Map@Syst Geocoin Participation
Response to the Map@Syst geocoin was overwhelmingly positive! The geocaching community stepped forward and responded to the call to collectively participate in spreading the word about eXtension resources.
Over 125 coins were sent to 12 countries! Coins are traveling quickly from Cache to Cache. Several have specific goals and missions assigned by the community. We would like to highlight some of the coin travels here and share some of the coin stories.
If you want to see a listing of all the Map@Syst traveling geocoins you can use Geocaching.com to see all coins through the Trackable Items page.
Coin Stories
As the coins travel, they are collecting some interesting logs and stories. Some are coming in with pictures of travels. Coins listed below have log entries that make the Geocoin Adventure more interesting to follow.
- Map@Syst Geocoin – Central Area Tech Team This coin started in Iowa, took over a 2,000 mile trip to get back to Amy (Where I got it from!) Next Journey will be around to ALL the Land Grant Schools in the US!
- Map@Syst Geocoin -Cacheapalooza 3 – Coin4 This coin in in the hands of one of the U.S. Servicemen. Follow both the coin travels, and pictures of this proud coin.
- Map@Syst Geocoin – Ypsilanti. This coin has a mission to travel to towns with interesting names. The logs contain stories of the names of the town the coin has traveled to.
- Map@Syst Geocoin – Stoke-on-Trent. This coin started in a small famous town, find out more about Stoke-On-Trent.
- The Map@Syst Geocoin -Cacheapalooza coins (there are 6 in all) started at a geocaching event and went home in the hands of the many attendees to start their journeys.
- Cachepalooza Coin #3 One of the farthest travelers.
- Map@Syst Geocoin – Rhodes, Greece. This coin hopes to return to it’s user! Help it get back to Greece
- Map@Syst Geocoin – Laval This coin became a commuter coin with one of the participants. Racked up more frequent flyer miles than the average Joe!
Need Help Finding a Coin?
If you want to find a coin near you, log into Geocaching.com and create a user. Once your user is created, you can search for coins using the Trackable Items tab . The distances next to the coins will indicate the distance they are from your current user location.
Coin Travel Statistics
October 2008
- Coins mailed to 46 participants
- Coins are requested from 11 countries
- Traveling miles = 1984 (3193 km)
November 2008
- Coins mailed to 100 participants
- Traveling miles = 6689 (10765 km)
December 2008
- Coins mailed to 100 participants
- Traveling miles = 8960 (14,428 km)
January 2009
- Coins mailed to 128 participants
- Traveling miles = 20686 (33,291 km)
February 2009
- Coins mailed to 128 participants
- Traveling miles = 26799 (43,130 km)
July 2009
- Coins mailed to 133 participants
- Traveling miles = 52478 (84,455 km)
October 2009
- Coins mailed to 133 participants
- Traveling miles = 168270 (270,804 km)