If you know this troop who planted a LB on Amity Trail, please contact me on AQ.
Wise Wanderer

Happy cake day Gingerbread man!! Wow 10 th anniversary!! Hope you have a great day !!

awe thats a bummer. will you recarve the same image? or put something new entirely?

So far, I've gotten 5 friends into letterboxing and revived a retired boxer that used to do it in the early 2000s. So, i plan to keep spreading the word.

Wow, ten years! Here is to the next ten. 👍

So I got a comment from a finder on box 331578. They sent a nice message that the box is in good shape but there's no find listed. I didn't even know that this is possible.

I like finds listed so the next finder knows the new status. Plus we can't possibly travel to all our plants very often. It seems wrong to mark it found by us since we didn't do that. Is there a change? What do we need to do?

Their message was sent May 12th, BTW.

Could you reply to their message and ask them to mark it as found?

Besides trying to actively maintain my boxes and keep the clues current, I try to make a small connection with new letterboxers. When someone finds one of my boxes and I haven't heard of them before, I check their information. If they are a new boxer, I welcome them to the hobby and let them know they can ask me questions if they have any. This seems to be quite effective and I have several ongoing conversations. I've also ended up with a few good letterboxing buddies because of just reaching out.

I'm not always sure new boxers continue and I think responding with encouragement and help may keep them going. Who knows?

I do tell others (friends, family, etc.) about the hobby, although most people just smile and humor me about it :).

If I have to tell you.... you aren't a real letterboxer. ;o)

-- Ryan

I don’t give up on boxes I can’t find first time around,(sometimes 5-10x’s) going back repeatedly, reviewing comments. Checking in on LBNA to make sure dates/finds are updated in case LB’s are listed on both AQ/LBNA.
Enjoy finding older LB’s (2+ yrs)that may be forgotten.

I try to find and plant in each state I pass through ... hold events ... take friends with me from time to time to show them what it's about. I've also held a few Zoom sessions for beginning letterboxers with questions.

Thank you and I hope you enjoy it!

Writing for book two has already started and I hope to have it complete by the end of the year.

Thank you!

For those who prefer audio books the audio version was published this week!

https://www.audible.com/pd/This-Way-to-Murder-Audiobook/B0D3WSSJ3W?eac_link=xFM0YqeIvanI&ref=web_search_eac_asin_1&eac_selected_type=asin&eac_selected=B0D3WSSJ3W&qid=aGELQQaEMR&eac_id=142-5050061-5281365_aGELQQaEMR&sr=1-1

Nicole did a wonderful job narrating the book and I hope people enjoy listening to it!

Happy 12th AQ Day with a cake! 🎂

New box entirely. The stamp had been part of an exchange and beyond my carving ability. So something new. I already have an idea, we’ll see if I can carve it and do the inspiration justice.

Has anyone tried to list a new series? I'm finding it.... ;(

Oh sure, but is that the fix? Reply to every comment? I don't recall that ever happening before, maybe I missed it?

You may be confused with the new "add a stamp" option.

There are now two places, one to add "stamps to a box", and the other to add "boxes" to a series.

The first one right below the first box listing is to add extra stamps into that box (not really a new box, just a stamp or two along for the ride).

A little further down is the Add Box option which is the traditional way to add a new box and create a series.

Hope this helps.

Happy AQ day :)

They maybe were using Clue Tracker. On it, you have to pick "Found" or "attempt" or what not and I have actually done that before, recorded a comment without remembering to "FIND" the box. I caught it and fixed it but still, it is possible.

I'm sure Wassa would say the same thing, only in a more sarcastic way.

If you choose "record find" on the box listing, you have the option to choose to either mark it as found, attempted or N/A. If you choose N/A, you can write a message to the owner without logging a find or an attempt. I think the default choice is to mark it "Found" so they would have had to choose N/A to prevent a find from being listed.

You would probably need to contact them to find out why they chose that option.

When logging a find via CT I have found that I have often forgotten to actually click FOUND and so I have gotten into the habit of checking the clue listing in CT after I log it. If I logged it correctly the listing changes color - pink, I think - for boxes that I have successfully listed as found.

Hooorrraaayyyy for DeeCee !!!

Before my Brain Bleed, I got many of my friends & family interested in Letterboxing, but for the last 7 years, I've become a browser of AQ.

Jaxx

I figured that's what it was... it makes it very clunky. I wish there was a pick one or the other box and it populated the listing I wanted...

JMO...

Thank you all. I had forgotten it was today. Have been under the weather this week so didn’t hunt or plant today.

Clue Tracker should prompt you to confirm if you are just leaving a comment or if you forgot to check found/attempted.

One possible reason why someone might give a comment without actually recording the find is because they previously found the box and didn’t want to accidentally remove their original find date.

Although Ryan has AQ set up now to show two find dates per finder per box. Both dates will show up, although of course it will only be counted as one unique find.