They are both terrific places to visit! I don't recommend travel by kayak in either case, however. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tat
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They are both terrific places to visit! I don't recommend travel by kayak in either case, however. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by tat
That does raise an interesting question.Quote:
Originally Posted by darterkitfox
I don't have Custom User Title under anything in my profile. Under Optional Information, I have Home Page URL and Instant Messaging...:confused:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
FORUM DERAILED!! :rolleyes: So anyhow, where were we with this 2008 geocoin discussion? SNOWSHOES! :D :cool:
Has anyone taken a crack at a design? Is that our next step? :confused:
I heard a pair of snowshoes side by side. Possibly with one having a tracking number and/or the year 2006 and the other a different tracking number and/or the year 2008.
What's the next step after that Andy? Brad?:confused:
Honestly, the design has always been the sticky step. Once that is approved, ordering can start. (Probably SHOULD wait at least until Jan. for the 2008 coin tho...:p )Quote:
Originally Posted by Medawisla
Since, I have been working on a coin - I know one sticky wicket which delays things a lot the first of the year is the Chinese New Year. If you don't get things in before mid-January to February - you loose a lot of time. Guess it depends on when in the year you want to get the coin out.
Coins, I am learning, are a lot of work. Thank you to all who have worked on ours in the past (and will in the future).
Did someone say Hollora is working on a coin?
In cahoots with someone else I know. Heee, heee, he - hoooo, hoo, ho -
The rarer the coin the better. One every couple of years sounds better. We can judge the popularity of Geo-coins and changing trends better. Winter theme sounds great. Some caches that are unavailable to cachers with out water transportation, become available when our waterways freeze over.
I am somewhat talented in graphic arts and maybe able to help. I am semi-retired, so I have alot of free time. (When I'm not geo-caching.)
A design contest, with a prize for the winner maybe?
Hey Welcome to the site Mapachi. You can use your talents in graphic arts anyway you wish. We are always looking for new design concepts for the coins and other things we do around here. A banner for our events that take place is another place we need to consider for a design so go for it. Of course I'm way down here in SC and don't get to have much personal input on things but still consider this place and the people here my geocaching family. Glad to have you aboard.Quote:
Originally Posted by Mapachi
Being a newbie and not having found a Maine Goecoin yet, I was thinkign what a "non-Mainer" might like in a Maine coin. Well it won't be Baldacci on the front and Susan Gendron on the back but how about a coin shaped like the State of Maine with a hiker in snowshoes on one side and Stephen King chopping down a pine tree on the other? I'll keep trying, but I'm sure I can come up with something!?!:cool:
Sheesh! Can't we do better for a "Maine personality" than Stephen King? LOL!Quote:
Originally Posted by dubord207
Louie the Lobster? Maurice the Moose? Anything? ;) ;)
Sheesh! I'd rather have Angus King! ;) ;)
I was wondering if it was a joke...but I didn't want to pick on them...:oQuote:
Originally Posted by WhereRWe?
I love Maurice the Moose, but I think the simpler the better.:p The 2005 coin has a lighthouse on it, it's round in shape. I can't remember the 2007 coin...:confused:
Another round - with Paul Bunyan, a mountain, lake and moose...........
I Like the snowshoes idea for one side and a snow covered White Pine on the reverse...
That's a nice idea too!:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by gpsforester
Sudy are you coming to Karen's event?:confused: Maybe we can talk coins then?:p
Can't make that one. I work on Sat and still have to finish doing inventory. If it was on a Sunday....Quote:
Originally Posted by Medawisla
It is on Sunday!! The 27th! :D:cool:Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache...3-47d161e0c3eb
...so see you there? :confused:
Well, you got me on that one :D
I'll see you there (and K too)
YEH! tehehehe:D:D:DQuote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
Lighthouse themed coins sell better. I think a lot of people collect certain coins, lighthouses, trains, bridges, states. Everyone is making a coin now. Check out the new Maryland Crab put out by the Maryland Geocaching Society. I would like to see a new Maine coin. I also know I have cut my coin collecting way back. I havent bought a coin in months except for Maine and Maryland.
I vote for a 2008 Maine coin. It appears many states have an annual coin.... I especially like the Wisconsin coins....stunning.
I love the idea of the Maine shaped coin as well as the idea of a winter coin.
Just another comment: I've shown my 2007 Maine coin to several out-of-staters and every single one of them said "So, where's the lobster?" I too like the snowshoes, but I'm just saying that it's interesting that, to date, no lobsters. When the world thinks of Maine they think lobsters. Ever seen a lobster on a coin? Maybe we could have a lobster with a snowshoe at the end of each of it's little legs. Just kidding....
A Maine Black Fly coin!
With a "Skidda" on the back
I wonder if we can design a coin that has crossed snowshoes on 1 side, but the reverse looks like the 2 lobes of a lobster claw?
summer and winter caching...
Now we are really getting out there......:eek:
Wow! That could work!!Quote:
Originally Posted by Sudonim
I like the concept. After all they are roughly the same shape, right. Might cost a little more, but with good marketing we could sell a bunch. I guess a call to Tess wouldn't hurt. Or a call to Hogwild too for that matter.
Are you all talking a round coin or a unique shaped coin? Just wondering.....
I like the snowshoe lobster idea in the shape of the crossed shoes. Very cool
Yes and very unique which is what folks seem to be seeking. :DQuote:
Originally Posted by Team Richards
I agree with this snowshoe/lobster coin, sounds awesome! Great thinking everyone! :cool:
Nice idea, should it also be a Maine coin? Any artists want to work up a proof?
Great start there Dr Who! (and yes this is the 2008 Maine coin) :D:pQuote:
Originally Posted by Dr Who
You know that mock up would almost work with the outline of both the lobster and the snow shoes. Who would have thought? :D Winter in Maine and summer in Maine,I think it would work.
I have been meaning to get around to working on a coin image for this but I have just been to busy. I just threw something together to get some feedback on this. What does everyone think. Feedback is welcome.
One is a combination and the two would be the front of the coin and the back of the coin.
I like the idea of having a maine outline behind it...making it unique! But that's JMO I like the one by Dr. Who I think....that same concept
I can do Maine in the background but I think everyone wanted a different shaped coin and something unique. All our past coind have had our Maine logo on the front.Quote:
Originally Posted by bmeserve
Another option would be to make the shape of the coin the shape of Maine and do soming like this.
I looked at Dr. Who's coin a little closer. Did anyone else notice it might also be used to open soda bottles too, if it were just the right size?