[Az-Geocaching] Finding ID number

[AZcachemeister]

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 <azcachemeister at getnet.com> 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 at azgeocaching.com
>> Sent: Saturday, May 20, 2006 7:05 PM
>> Subject: Re: [Az-Geocaching] Guess What I got ??
>>
>>  Thanks Tim
>>
>>  Tim Giron <tgiron at cox.net> 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
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