead and make your copy and get it back out cachin! |
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fallyn

Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 32
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Posted: Oct 11, 2010 1:38 pm Post subject: |
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Oh thats good news. I have been in contact with the original owner of the TB and they seem quite thankful that I am willing to do this for them.
I have also discovered that this form of coin/TB is called a "proxy" through geocaching.com and is acceptable as long as an effort is made in reproducing the coin/TB and also has a laminated photo of the original.
Guess that means, off to the workshop to create a car?
Thanks for the fast reply! |
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MHz

Joined: 20 Apr 2005 Posts: 292 Location: Morris
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Posted: Oct 18, 2010 8:04 pm Post subject: |
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I do this all the time as I have over 40+ trackables circulating out there. I look at this way:
I bought the TB tag or geocoin so that tracking number is mine.
After one of mine goes missing, I will replace it using the copy of the TB tag or making up a new tag in the case of I've already released the copy or it's a geocoin that's gone missing. However, unless I'm absolutely sure the trackable is missing, I will wait up to a year before I release a replacement. After all some newer cachers could have moved it and didn't know how to log it etc. Some I know are for sure gone for various reasons.
I've made tags from engravable dog tags or bought a tag(s) online. I always attach something to the new tags but sometimes it not easy to recreate the old tracbale/geocoin so I change the mission and TB pic to accomodate the new item with the old code.
It's your tracking number, so you should use it.
I've even found a TB dog tag in a cache with nothing attached to it. For those I attach something and post a pic to the TB page. No one has ever complained about that yet!
I've also had a cache go missing with a TB in it. I did offer to replace the trackable and get it going again but never heard back from the TB owner so just marked it as missing. It's their tracking number so it's up to them what they want to do with them in that case.
it's always sad when one goes missing but I release geocoins and TB's expecting this will happen and just replace them. _________________ MHz, a cacher who no more knows her destiny than a tea leaf knows the history of the East Indian Company |
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fallyn

Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 32
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Posted: Oct 18, 2010 10:58 pm Post subject: |
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MHz wrote: |
I've also had a cache go missing with a TB in it. I did offer to replace the trackable and get it going again but never heard back from the TB owner so just marked it as missing. It's their tracking number so it's up to them what they want to do with them in that case.
it's always sad when one goes missing but I release geocoins and TB's expecting this will happen and just replace them. |
Well in my case, it was my cache that vanished, and within a travel slug with a 1959 Fiat 500 Mini attached to it which belongs to a couple from New Zealand. It has traveled far, and I don't want to see it stop now. Seeing as how the cache is gone, I am fairly positive the travel slug is gone.
I tried to find one like it on Ebay, only to discover they are collector's items selliing for over $100. Then I drove to Winnipeg and spent a good part of the day searching for something similar. I only found 1, yes 1. It is Luigi from the Pixar Cars movie, so I bought it.
I have now ordered a pet ID tag to go along with it and have made a post card which I will laminate, explaining the story.
Yes, it is costing me a few dollars, but at least I know it is replaced, as I will never be able to replace my precious Gecko coin that went missing.
This situation is kind of a "pay it forward" situation.  |
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Dragonfreys

Joined: 12 Feb 2006 Posts: 368 Location: Manitoba-Westman
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fallyn

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Posted: Jun 06, 2011 1:54 am Post subject: |
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Wow thats great! I am hoping mine recover soon! |
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glacier_ice Site Admin

Joined: 16 Aug 2007 Posts: 870
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Posted: Jun 13, 2011 3:04 am Post subject: |
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Yup, definitely know how you feel. I put a 30lb cylinder of steel out there, it went only as far as Wisconsin and poof! I originally believed it went splash in a lake, then it seemed to resurface but with a spark plug attached and not the 30lb cylinder of steel. Then went MIA again.
That one sucked more than my Racing Bison coins getting to Brandon before going poof.
Of course, the ammo can full of Racing Bison coins that went missing after the Cache the Marsh event last year was a shock to everyone.  _________________ "So do they sometimes hide caches in dog poo like this?" "No, that's real poo. You might want to put that down." |
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fallyn

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Posted: Apr 16, 2012 2:41 am Post subject: |
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Ouch, that must hurt Mhz! Good laughs about the spark plug though.
I have been getting emails about one of my Gecko coins that went missing. Two people, on two different events, emailed me saying that they have seen it on lists. The last person that posted also send me an extensive email about it. Makes me wonder..............
http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=2865874 |
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Ztirnats
Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 199 Location: Winnipeg
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Posted: Mar 25, 2013 2:59 pm Post subject: MIA Z500 |
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It has been more than 2 years (October 2010) since our Z500 travel bug went MIA. This morning, when we checked our emails our favourite travel bug has resurfaced. Z500 is a polar bear luggage tag from Churchill, Manitoba. It carries some fond memories of an amazing adventure!
For all those travel bugs and coins that are MIA, never give up hope that somewhere down the road it will resurface with much fan fare!  |
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fallyn

Joined: 11 Oct 2010 Posts: 32
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Posted: Mar 27, 2013 11:28 am Post subject: Re: MIA Z500 |
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Ztirnats wrote: | It has been more than 2 years (October 2010) since our Z500 travel bug went MIA. This morning, when we checked our emails our favourite travel bug has resurfaced. Z500 is a polar bear luggage tag from Churchill, Manitoba. It carries some fond memories of an amazing adventure!
For all those travel bugs and coins that are MIA, never give up hope that somewhere down the road it will resurface with much fan fare!  |
Wow, that must have been exciting! Happy for you that it travels again! |
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Ztirnats
Joined: 20 Jul 2006 Posts: 199 Location: Winnipeg
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Posted: Apr 16, 2013 3:33 am Post subject: |
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Another trackable item has resurfaced after being MIA for almost 2 years!
This one is a geocoin "Partridge In A Pear Tree"
Two trackables missing for 2+ years have been found in the last month. Wow! Let's hope more will be found.
Like we posted earlier, never give up hope that somewhere down the road your trackable item will resurface with much fan fare! |
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