Thank-you Jake! So from that information, I can conclude that many (most?) of the coins in your physical possession are not activated, and will not show up as being in your ownership? Jake Olson wrote: > I see my extreme knowledge of geocoins is being called upon here.... > I shall decend from my throne of stacks of coins to dispence > knowledge.... > > Once a coin is activated, it can't be de-activated. (unless you get a > special dispensation from the powers on high at Groundspeak.) The > ownership after activation can easily be transferred by use of the > adoption link for caches and travel bugs. This site can easily be > found at GC.com or on my reference page. > members.cox.net/teamai.shtml > > Most coin collectors prefer non activated coins so that there is no > dispute over the actual ownership of said coin. However, since the > person activating the coin can use the adoption function.. once the > ownership is transferred, the coin owner is no longer in dispute. > > Adoptions have to be initiated by the activator or currently activation owner. > > I have activated a pair of coins and placed them in the event cache. > These are my personal coins, and I will make them available to anyone > wanting to record their numbers at the event. This is so that you can > have an icon and you don't necessarily have to activate your own. But > these coins will be in your found, and NOT owned column of trackables. > > Jake "The disputable Arizona geocoin king" - Team A.I. > > P.S. > > be careful on your coin numbers. there is a 6 character sequence > starting with AZ that is the tracking number... the following digits > are the coin's sequence number. > > > > On 5/21/06, AZcachemeister wrote: > >> Wrong ID thread, Bob! :-D >> >> Are you saying there are not two sequences on your coins? (Both in the same >> tiny space) >> Activating them doesn't mean you have to leave them in caches! >> I doubt I will leave any of MINE in any caches unless it's as a FTF prize >> in a VERY, VERY DIFFICULT cache! >> I do plan to use one of my LE coins as a personal TB, however. >> I was wondering (Jake) if an unactivated coin is preferable over an >> activated one, all else being equal? >> >> >> Bob & Linda Smith wrote: >> >> Still having trouble finding the ID number you all are talking about.... >> ???? Got our AZ coins today... Don't know if we want to activate them or >> not... Just to nice and pretty!!!! Thanks... >> >> Bob Smith, Prescott >> >> ----- Original Message ----- >> >> From: Gale >> To: listserv@azgeocaching.com >> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 7:05 PM >> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Guess What I got ?? >> >> Thanks Tim >> >> Tim Giron wrote: >> >> The easiest way that I know of is to go to your profile page. The link to >> "See the forum posts for this user" has in it a query string element >> "mid="... the number after the equals sign there is your ID number. Gale, >> yours is 73033. >> >> >> Tim >> Team AZFastFeet >> ________________________________ >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> >> >> ____________________________________________________________ >> Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com >> To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: >> http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching >> >> Arizona's Geocaching Resource >> http://www.azgeocaching.com >> >> >> >> > ____________________________________________________________ > Az-Geocaching mailing list listserv@azgeocaching.com > To edit your setting, subscribe or unsubscribe visit: > http://listserv.azgeocaching.com/mailman/listinfo/az-geocaching > > Arizona's Geocaching Resource > http://www.azgeocaching.com > > > >