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Schrodinger's Letterbox - was Re: Attempted vs Found
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #921173 by LightninBug
Mar 1, 2016 2:59am
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From what I hear, VT can be pretty icy...

LB

we save the ice for out of town visitors.
I have some I'm saving for you next time you visit.
(this box series is in Mass.)
Re: Attempted vs Found
Board: Stupider Questions About Letterboxing
Reply to: #921194 by rakoonz
Mar 1, 2016 5:14am
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After another not-find today, with a box in its proper place with log but no stamp

I once found a box that had some trinkets in it, including a small sympathy card the size of a business card. I've been carrying it around ever since for the next time I find a box with no stamp.
Re: Needing some help or info
Board: State: Hawaii
Reply to: #921145 by zoemomma
Mar 1, 2016 5:16am
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Kaniakapupu: http://letterboxing.org/BoxView.php?boxnum=39058
This one is listed on LBNA, I don't know anything about Hawaii, but it seems to have most of what you were looking for.
Re: Letterboxing coinsidences ♡♡♡
Board: Yakking It Up
Reply to: #921172 by Rosmarinus
Mar 1, 2016 5:41am
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a letterboxer who we didn't know planted a series of boxes in that cemetery and used my husband's grave as one of the clues

And I remember the wonderful series you had in that cemetery, all about his favorite things. Very sweet and very moving.
Happy AQ-versary Funnymingo
Board: State: California
Mar 1, 2016 8:05am
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Congratulations on 8 great years......you know how much I value each and every carve of yours and how friendly and helpful you always are.....you are someone who definitely makes this hobby better!!

Hugs,
pH
Re: Needing some help or info
Board: State: Hawaii
Reply to: #921197 by zoemomma
Mar 1, 2016 8:16am
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Yeah, that DOES happen! Photopam's suggestion (good one!) is at the ruins of the Summer Palcace....but it's not a cemetery-the only cemetery I know of along the Nu'uannu Pali Hwy. is the Oahu cemetery so that was the only box I could find. Other cemeteries in the more urban areas of Hon/Waikiki are not suited for hiding at all-NO bushes or evergreen shrubs, etc and super-landscaped so the integrity of any box would easily be compromised. Morgenfamilyhunters planted the one I mentioned and I found it a few years ago, so I'm not even sure if it is still there. Good luck!
Re: Needing some help or info
Board: State: Hawaii
Reply to: #921200 by photopam
Mar 1, 2016 8:38am
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Thanks.....Musicpals hooked me up and after all that, it is a retired box. :-(
Re: Needing some help or info
Board: State: Hawaii
Reply to: #921205 by Gypsy Fiddler
Mar 1, 2016 8:41am
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that was the box, all right.....and it's retired. Just my luck. Maybe next trip I'll check out that cemetery and plant another box there......or you could!!!
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921209 by System
Mar 1, 2016 9:19am
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You can only record unlisted finds if you are a premium member. Have you found any others yet or are you a newbie? Maybe if you find a few more and log them, you can find the listing for your accidental find?
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921209 by System
Mar 1, 2016 9:38am
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Check the person's logbook for their Plants and see if you can figure it out from the list.
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921209 by System
Mar 1, 2016 9:49am
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Wait 'til hat day and record it as an unlisted find.
Re: Winterfest
Board: State: Missouri
Reply to: #921086 by Krickster
Mar 1, 2016 10:17am
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Sounds like fun! Some of us are going to an IL event Aug 6th, so please anytime but then.
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921214 by System
Mar 1, 2016 10:31am
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Or, if you can't wait, go to Marketplace on the toolbar at the top of the page and sign up for a premium membership. Premium members can register finds of unlisted boxes at any time, not just on the rare hat days.
Re: What should I have done?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921175 by Kelsung
Mar 1, 2016 10:50am
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Email me with all the information you found on the box, including town, park, area, any names in logbook, description of stamp, etc. Since you're new, it may be restricted to 10 finds or 1 plant, so you can't see it until you meet the requirements.

But I can try to look it up if you contact me with any info.
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921209 by System
Mar 1, 2016 11:36am
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Hmm...if you don't know the box name or the owner's name, how would you log the box?
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921217 by Rocklun
Mar 1, 2016 12:20pm
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Hmm...if you don't know the box name or the owner's name, how would you log the box?

As a premium member, you can make all that stuff up. Most of my finds are boxes I've made up. I'm closing in on Public Hand fast.
Re: Meet and Greet
Board: State: Nevada
Reply to: #920299 by Trail Head Tess
Mar 1, 2016 12:30pm
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Just now seeing this. I would love to meet up with you.
Re: Meet and Greet
Board: State: Nevada
Reply to: #920905 by K9s4LF
Mar 1, 2016 12:31pm
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Travis, have you moved here yet? Would still love to meet up with you.
Re: Places to buy Duct Tape
Board: Tools of the Trade
Reply to: #921155 by zinni
Mar 1, 2016 12:42pm
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Paint doesnt always stay on my boxes, I've tried several kinds. Especially where the soil is wet, I think our soil or swamp runoff is acidic, eats through the paint.
Re: Places to buy Duct Tape
Board: Tools of the Trade
Reply to: #921180 by BrockBrood
Mar 1, 2016 12:44pm
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Depends on the kind of paint. I've used some paint where it started to scratch off before I got it to the woods. I always sand mine.
Re: SKY 2016
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #921130 by Trailhead Tessie
Mar 1, 2016 12:47pm
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Okay, Leap Day has come and gone, so I want to check on our two final sites.
Bungalow Boxer, I see that you have already gone to Mianus--do you want to go back and plant? Or did you optimistically plant a box while you were there? Let me know if you still want it!
MMACJ, you are the only one who has requested Airline/Thompson. I hope that you are clear where the photo sites are, because some of us are a little confused! Anyway, the site is yours, if you still want it!
I will await confirmation before changing the tracker!
≥KitKat≤
Re: Letterboxing coinsidences ♡♡♡
Board: Yakking It Up
Reply to: #921151 by crosscresent
Mar 1, 2016 12:48pm
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I took a Miss on a letterbox, because it was lightning and pouring down rain. When I looked up the name of the letterbox it was: Water Cycle Series: Precipitation.

I went back 2 years later, on a sunny day, and found it.
Re: Recording an unknown find?
Board: Letterbox Chatter
Reply to: #921209 by System
Mar 1, 2016 12:57pm
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Just read your profile. A member since 2015 and no finds. Why is that?
Re: Happy AQ-versary Funnymingo
Board: State: California
Reply to: #921204 by Public Hand
Mar 1, 2016 1:25pm
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Thank you! I forgot it was today!
Re: SKY 2016
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #921148 by Trailhead Tessie
Mar 1, 2016 1:35pm
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I was not only home by 3:30, I got THREE SKY challenges done today!

BTW.... Mianus River is NOT long. Only took me 35 minutes to do, which included hiding a box.

BB
Re: SKY 2016
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #921223 by Kit Kat 61
Mar 1, 2016 1:36pm
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I went there today :-). I might have optimistically planted ;-)

BB
Re: SKY 2016 Mianus River Park
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #921229 by Bungalow Boxer
Mar 1, 2016 1:40pm
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OK guys! I hope I got the correct trail sign! There are actually TWO Treetops signs. I took a pic at the one just over the bridge at the Laurel Trail entrance. However, there is a second I believe I saw WAY up by the house, where there may be a second trail entrance (white trail?). If anyone has the GPS coordinates that the DEEP gave out for the locations and can confirm which Treetops sign is the correct one, I'd greatly appreciate it! I don't have a GPS..... or a working one anyway.....

BB
Re: SKY 2016
Board: State: Connecticut
Reply to: #921228 by Bungalow Boxer
Mar 1, 2016 1:47pm
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I was not only home by 3:30, I got THREE SKY challenges done today!

High five! I did Black Rock today. I've been there before, so there were only a few boxes in the park left to find. That's a good climb, but not that far, so I was done by lunch time. Instead of parking in the parking lot, which I remember as being potentially a little confusing, I parked on Bidwell Hill Road and took the blue trail (Mattatuck Trail) straight up to the overlook, picking up a few boxes along the way that were convenient from Bidwell. After getting back to my car, I then took the blue trail in the opposite direction for about a mile to Leatherman's Cave, which was WAY cool. Three boxes there. The blue trail was scenic but went up a lot of tricky rock, so on the way down I took a forest woods road straight back to my car, super easy. DEEP has a trail map online for Mattatuck State Forest that shows the trails, cave, and forest woods road. The weather was spectacular, and I think I passed 3 people the entire day.
Re: It's official
Board: Region: Pacific Northwest
Reply to: #921106 by Baqash
Mar 1, 2016 1:47pm
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We will miss you.

The coffee pot is always on any time you come north again.
PAL Plant a Letterbox QUESTION
Board: Letterboxing Help Desk
Mar 1, 2016 1:48pm
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I have figured out that PAL day is May 24th, but for AtlasQuest, are state counts still done and announced? I searched and found a lot of excitement around 2008, but I am not clear if this was just a historical event or there is a place to sign up each year. Historical is fine, just want to understand. Thanks in advance.