had a little over four months ago I published an article here in my blog a swan song to a total of eight of my Geocoins, which had disappeared from various caches. As most of my friends and acquaintances are likely, I'm in over three years, the Geocaching expire. And as part of this game, I sent in the course of time, a total of 46 Geocoins on the trip. From time to time it happens, however, that such a Geocoin either together with the complete geocache, in which it is located, the temporal blessing (for example, when an abandoned place in the room with the cache, will be torn down) or but (which is unfortunately far more common) is stolen by someone in a cache.
Of the eight missing in this way Geocoins that I, on 2 September, here missed a final assessment, it is expected, still no trace. The only two days later reported missing ninth coin that had been stolen from a geocache on the beach of Sylt is, however, recently, against all probability in a cache in the Hessian Guxhagen an der Fulda resurfaced. Maybe the thief his act at some point but still regretted, and he tried to return the stolen coin in this way, without revealing his name. The plastic capsule is located in the coin seems to be quite scratched, but the main thing is that the Coin is back.
are gone now but at least six more of my Geocoins. Four of them were at some point just not in the caches, in which she had saved someone. One was in the cache, in which it loud Log really should be, definitely never stored (it is in fact a fingernail-sized nano-cache). Therefore I must assume that the last cache that had the coin to keep it. Another eloquent evidence of this assumption is that since he has not responded to several e-mails from me. A similar fate befell another coin for which the current owner had been promised me last summer, they quickly release again, but this has never been done since then and also does not answer e-mails.
these six stolen Geocoins is dedicated to this article. However, I fear that this too will not be the last contribution of this kind. The moment in which I write this, I already know of two other Geocoins that allegedly are not in the cache, where they should be. Of these I are still waiting for the response of the Owners or the next cache find out if you might still find in each cache, and were just overlooked. In addition, there are six more of my Geocoins already long suspected in the inventory of the current holder, and at least in two of them I fear the worst, although not all six people respond to my e-mails. But now we definitely among the missing coins:
Not All Who Wander Are Lost To send this Geocoin it I'm very sorry. JRR Tolkien once said: "Not all who wander are lost." This quote is also on this beautifully designed coin, on one side in English, thought up on the other in Tengwar, the font, the Tolkien for his Elvish languages. What could be better philosophy for a Geocacher? For us, the beauty is in the hunt, the search, the hiking. The true price is what one finds along the way to the cache. Sometimes just the journey is the destination.
should therefore visit this geocoin hiking caches throughout the world and return after visiting all parts of the world back home. Too far it is on its expansive mission, however, not able to come. After a trip through Denmark and a small tour of Austria, it was dropped in late September Snezka cache at the summit of Schneekoppe in Giant Mountains on the Czech-Polish border. In the following days, she was spotted twice by geocachers, after which loses its track. Sněžka in addition to the Geocachers also regularly visited by other people, even now, the middle of winter - but apparently more from the Polish side. Perhaps true here so the old quote: "Today, stolen, tomorrow in Poland" ...
Lord of the caches (Fire) These Geocoin has a strong connection to JRR Tolkien. Their design was clearly the "Lord of the Rings" inspired. However, rather than simply imitate only the "One Ring" for the coin a completely unique design was created. The coins in this series are circular and contain five small colored stones, representing by their color of one of the four elements. The first version of the Geocoin had five green stones that stood for the element earth. The second version, a member of the geocoin has four red stones, symbolizing the element fire.
As the first series of "Lord of the caches (Earth)" I have also sent from the second series "Lord of the caches (Fire)" two Geocoins on the trip. The now vanished originally had the task of traveling to New Zealand and visit the locations where caches and the film trilogy "The Lord of the Rings. Her sister-Coin to visit geocaches that have anything to do with JRR Tolkien, and travel as well as to Oxford. The Lost Coin now had already taken a Geocacher nice as Travel Bug Hotel middle of the Munich airport, from where they could easily have been someone on a trip to New Zealand or Australia at least can take. Instead, she has
but any idiot from there and taken to a local railway cache somewhere in the boonies south of Verden on the Aller shipped, where it was stolen by return - if he did not even keep for yourself. Since approximately the same time her sister-Coin, which was supposed to England, from someone who apparently neither of reading and thinking was powerful, was deported to Australia, I have changed the missions of both Geocoins ado. Now failing that travels the sister-Coin to New Zealand and the lost if they are unlikely ever again should appear, to England.
24 hours This Geocoin shows in eight small icons the day of a Geocachers from 0:00 to 24:00 clock Clock, as it well known to every participant of this hobby: dreams of caches, selection of the search cache, "On the Cache", "Cache found! ", logging, virtual cache in between," On the night caching! " and browse the forum. The coin should go in the right order caches that have the numbers 0 to 24 in the name (as numbers or number words in any language). This sequence was intended to symbolize the 24 hours a day, which you can spend with interesting hobbies such as geocaching. Initially, this was
Geocoin with their mission successfully. Exceptionally was the question on the homepage of the Coin mission respected by most find it. Within 14 months they managed to pass relatively quickly to stations 0 to 11. She was then but a Geocacher named geooli69 taken from a cache between Wismar and Rostock. Already the statement in the online log that his daughter liked the coin no longer wanted to give back, gave me food for thought. More than a month later geooli69 the coin then logged into the nano-cache shine is in the smallest hut near Paderborn one.
course fits a 1.75 inch Geocoin not in a nano-cache of the approximate size a fingernail. I also have both confirmed the following finder of this cache as well as its owners agree that it does not Geocoin was present and that it guarantees not fit into the tiny cache had. I then wrote to him several times and geooli69 the opportunity given to comment on the matter and correct any possible errors. Since he has never responded to that, I regret to conclude that he has stolen my Geocoin (and perhaps given his daughter?). May the brazen thieves take the flash when shit!
EURECA Geocoin The Geocoin similar fate this pretty much the "24 hours", but here the apparent theft was still a whole number bolder. The Geocoin, whose silver middle section is rotatable and also the lights in the dark, constitutes the satellite EURECA , one of the few spacecraft that have been preserved as an original in a museum. In memory of his mission should my Geocoin travel around the world and visit this exhibition, places, and geocaches involved with space travel and generally to do with modern technology.
completed after the exposure in the Geocache in the footsteps of Alfred Nobel the Geocoin within one year of 8 other stations in the Hamburg area and 7 in the Rhine-Main area, without it their mission would not have much attention has been given. In April 2009, she spent Toronar kindly to America where she visited three geocaches near Pensacola in Florida. Finally, it was on 26 June from someone with the strange nickname kittylitterleader from the Geocache PKBM (this abbreviation is apparently for "Perdido Key Beach Mouse", whatever that may be) taken. This cache seems indeed to be on private property, but apparently, the owner agreed to its installation, without of course this claim would be verified in any way.
Since the EURECA coin more than six weeks later, still in the inventory of "kittylitterleader" was, I have emailed this geocachers on the geocaching website and kindly ask her to leave at the earliest opportunity to continue my Geocoin their journey. Five days later I received a reply e-mail of the person named Christy Edminster with the promise that no, even the oath , the coin as soon as possible to release again (Quote: "I'll release it back into the wild soon - I swear ")!. However, this is not happening to this day, although I have at intervals of about six weeks time and again asked to e-mail question - on But never came the answer.
Since "kittylitterleader" always log more regularly Geocaching.com , the last time, currently on 3 January, there is no excuse for this behavior and no other explanation than that the person wants to keep my Geocoin. In my last email I have explicitly stated that I regard this as theft. Since then (as is now common) was no response, I see this as confirmation of my conjecture. Unfortunately, one has to follow does not make it this offense. Even the reviewers and all the other folks at Geocaching.com seem such incidents not care to be. And so all I had only one thing to ask Thor about to smash all Geocoin-thieves with his hammer!
All in one These standard Geocoin from an apparently every year with varying motives newly launched series, I had provided in the listing with a three-language description in English, German and English and to begin my Spain- trip in May 2008 in a nice Geocache the truly remarkable Roman aqueduct in Tarragona exposed. In the following years it was unfortunately somehow never really progress. Within slightly more than nine months laid it merely 209 km back and visited six other stations in the hinterland of Barcelona.
It was last on 1 March 2009 Cabrils Geocache # 42 El Rocar about half way between Barcelona and Lloret de Mar sighted. Given the fact that since then not even a single "Discover" log is done, it should be relatively soon thereafter disappeared from it, even if it seems to me to be part of this cache is not just the most visited in Spain. Unfortunately, however, long time no details about the whereabouts of the coin was to find out or even just to get some information as to whether it is still in the cache. Only about a month ago, on 6 December, replied one of the last finder of the cache that only a single Geocoin was in it, but unfortunately another. Too bad! Wherever she is now: May they rest in peace.
The Sacred (Places) Geocoin These iconic Geocoin had given me a three-language description, before I under somewhat unpleasant circumstances in the Geocache 6 Reyes y 1 Santo in a remote have taken a view point with a wonderful view of the Escorial west of Madrid. The object of this Geocoin was to visit holy places of all religions to their holy Symbols are depicted on the coin. On one side, you will cross, Ankh, David Stern, Yin / Yang and unfortunately unknown to me, probably Hindu symbol, which are all arranged around a large pentagram. (This is the sacred for Hindus and Buddhists syllable "Om", many thanks to Felis Saeva for the information!) After they have met this goal for the reproduced religions, and of course the visit of places of worship of other religions would have been excluded, they should have to return home. In the predominantly ultra-Catholic Spain
this religious instruction was of course only in the Christian Meaning interpreted. In addition, the Geocoin were two events in Burgos and Malaga apparently at the hands of the English Cacherszene Who's-Who. In less than 5 months, she lay back in only 6 stages at least 2227.4 km. On 11 November 2008, she was in the at least during the summer months relatively well-attended Geocache Sta. Bárbara in the mountains west of Tarragona and Reus (Barcelona Airport) is stored. From there she sang at some point, however, and disappeared without trace. End of September, confirmed to me on a recent demand finder of this cache that only a single Geocoin was in it, but unfortunately another. (Why does this sentence is just so damn famous before ...?)
Because of the now at least 14 thefts of my coins, I am finally started to Geocoins newer only under the description include an additional slip to send on the trip. Whether this informative measure will bring, however, anything that I venture to doubt frankly, given the fact that most of the coin thefts are committed obviously unfortunately unscrupulous other geocachers - which is actually indeed should be so in a position to Geocoin be identified as such. I started 
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