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    Default Hi Everyone

    Hello everyone

    I'm new to this site but been geocaching since about September last year I am so hooked on this hobby, I have brought geocoins but what to keep them I have made cards with a photo and the info required is this ok or is there another way I have also brought a car trackable but as of yet no luck fingers crossed eh

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    Welcome aboard and welcome to the GAGB

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    Welcome to the GAGB!

    Geocoins are great, and there are lots of collectors based in the UK. If you haven't already done so, you might want to take a look at some of our National Park geocoins (click here) - we still have some Dartmoor and Cairngorm coins in stock.

    Lots of collectors keep their geocoins in binder albums, dedicated suitcases, or similar. It's not uncommon for people to bring their collections to geocaching events for others to 'Discover' the coins.
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    I’ve started getting some of my more special coins made into displays.

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    Hi Emma, and welcome.

    I'm not really a coin collector but have acquired quite a few over the years. The first one I bought, funnily enough, was the original GAGB one. There was a Geocoin race = you had to "visit" it at every cache you found and the one that clocked up the most miles in the time given won the race. I didn't come anywhere near, but I've carried on dipping it in every cache I find and it has now done over 46,000 miles.

    I keep my coins in an album which (if I remember) I take with me to events so other cachers can "discover" them.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pesh View Post
    I’ve started getting some of my more special coins made into displays.
    That's a great idea, they look fantastic!
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    Quote Originally Posted by border caz View Post
    Hi Emma, and welcome.

    I'm not really a coin collector but have acquired quite a few over the years. The first one I bought, funnily enough, was the original GAGB one. There was a Geocoin race = you had to "visit" it at every cache you found and the one that clocked up the most miles in the time given won the race. I didn't come anywhere near, but I've carried on dipping it in every cache I find and it has now done over 46,000 miles.

    I keep my coins in an album which (if I remember) I take with me to events so other cachers can "discover" them.

    I had a coin for that!I did quite well over the year.

    GAGBGeocoin race 2011

    Tracking History (2228.3mi) 45 caches.

    The extreme caches the coin has visited in 2011:

    North: N 55° 13.097, Between both Roads - GC2RFH0 (Dumfries and Galloway)
    South: N 51° 22.751, Sidetracked - Oldfield Park - GC1EDN9 (Avon)
    East: E 0° 21.617, A14 Newmarket Travel Bug Motel - GC366ZQ (Suffolk)
    West: W 3° 24.892, Between both Roads - GC2RFH0 (Dumfries and Galloway)
    Furthest Cache: 221 miles, Between both Roads - GC2RFH0 (Dumfries and Galloway)

    Elevation.
    Lowest cache: A Transporter, but not on the star ship Enterprise - GCC813 - 10 Feet
    Highest Cache: Cachewalker Challenge -Bonus - GC1GVXY- 619 Feet
    Last edited by Bear and Ragged; 6th March 2021 at 12:54 PM.
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    Quote Originally Posted by Pesh View Post
    I’ve started getting some of my more special coins made into displays.
    Those custom displays look really good. Collecting geocoins has never been something I’ve actually fully gotten myself into so that’s something I certainly need to change up in my life
    Alexander

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