Box #364844
is replanted in a safer spot thanks to reggicat!

I think I'm going to try to plant at least one or two for PAL! :)

I'm going to plant a few, as well!

There needs to be a Burning Man-style bonfire celebration!

They’re in Tennessee now, summering at Cheekwood Gardens:
https://cheekwood.org/calendar-events/trolls-save-the-humans/
Looks like a really fun exhibit! I’m sorry they escaped before I had the chance to see them.

I don't get too crazy. I just put in the date, the name of the box and location.

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Moving to Conway in 3 weeks so I’ll be on the hunt soon after!!

Date, location, AQ number and if I was with other boxers, their names.

Date, box name, planter's name. I also maintain an excel spreadsheet with other details like location, hike length, who I boxed with, any interesting detail.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy it!

As a librarian I am glad you enjoyed the book, but also that you suggested it be added to your local library!

oooh!

Just bought it!

Can't wait to read it! Will there be more? (I love a series)

Name of box, city, state, and date. Sometimes box number. Usually that's what I do. Sometimes I'm lazy and miss something, but since I usually go log my finds on AQ or LBNA immediately or as soon as I get back to the car, I always have the right date to go back and write if I don't do it at the time of stamping.

Late reply but that looks really neat, QP!

That's so sad! The Fox Box was a lot of fun!

I do similar — my actual logbook stays home, and I bring a stack of unlined notecards that I’d hole-punched and keep together with one of those circle binder clips. (I want to be able to restamp if my first impression doesn’t come out well!)

Once home, I trim around the stamp image and glue that down into my logbook with the stamp name, where it was found (city & state, park or trail network name), date, planters name, and when it was planted.

I’ll often add other notes — anything interesting seen along the way, little details from the adventure that I don’t want to forget, sometimes I’ll add in a copy of the clues if they were particularly unique, or a photo or two from the hike. If there’s anything especially note-worthy such as being first finder (or first finder after a really long time!) I’ll jot that down too.

My logbook is like a very un-fancy scrapbook, I guess. No stickers or patterned papers or washi tapes or whatever, but it winds up being more of a visual journal of my letterboxing experiences.

So when I come across an HH, I don't spend the time opening it, I just stick it in my bag and bring it home, so I can relax and enjoy reading the logbook, where it has traveled, all the dates on it. etc.

However, a few times, I open the log book and notice that I already found it. 😳

So what do people generally do when the realize they already found the HH in another location? do they log it as a new find, or do they just plant it somewhere else?

I have been logging them in again as new finds, but not because of the count, but because the owner and others who follow HH's might want to see where its traveled.

I can always just let owner know, but sometimes the owner hasnt logged in for a long time, but then others cant enjoy on where it has traveled.

There are some HH's that I have on my watch list because they were so old, and I really like to see it travel. (is that weird?🤔)

Is there some rule about this, or is it one of those 'do whatever you want' kinda things, no one gives a 💩

Any thoughts on this?

I don't know for sure, but I think if you log it again it doesn't add to the count, but just changes the date, so I don't think it would matter. If it were my HH, I would like to get a notice that it was found again and where and the next finder would know when it was actually found last.

What are the details behind "Hide old last finds" in the advanced search? I couldnt find the details. Thx.

Go to My Page, Preferences, Letterbox & Searches, and you can set what your own definition of an old last find is.

Besides traditional letterboxes, what other types of letterboxing activities do you participate in? LTC's? Postal trading?

I used to participate in both Postals and LTC's, but haven't really had the time to do these extra curricular activities in the past several years.

AWESOME - who knew I had so much power.......well, you obviously. Thanks.

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I log it again so there is a record of where it has been. I try to always include city and state in "Where Found" when logging so there is a trail of where it has been. Apparently some people like to put the actual box where it was found for "Where Found" but I think it's more fun to list city/state which better illustrates the travels.

And then I hang on to the HH until I am farther away from home so it does not boomerang again! Since we travel a lot this usually means waiting just a few weeks.

I also tag all found HH with the silver whistle tag which I have labeled HH Tracker. This allows for an easy search to check up on the HH I have found in the past and see where they have traveled to! It's helpful to sort the search results by "last found date" so recent activity is displayed first. This might be a premium only feature, not sure.

Finding traditionals are my favorite, but I love events as well. And, as Dawnkey said, Great Lakes Letterboxing Bingo is a wonderful way to spend the winter months.

I make LTCs, participate in the Monday Night Carving Chat sessions on Zoom, and attend/host in-person events

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And you don’t even have to live in the Great Lakes region to participate!!

Wait.. what??!?!?! Is this true??
Oh, I might need to sign up next year!!!