Travel Bugs

ertyu · ertyu

These forums are being closed and replaced with forums at http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/forum/ As best possible the content will be copied over to the new forums. Some content such as polls and attachments (there might be others) do not get copied over. If are interested in preserving the content, p...

MHz · MHz

Anyone else in Winnipeg interested in entering the Great Canadian TB Race 2006? I'm working on a new TB to enter into the race and thought I'd see if anyone wanted to race against me. I'd be willing to gather up the TB's and send them off to Utsman in January. The Race begins in March 2006. [ur...

ztirnats · ztirnats

We have 2 Travel Bugs and 1 Geocoin that we picked up over the weekend (Jan 19-21). They really need to escape our winter and thaw out in some nice warm cache. Anyone available to hitch a lift to some place warm. If so, please let us know. We might be able to bring them to the "Pub Crawl" event...

paulandstacey · paulandstacey

Hi all, We're doing a pre-order of the South Eastern New Brunwick geocoin that we have designed. The coin will be trackable on gc.com with a unique icon. On the front, the spokes point to to various communities throughout the maritimes where caching is well represented. South Eastern New Brunsw...

Dragonfreys · Dragonfreys

20,000 free travel bugs to raise awareness of diabetes. http://unite.geocaching.com/

Juicepig · Juicepig

Greetings Manitoba Cachers! The Central Ontario Geocachers are excited to announce the release of their first-ever geocoin! After many months of planning and designing, the coin is ready to roll! The front of the coin features the qu...

thecyr · thecyr

The membership at the Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association is pleased to announce to the rest of Canada the pre-order of the second of four provincial geocoin where the association has members. The second geocoin in the series to be released is Newfoundland and Labrador. Only 100 of the stan...

dani_carriere · dani_carriere

I'm heading to Chicago on Jan 25th. If you have any travel bugs that want to head south, let me know. An easy way to get them to me is to come to the next committee meeting on January 16th.

Northbound · Northbound

Hello from Saskatchewan! We are happy to announce the first personal geocoin from Saskatchewan. This coin is dedicated to Saskatchewan soldiers who died in WWII, specifically two of my dads cousins who had a Lake named after them in Northern Saskatchewan. This coin is geocachin...

slippery_1 · slippery_1

I am somewhat irritated today after visiting the Bdn Bug Hotel and not finding ANY bugs in it. Then finding someone who had written, I didn't find any, so I took one anyway. Come on people, these caches are intended for the exchange of TB's and to help others move them around. But wha...

ertyu · ertyu

The 1701eh Memorial coin is available from Landsharkz 1701eh Memorial Geocoin Its a nice looking coin with a reasonable price and a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. Some more info about 1701eh from a p...

Kabuthunk · Kabuthunk

Awright, my very first TB is just about ready to enter the wonderful world of... umm... caches :P It's still in my hands right now, but is already activated, waiting to be released (release date set to Friday, as that will give me much time to get a laminated "instructions" type thing made). ...

TASKForce3 · TASKForce3

So, my kids and I set off our first travel bugs a week or so ago. One of my daughters has a travel bug that is now in Thunder bay and the distance travelled sounds about right. My travel bug is in BC, but it says that the distance travelled is 0. Has anyone else seen this type of strange behaviour on the geo...

marco35 · marco35

The sale begin today If you are interested E-mail a mesage to marco35_geocoin@yahoo.ca I need: Your geocaching name Your name Your shiping address Your e-mail...

JLAMD · JLAMD

Our First of possibly many personal geocoins....At this time this is a reservation only. We have received the artwork and should receive the die art early next week. I have attached a link to a copy of the artwork and will post follow on pictures of the coin as they become available. Please contact...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

For those that might be interested or know anything about this TB, Scrappy, I am almost finished with it. Scrappy is a geocaching traveling scrapbook and before I move it along, does anyone want it to either add to or want me to help you with your page? Please let me know by the end of the week through this t...

Marmacette · Marmacette

Hello fellow cachers ! I'm sending a note for those who could be interested in a new geocoin that should be available around mid-november. 250 coins will be produced (50 gold, 50 nickel and 150 black nickel). Pre-order has been open for the Quebec Geocachers for the past days but I wanted to let a few c...

junglehair · junglehair

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=143297

Lizardo · Lizardo

Tannasaurus and I will be heading to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks. While there, we have planned an afternoon of cache finding. Does anyone have bugs that need to either visit Vegas and have their picture taken or wish to go there to stay for a bit? If so, you can contact me via my pro...

ThreeTs · ThreeTs

I B heading off to Minneapolis this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend (Oct 7-9). If anybody has any TB's they want taken down there, please contact me. Sorry for the late notice, I just thought of posting it here now as my brain is functioning at over capacity these days!

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

So we're going caching tonight. Have a couple of TB's. Looked at our route and there isn't one Cache available to drop a slightly large TB without hiking into the center of Assinaboine Forest. We desperately need some city folk who have a nice quiet park near a main route with a little wood...

slippery_1 · slippery_1

http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?s=&showtopic=144391&view=findpost&p=2477416

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Anybody at the MBGA exec level interested in ordering bulk Travel Bugs and reselling them to MBGA members so that the tb/shipping rates come down? Some companies don't like shipping to Rural Routes so we'd be interested in a couple as would my sister Ramblin Rose.

Landsharkz · Landsharkz

We'd like to invite you to browse the Canadian Cacher gear and swag at http://www.landsharkz.ca. AND we're posting to let you know we've produced our own personal coin. We have them for sale on our site and we are open to offers of trades for people's own personal coins to ad...

slippery_1 · slippery_1

I have a few extra coins now and a new one which came in today, geotrucker- gold limited edition which I will trade or sell depending on the offer/s made. Geotrucker- gold limited edition (Brand New unactivated) Brand New (unactivated) Utah 2006 (unactivated) Orrig...

slippery_1 · slippery_1

Anyone have any idea how after a TB has been marked unknown how does one get it to be activated after someone shows up with the bug? I have one which was marked unknown and now it seems there may be no way to get it into recirculation?

res2100 · res2100

http://ca.geocities.com/geocachingcanada/geocoinbunny.html

Wagonmaker · Wagonmaker

Hey guys, I encountered a problem last week when I picked up a Jeep Travel Bug from "Witches Brew". I copied down all of the numbers on the tag, and dropped it at one of the next caches I found, "ESP Travel Bug Hotel". However, when I got home and tried to log the TB's movements, I got a "No Match" message...

Peter and Gloria · Peter and Gloria

[img]http://img.geocaching.com/track/ca2ad4b1-a696-414d-af88-45e2007...

Lizardo · Lizardo

If you have suffered the loss of a travel bug and are not satisfied with its spirit floating around in Travel Bug Pergutory, you can place it in the Travel Bug Graveyard (GC72A8). Most of you experienced cachers may know of this or another resting place for your deceased travel bugs. Th...

thecyr · thecyr

In case nobody has seen this on the gc.com forums yet... The 1st Geocache in Canada Working Group is pleased to reveal the design of the upcoming geocoin, celebrating the 6th anniversary of the placement of the geocache in June 2006 (GCBBA) in Nova Scotia, Canada. The pre-order page is loc...

res2100 · res2100

Just a note to say that the 2005 Ontario Geocoin is now available. I would like to offer them for sale to anyone in Canada first before making them available to the rest of the world. You can find more information, including pictures and ordering information here: http://ca.geocities.com/geocac...

sam and lily · sam and lily

Hi Everyone, As we are relatively new to the fun world of Geocaching, we are wanting to know where we can pick up/purchase TB tags as we are hoping

to place a TB in the near future? Thanks so much, Sam and Lily

TurdleEggs · TurdleEggs

We are now in possession of two awesome, serialized GeoCoins. They're gold in colour, with a raised Manitoba Logo on the front and a number stamped on the back. I'm sure one of our founding MBGA members created these bits of treasure, but I'm not sure what I'm to do with them. Do we register the coins or...

pink_panther · pink_panther

I have only come across one travel bug so far, but it was realy fun to take with me somewhere. It was called PilgerNe 2 and I took it 311 miles SW. It was rewarding to know that you are helping it on it's journey. PilgerNe 2 is currently in California! Now I am going to try to move as many travel bugs as I can.

Prairie Jeepin · Prairie Jeepin

So what exactly is the train of thought here in MB about Travel Bug caches? I am curious to know what everyone's various ideas are on caches that are designed to accept our little (sometimes larger) travelling friends. It is quite obvious they need to be 'secure', but what about other thinkin...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

So what practical steps do you cachers take when Travel Bugs go missing when a cache has been muggled? Would you just send them to a TB graveyard or do you attach a similar bug to the copy tbtag and move another along with the same id #? I know some cachers in MB actually created a new dogtag with the original...

1queenand4jokers · 1queenand4jokers

Originally we were disappointed that cachers didn't submit photos of our tb's at the cache locations or with themselves. I, the Queen, have found a way around that. Sort of. Here's an idea for you who like to make work for yourselves. I would visit the caches where our tb's visited and search other logs...

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	ALERT : Forums are moving (Preview) These forums are being closed and replaced with forums at http://www.mbgeocaching.ca/forum/ As best possible the content will be copied over to the new forums. Some content such as polls and attachments (there might be others) do not get copied over. If are interested in preserving the content, p...	ertyu	0	1594	Sat Feb 3 12:25 PM, 2007 by ertyu
	The Great Canadian TB Race 2006 ( 1 2 ) (Preview) Anyone else in Winnipeg interested in entering the Great Canadian TB Race 2006? I'm working on a new TB to enter into the race and thought I'd see if anyone wanted to race against me. I'd be willing to gather up the TB's and send them off to Utsman in January. The Race begins in March 2006. [ur...	MHz	39	4575	Wed Jan 31 11:00 AM, 2007 by MHz
	Frozen Travel Bugs Need Thawing!!!! (Preview) We have 2 Travel Bugs and 1 Geocoin that we picked up over the weekend (Jan 19-21). They really need to escape our winter and thaw out in some nice warm cache. Anyone available to hitch a lift to some place warm. If so, please let us know. We might be able to bring them to the "Pub Crawl" event...	ztirnats	3	1556	Wed Jan 24 11:20 AM, 2007 by ohmic
	South Eastern New Brunswick Coin (Preview) Hi all, We're doing a pre-order of the South Eastern New Brunwick geocoin that we have designed. The coin will be trackable on gc.com with a unique icon. On the front, the spokes point to to various communities throughout the maritimes where caching is well represented. South Eastern New Brunsw...	paulandstacey	0	1633	Thu Jan 18 8:44 PM, 2007 by paulandstacey
	Unite for Diabetes travel bugs (Preview) 20,000 free travel bugs to raise awareness of diabetes. http://unite.geocaching.com/	Dragonfreys	22	4684	Sat Jan 13 2:28 PM, 2007 by Oldson
	Central Ontario Geocachers Coin (Preview) Greetings Manitoba Cachers! The Central Ontario Geocachers are excited to announce the release of their first-ever geocoin! After many months of planning and designing, the coin is ready to roll! The front of the coin features the qu...	Juicepig	1	1648	Sat Jan 13 6:52 AM, 2007 by Juicepig
	ACGA Provincial Geocoin Series - NL (Preview) The membership at the Atlantic Canada Geocaching Association is pleased to announce to the rest of Canada the pre-order of the second of four provincial geocoin where the association has members. The second geocoin in the series to be released is Newfoundland and Labrador. Only 100 of the stan...	thecyr	0	1400	Fri Jan 12 6:52 PM, 2007 by thecyr
	Any TBs wanting to go south? (Preview) I'm heading to Chicago on Jan 25th. If you have any travel bugs that want to head south, let me know. An easy way to get them to me is to come to the next committee meeting on January 16th.	dani_carriere	3	1547	Thu Jan 11 6:34 PM, 2007 by ohmic
	Northbound Signature Geocoin (Preview) Hello from Saskatchewan! We are happy to announce the first personal geocoin from Saskatchewan. This coin is dedicated to Saskatchewan soldiers who died in WWII, specifically two of my dads cousins who had a Lake named after them in Northern Saskatchewan. This coin is geocachin...	Northbound	0	1368	Fri Dec 29 9:41 PM, 2006 by Northbound
	Travel Bugs and TRavel Bug Hotels (Preview) I am somewhat irritated today after visiting the Bdn Bug Hotel and not finding ANY bugs in it. Then finding someone who had written, I didn't find any, so I took one anyway. Come on people, these caches are intended for the exchange of TB's and to help others move them around. But wha...	slippery_1	1	1419	Fri Dec 8 3:06 PM, 2006 by Dragonfreys
	1701eh Memorial Coin Available (Preview) The 1701eh Memorial coin is available from Landsharkz 1701eh Memorial Geocoin Its a nice looking coin with a reasonable price and a donation to the Canadian Cancer Society. Some more info about 1701eh from a p...	ertyu	2	1364	Thu Dec 7 2:41 PM, 2006 by slippery_1
	HOORAY! My very first TB is just about ready to go! (Preview) Awright, my very first TB is just about ready to enter the wonderful world of... umm... caches :P It's still in my hands right now, but is already activated, waiting to be released (release date set to Friday, as that will give me much time to get a laminated "instructions" type thing made). ...	Kabuthunk	4	1335	Mon Nov 20 7:22 PM, 2006 by Kabuthunk
	Distance travelled not updating consistently (Preview) So, my kids and I set off our first travel bugs a week or so ago. One of my daughters has a travel bug that is now in Thunder bay and the distance travelled sounds about right. My travel bug is in BC, but it says that the distance travelled is 0. Has anyone else seen this type of strange behaviour on the geo...	TASKForce3	3	1471	Thu Nov 16 5:09 PM, 2006 by TASKForce3
	New geocoin from Quebec marco35 geocoin 2006 (Preview) The sale begin today If you are interested E-mail a mesage to marco35_geocoin@yahoo.ca I need: Your geocaching name Your name Your shiping address Your e-mail...	marco35	0	1273	Thu Nov 16 10:17 AM, 2006 by marco35
	JLAM-D's Yellow Ribbon GeoCoin (Preview) Our First of possibly many personal geocoins....At this time this is a reservation only. We have received the artwork and should receive the die art early next week. I have attached a link to a copy of the artwork and will post follow on pictures of the coin as they become available. Please contact...	JLAMD	11	1961	Sat Nov 11 7:45 AM, 2006 by JLAMD
	Scrappy! (Preview) For those that might be interested or know anything about this TB, Scrappy, I am almost finished with it. Scrappy is a geocaching traveling scrapbook and before I move it along, does anyone want it to either add to or want me to help you with your page? Please let me know by the end of the week through this t...	ThreeTs	0	1221	Sun Nov 5 10:16 PM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	New Geocoin from Quebec City... (Preview) Hello fellow cachers ! I'm sending a note for those who could be interested in a new geocoin that should be available around mid-november. 250 coins will be produced (50 gold, 50 nickel and 150 black nickel). Pre-order has been open for the Quebec Geocachers for the past days but I wanted to let a few c...	Marmacette	0	1297	Mon Oct 23 8:20 AM, 2006 by Marmacette
	New Southern Ontario Geocoin Coming, Proceeds to the family of 1701eh (Preview) http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?showtopic=143297	junglehair	13	2309	Sat Oct 14 11:03 PM, 2006 by ztirnats
	Any T-Bugs need to go to Vegas? (Preview) Tannasaurus and I will be heading to Las Vegas in a couple of weeks. While there, we have planned an afternoon of cache finding. Does anyone have bugs that need to either visit Vegas and have their picture taken or wish to go there to stay for a bit? If so, you can contact me via my pro...	Lizardo	4	1553	Mon Oct 2 8:53 AM, 2006 by ChargerDad
	Minneapolis Bound! (Preview) I B heading off to Minneapolis this upcoming Thanksgiving weekend (Oct 7-9). If anybody has any TB's they want taken down there, please contact me. Sorry for the late notice, I just thought of posting it here now as my brain is functioning at over capacity these days!	ThreeTs	0	1217	Sat Sep 30 11:05 PM, 2006 by ThreeTs
	No place to Hide Travel Bugs (Preview) So we're going caching tonight. Have a couple of TB's. Looked at our route and there isn't one Cache available to drop a slightly large TB without hiking into the center of Assinaboine Forest. We desperately need some city folk who have a nice quiet park near a main route with a little wood...	1queenand4jokers	7	1525	Sun Sep 24 4:21 PM, 2006 by Jimbo 2
	1701eh Commerative coin (Preview) http://forums.groundspeak.com/GC/index.php?s=&showtopic=144391&view=findpost&p=2477416	slippery_1	0	1361	Fri Sep 22 8:24 PM, 2006 by slippery_1
	Travel Bugs (Preview) Anybody at the MBGA exec level interested in ordering bulk Travel Bugs and reselling them to MBGA members so that the tb/shipping rates come down? Some companies don't like shipping to Rural Routes so we'd be interested in a couple as would my sister Ramblin Rose.	1queenand4jokers	12	1668	Tue Sep 5 8:49 PM, 2006 by Wagonmaker
	Canadian Cacher gear/swag and Landsharkz Geocoins (Preview) We'd like to invite you to browse the Canadian Cacher gear and swag at http://www.landsharkz.ca. AND we're posting to let you know we've produced our own personal coin. We have them for sale on our site and we are open to offers of trades for people's own personal coins to ad...	Landsharkz	2	1426	Sun Sep 3 11:07 AM, 2006 by dani_carriere
	Extra Coins (Preview) I have a few extra coins now and a new one which came in today, geotrucker- gold limited edition which I will trade or sell depending on the offer/s made. Geotrucker- gold limited edition (Brand New unactivated) Brand New (unactivated) Utah 2006 (unactivated) Orrig...	slippery_1	0	1851	Tue Jul 18 6:16 PM, 2006 by slippery_1
	TB's MArked Unknown (Preview) Anyone have any idea how after a TB has been marked unknown how does one get it to be activated after someone shows up with the bug? I have one which was marked unknown and now it seems there may be no way to get it into recirculation?	slippery_1	1	1241	Sun Jul 2 12:51 AM, 2006 by Peter and Gloria
	Bouncy Bunny Geocoin now available (Preview) http://ca.geocities.com/geocachingcanada/geocoinbunny.html	res2100	0	1266	Sun Apr 30 8:28 PM, 2006 by res2100
	Jeep Travel Bugs (Preview) Hey guys, I encountered a problem last week when I picked up a Jeep Travel Bug from "Witches Brew". I copied down all of the numbers on the tag, and dropped it at one of the next caches I found, "ESP Travel Bug Hotel". However, when I got home and tried to log the TB's movements, I got a "No Match" message...	Wagonmaker	2	1331	Fri Apr 21 11:30 PM, 2006 by Wagonmaker
	Extra Geocoins (Preview) [img]http://img.geocaching.com/track/ca2ad4b1-a696-414d-af88-45e2007...	Peter and Gloria	4	1481	Fri Apr 21 1:09 PM, 2006 by Peter and Gloria
	Travel Bug Graveyard (Preview) If you have suffered the loss of a travel bug and are not satisfied with its spirit floating around in Travel Bug Pergutory, you can place it in the Travel Bug Graveyard (GC72A8). Most of you experienced cachers may know of this or another resting place for your deceased travel bugs. Th...	Lizardo	5	1661	Fri Mar 24 4:58 PM, 2006 by Team Machodoc
	1st Geocache in Canada Geocoin pre-order! (Preview) In case nobody has seen this on the gc.com forums yet... The 1st Geocache in Canada Working Group is pleased to reveal the design of the upcoming geocoin, celebrating the 6th anniversary of the placement of the geocache in June 2006 (GCBBA) in Nova Scotia, Canada. The pre-order page is loc...	thecyr	2	1451	Wed Mar 15 2:43 PM, 2006 by thecyr
	2005 Ontario Geocoin (Preview) Just a note to say that the 2005 Ontario Geocoin is now available. I would like to offer them for sale to anyone in Canada first before making them available to the rest of the world. You can find more information, including pictures and ordering information here: http://ca.geocities.com/geocac...	res2100	0	1260	Tue Jan 17 2:53 PM, 2006 by res2100
	Where oh where? (Preview) Hi Everyone, As we are relatively new to the fun world of Geocaching, we are wanting to know where we can pick up/purchase TB tags as we are hoping to place a TB in the near future? Thanks so much, Sam and Lily	sam and lily	2	1480	Tue Sep 13 12:29 AM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
	What's the Story on GeoCoins? (Preview) We are now in possession of two awesome, serialized GeoCoins. They're gold in colour, with a raised Manitoba Logo on the front and a number stamped on the back. I'm sure one of our founding MBGA members created these bits of treasure, but I'm not sure what I'm to do with them. Do we register the coins or...	TurdleEggs	3	1307	Tue Aug 23 7:22 PM, 2005 by TurdleEggs
	Fav. travel bugs! (Preview) I have only come across one travel bug so far, but it was realy fun to take with me somewhere. It was called PilgerNe 2 and I took it 311 miles SW. It was rewarding to know that you are helping it on it's journey. PilgerNe 2 is currently in California! Now I am going to try to move as many travel bugs as I can.	pink_panther	4	1182	Sat May 21 8:16 PM, 2005 by TheStuntman
	TB Cache Criterea? (Preview) So what exactly is the train of thought here in MB about Travel Bug caches? I am curious to know what everyone's various ideas are on caches that are designed to accept our little (sometimes larger) travelling friends. It is quite obvious they need to be 'secure', but what about other thinkin...	Prairie Jeepin	8	1415	Tue Apr 12 4:13 PM, 2005 by Master Instigator
	Missing Travel Bugs (Preview) So what practical steps do you cachers take when Travel Bugs go missing when a cache has been muggled? Would you just send them to a TB graveyard or do you attach a similar bug to the copy tbtag and move another along with the same id #? I know some cachers in MB actually created a new dogtag with the original...	1queenand4jokers	2	1234	Wed Mar 23 3:19 PM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
	Enjoying One's Travel Bugs (Preview) Originally we were disappointed that cachers didn't submit photos of our tb's at the cache locations or with themselves. I, the Queen, have found a way around that. Sort of. Here's an idea for you who like to make work for yourselves. I would visit the caches where our tb's visited and search other logs...	1queenand4jokers	2	1326	Wed Mar 23 2:53 PM, 2005 by Peter and Gloria
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