Jon-Paul Barr wants to produce Estonia’s first-ever geocoin – if he can raise enough coin. Last month the antique furniture restorer and part-time graphic designer (GC handle: jpbarr) from the Estonian capital of Tallinn began fundraising online to achieve his goal. Through crowd-funding platform RocketHub, he’s hoping to raise US$2500 to produce 250 Estonian geocoins …
It wasn’t a dark and stormy night when American geocacher Kim Runion unveiled her geo-tribute to Snoopy but the lovable Peanuts character and his creator Charles M Schultz would still likely approve. The New Hampshire resident (GC handle: meandmydogs) actually launched her 160-cache series one Saturday afternoon in late April with event GC3F8CB. But it …
Four-year-old Davide Lencioni has a geocoin collection most adults would envy. Since the Italian toddler’s birth, his godmother Katja de Vries (GC handle: kdv) has been amassing the coins as a record of his life. “He was born in January 2008 and, of course, I created a Geocaching.com account for him the day he was …
The email alert on my Blackberry chimed at 2.30pm on a bright and sunny Sunday. I noted the subject line, ‘On your marks, get set …’, as I opened it up. ‘Go!’. Nothing else to read, though I noticed a jpg attached to kjwx’s message and opened it up to reveal an image of a …
Happiness is an exclusive, new geocoin depicting lovable cartoon canine Snoopy, especially for its creator Chris Pritchard. Since the owner of Australian webstore Jockaroo launched his design a month ago, he’s shipped more than 50 of the coins – despite sales being limited to Australia and New Zealand. “Reaction around the world has been fantastic. …
The New Zealand Recreational GPS Society is running a competition to come up with the concept for it’s 2011 geocoin. Previously the management committee have done a stellar job of designing each years coin, but now Society members or New Zealand residents will get the chance to put forward their best ideas and have them …
Dutch geocacher Willem Heeringa is sticking with his lucky number – 10,000 – as he attempts his latest goal. After logging his 10,000th find on 10-10-10, his friends gifted him an engraved achievement geocoin. And it’s this trackable that Heeringa (GC handle: Wilxlii Carrotte) hopes will bring more success as he works on getting it …
Miroslav Hoblík, the creator of Russia’s first geocoin, tells It’s Not About The Numbers about his latest trackable, honouring the 50th anniversary of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin’s first space flight. “It has been just another normal day in school for my father, when a neigbour who was listening to the radio came to tell the children …
In for a penny, in for a pound – right? Having already splashed out on the Christchurch quake and Japan tsunami geocoins, I’ve just bought two more fundraiser offerings by the NZ Recreational GPS Society to show my continued support for Mother Nature’s recent victims. Now it’s your turn … After months of planning, the …
First Japan faced a wave of destruction from its 8.9 magnitude earthquake, 10 metre-high tsunami and subsequent nuclear meltdown. Now a wave of support from geocachers worldwide is following. Today British webstore The Geocaching Shop began pre-selling a Japanese micro-geocoin for £5.99, with £1 of every sale going to the Red Cross’ Japan Tsunami Appeal. Measuring …
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