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ThePetersTrio
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 156 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 10:59 am Post subject: Stuck at Groundspeak H.Q. |
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I found out yesterday that my Coexist coin was dropped at Groundspeak Headquarters. It appears that there are dozens - if not hundreds - of trackables there.
How the heck do I get my coin out of there so it can travel? |
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fox-and-the-hound
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 241 Location: Northeast PA
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 12:13 pm Post subject: Re: Stuck at Groundspeak H.Q. |
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ThePetersTrio wrote: | I found out yesterday that my Coexist coin was dropped at Groundspeak Headquarters. It appears that there are dozens - if not hundreds - of trackables there.
How the heck do I get my coin out of there so it can travel? |
Search for nearby caches and see who set them. Then ask whoever is nearby to go on a "TB Rescue Mission" to retrieve it. I would say ask someone at Groundspeak to do it for you, but who knows how long that might take. _________________ The harder the task, the greater the reward! |
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southpawaz
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 19 Location: Phoenix, Arizona
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Posted: Wed Aug 06, 2008 5:40 pm Post subject: |
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I guess I was lucky. I had one that visited HQ in May, and it was there for only 2 days before being picked up and taken to Geowoodstock.
At least it's a coin, I bet it will get out faster than if it were a TB.
Signal Coin with the HQ Log Book |
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Whistler & Co.
Joined: 23 Jul 2008 Posts: 10 Location: NE PA
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 6:59 am Post subject: |
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There are 71 trackables at Groundspeak HQ, and one is a Moun10Girl coin (not actually owned by Moun10Girl, though).
I would suggest emailing Miss jenn and asking her to move your coin along. She seems nice!
A TB we had recently was just placed there by CaptainMath. The story of Whistler's bear encounter at GS III is in that book.
http://www.geocaching.com/track/details.aspx?id=223438 |
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ThePetersTrio
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 156 Location: Portland, Oregon
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 9:25 am Post subject: |
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Well I just got notified that the coin was picked up by a cacher and will be moved along. So that's good news.
Not ever having been there, I wasn't really sure how the trackables were swapped, but looking at the cache page it seemed as though there were hundreds of them just sitting around. Maybe people just drop their dead trackables there for storage and there really isn't a gigantic bucket full of TBs and geocoins like I had pictured in my head.
Guess I'll have to get up there one of these days and check it out for myself. |
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Eric K
Joined: 21 Jul 2008 Posts: 2 Location: Reminderville, OH
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Posted: Thu Aug 07, 2008 12:01 pm Post subject: |
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I've been fortunate enough to visit that cache. I think what happens is if you take more than you are leaving even though you know it's not a problem you would just feel guilty doing it.
I also met Miss Jenn and she was super nice. You could also probably post a note on the cache page asking the next person if they could please move your coin.
BTW, we made those COEXIST coins and they are one of my favorites. Thanks for putting it out to travel. |
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coreynjoey
Joined: 02 Jul 2008 Posts: 6
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Posted: Sun Aug 10, 2008 1:16 am Post subject: |
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Eric K wrote: |
I also met Miss Jenn and she was super nice. You could also probably post a note on the cache page asking the next person if they could please move your coin.
BTW, we made those COEXIST coins and they are one of my favorites. Thanks for putting it out to travel. |
Posting a note on the cache page is a good idea. There are a few locals who visit it frequently just to clear out the trackables, so they usually don't sit there too long. They usually have visiting cachers on fridays, so a trackable could sit there for a week or 2 before it gets picked up again.
And Miss Jenn is super nice, as are the other lackey's we've met |
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