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Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28895 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 14, 2006 2:59pm
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sure...
I can get you the NC one you will need

dixiekin
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28907 by Dixie
Jul 14, 2006 3:02pm
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am going to TN this weekend also.
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28908 by Dixie
Jul 14, 2006 3:23pm
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I could get you a CO one for sure, and a WY one (with a little time) if you can't find anyone to get you one from that state. Cheyenne is only about 90 minutes from me.

Send address privately.

preboxed
Denver, CO
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28912 by preboxed
Jul 14, 2006 3:49pm
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I could do WA and I am close enough to Oregon if you need that one to.

M n M Maniac
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28895 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 14, 2006 4:25pm
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I can provide South Carolina...just email me via AQ
Zoe
50 State First Finder's Prize
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Jul 14, 2006 5:03pm
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I am overwhelmed by the wonderful response I got to my request for postcards for each state for my first finders' prizes for my 50 box series (one for each state). So far I have postcards being sent for the following states:
Alaska, Arkansas, Colorado, Florida, Georgia, Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, North Carolina, Ohio, Oregon, South Carolina, Tennessee, Virginia, Washington, Wyoming.
If anyone else is willing/interested in helping me out please email me here at AQ. Thanks so much!
Cherokee Rose 2
Re: 50 State First Finder's Prize
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Reply to: #28924 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 14, 2006 7:50pm
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I'm in Massachusetts and would love to send you whatever you need. Let us know. Wendy and Adrew
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28895 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 14, 2006 8:35pm
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Hi Cherokee Rose - I can send you one from MI, and I'm fairly close to OH too, if you need that one.

SunFleur
Re: First Finder awards
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Reply to: #28865 by Eidolon
Jul 15, 2006 1:23am
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One of my favorite first finder awards was from some letterboxes at the Old Sac Gathering in Sacramento, CA. They were the smashed pennies from those smashed penny machines. I glued them into my logbook with the stamp images.

-Amanda from Seattle
Re: PolyClay prizes
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Reply to: #28839 by shiloh
Jul 15, 2006 1:32pm
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I work with PC all the time. You have to warm it up in your hands to get it ready. Truly the stuff is amazing. If you want, you can just use your pz cut to make an impression. Of course, if you enjoy making a carving in wood, that will work well too. I use my practice stamps to texturize my polymar clay projects instead of buying special plates in the craft store.

Eaglewatcher
Re: 50 State First Finder's Prize
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Reply to: #28924 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 15, 2006 6:30pm
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We're in California. What do you need?
Re: 50 State First Finder's Prize
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Reply to: #28924 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 15, 2006 10:05pm
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In going through my postcard pile in a desk drawer I realize I have

French Quarter, New Orleans
Butt loads from Utah
and a few from Pittsburgh, PA

Do you want any of these as well?

preboxed
Re: First finder prize
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Reply to: #28895 by Cherokee Rose 2
Jul 16, 2006 12:29am
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Cherokee Rose 2

We can send you one from Oregon (already have some on hand)... and we can get one each from California and Nevada, as well, if you like!

Just send us an email via AQ to let us know.

Ladybugs Picnic
planting in libraries
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Jul 16, 2006 6:09am
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i'm interested in tryin this. who here has done this before & how did you go about doin it? thanks heaps!
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 6:26am
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When I read that Jay Drew had planted a box in my local library many years ago but had retired it, I thought that was a fun idea and decided to plant one myself. I put it in the closest library to my house at the time, with the librarians' knowledge. I hollowed out an large old textbook. glued the holowed pages together and placed a tin inside containing a logbook, a stamp pad and stamp. It's one of my first plants and a very plain stamp as I had just begun carving. I have since learned of an easier and neater way to hollow out a book, as well!

I decided I would like a rotating library book; moving it to a new library from time to time. It is now to the second closest library to my house. I removed the inkpad to prevent the possibility of inky fingers touching other materials. I am thinking about retiring it after the next move just so I can make a nicer book and stamp. It was a lot of fun and I even found one finder had taken it home, made a little collage on a page, and returned it!

Good luck and have fun with your Library Box. And as for that easier way to hollow out a book? Use a jigsaw. :)

LW
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 8:13am
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I have one in my local library too, with the head librarian's permission. It is in a thin magnetic box on the underside of a steel shelf. Nor
It has my shortest clue ever (postal code of the library is the first bit, looks a little diff than in US zip codes):

" IN: K7L 1X8
UNDER: 759.11 Sil "
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 9:02am
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I found a box planted at the main Chicago public library. It was underneath one of the study desks. I don't know if the planters got permission or not.
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29017 by Trekkie Gal
Jul 16, 2006 11:28am
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We've found a couple of these. Sometimes little tins shelved like a book. Sometimes a hollowed-out book in the reference section. I thought having it in reference was clever and wise. My favorite one was the one that was clued through various parts of the library - go to this issue of this magazine. Go to that shelf and look at the top left corner, etc. Fun!

Thunderbird
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 12:22pm
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I just found a letterbox hidden in a library. It was in an Altoids box, wrapped in camo tape and magnet-stuck under a drinking fountain--really great spot. I believe the planter said that the reference librarians knew about it, but not the other librarians. I'd also like to do a library planting--seems like a fun place. Even though I pretended to be copying things from a book into my logbook when she came by, an evil librarian yelled at me for sitting on the floor though!
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 12:32pm
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I am working on one at present - think I have the librarians' approval. The one I spoke with was impressed when I showed him one I obtained from a library in a neighboring state thru an inter-library loan. That one was created by the head librarian herself and even listed in their card catalogue with its own dewey decimal number.
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 16, 2006 1:51pm
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My mother-in-law is a librarian in Gouverneur, NY, and we planted a letterbox (Reading Room) there last year. All the librarians get really excited when someone comes in looking for it. There is really no secrecy involved, though, as they know all the patrons very well (small town!!), and a visitor is instantly recognized as such! We used a hollow Reader's Digest box, and put it on a top shelf near the large print books.

I am hiding my second library letterbox this summer - the librarians asked me to! This time I made a royal mess by carving out the center of a discarded book (some market refernce book that was out of date but in pristine condition). The clue will be simply the call numbers - I picked a number for a high half-empty shelf in the adult reading room, and one of the librarians typed up the label for me to attach to the spine.

Good luck!
Elizabeth, one of
Rabbit's Friends and Relations
Re: NPS regulations (was: Newbie Question)
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Reply to: #28837 by TheDreadPirateQueen
Jul 16, 2006 6:11pm
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Quote Here is what I have discovered so far, in a very quick internet search. I'm sure there's quite a lot more out there, but I haven't yet found the specific section of NPS regulations that contains the letterbox/geocache prohibition. When I have a little more time, I'll go hunting on the NPS website and see if I can come up with it.


Go ahead and knock yourself out, but the NPS doesn't actually have a systemwide policy in place regarding geocaching or letterboxing. However, according to the Code of Federal Regulations, burying or abandoning personal property in national parks and forests is prohibited and is considered littering, and is thus a punishable offense. This is the regulation under which you will be cited if a park ranger discovers your letterbox in his or her National Park without having received permission.

SD
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29024 by Heron A Foot
Jul 17, 2006 3:19am
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OOHHHH... I want to get one through interlibrary loan! Where was that?

Music Woman
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 17, 2006 3:23am
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I have one in a library, but I don't have the permission of the library (I know.... I know...... I'm hearing tsk tsk all over the place!). It's actually a magnetic key holder on the bottom side of the metal shelves. It's been there for years without any of the librarians knowing about it!

Music Woman
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29024 by Heron A Foot
Jul 17, 2006 7:42am
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my family frequently uses ILL. i'd love to try to get this.
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29061 by Bungalow Boxer
Jul 17, 2006 8:05am
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Guess that just shows how little time librarians have to dust the shelves :-)
I'm a former librarian, and love the idea of placing boxes in a library. Maybe I'll plant my first one there.
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29055 by Frankie and Benjy
Jul 17, 2006 9:04am
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Look at instructions online for making a altered book. Keyword: niche.
I painted the edges of the pages with gel medium, and binder clipped together until dry. Has work excellently.

Here is mine...
http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/clue.html?gBoxId=12917

jackbear
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29011 by the pink dragon
Jul 17, 2006 9:08am
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http://www.tbotech.com/book-safe.htm

Never ordered from here, but this would save you labor but cost you $.

jackbear
Good Life clues are ready
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Jul 17, 2006 12:50pm
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Sorry about having to list my newest box without the clues earlier.
had to leave suddenly so Instead of risking losing info on the box that I had just entered...
I saved it without the clue.
That clue is now ready...
http://www.atlasquest.com/lboxes/showboxinfo.html?gBoxId=18280

Thanks, DixieKin
Re: planting in libraries
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Reply to: #29022 by River Otter
Jul 18, 2006 11:44am
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Quote I just found a letterbox hidden in a library. It was in an Altoids box, wrapped in camo tape and magnet-stuck under a drinking fountain--really great spot.

I had to laugh when I saw it was wrapped in cammo tape!