Travel Bug Dog Tag Seattle FTF Bell

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Owner:
Team Maccabee Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, November 25, 2005
Origin:
Washington, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of ChowzerZen.

This is not collectible.

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Current Goal

This Trackable is found on the highly-competitive FTF (first-to-find a geocache) hunt in Seattle. The honor from finding the Seattle FTF Bell is immeasurable, and the bearers of this Bell should be accorded the respect and bragging rights due to these infamous cachers. Ideally, the Bell is displayed prominently by the tireless cacher while searching for those elusive FTFs. Some might say that this is to give the rest of us a chance, but truly this honor transcends such petty utilitarian goals.

This Trackable should stay with the finder, and be re-hidden (physically or as an off-site FTF prize) in a new Seattle cache, ideally within two months of finding it. As it is meant to be found and logged with an FTF, please do not discover the Bell, but feel free to write a note. All members of a co-FTF team may log the Bell, of course.  In addition, please no "visits" to caches because it clogs this page, but logging a visit to events is encouraged!

If you forsee that you are unable to place the Seattle FTF Bell in a new cache within Seattle in the suggested time period, please contact the owner (Team Maccabee), and we will find someone who will be able to do so. You will remain on the list of finders, of course.

Seattle FTF Bell Honorees

  • 12/28/23 - ChowzerZen and Qaz&Kids
  • 10/27/23 - The Mercury Project and HMP No Ka Oi
  •  8/31/23 - sahan
  • 12/08/20 - PeacefulMountain and DM&K Cachers
  • 12/11/19 - The Mercury Project and HMP No Ka Oi
  • 9/29/18 - Qaz&Kids
  • 2/03/18 - crs98
  • 9/16/17 - BWelcker and gsbarnes 
  • 9/06/16 - PippiLongstockings
  • 6/08/16 - crs98 and obarshay
  • 9/26/15 -  benandjayme and methylgrace
  • 9/16/15 - lamoracke
  • 2/27/15 - EFHutton
  • 10/23/14 - marshall.md and methylgrace
  • 6/10/14 - obarshay and Frisky Biscuits
  • 4/10/14 - PippiLongstockings 
  • 2/21/14 - majorbonnet, gustibusti, and jcrocholl
  • 10/28/13 - towtrkdug and RC64
  • 12/26/12 - melicious and dugfresh
  • 11/10/12 - methylgrace, Atomhugger, and gsbarnes
  • 6/29/12 - ferguam 
  • 1/13/12 - FobesMan,  >---^---:) , and crs98
  • 12/04/11 - Curious Joe
  • 9/17/11 - crs98, lamoracke, PepsiPrincess, AllUrCacheRBelong2Me
  • 6/12/11 - PhilNi
  • 2/24/11 - Dr. Tusk
  • 2/04/11 - lamoracke, Honest_Servius, crs98 and EFHutton
  • 12/25/10 - PhiNi
  • 10/21/10 - DrTusk
  • 7/25/10 - The ScottFamilyFive
  • 1/19/10 - FunnyNose, HMP No Ka Oi, and The Mercury Project
  • 12/15/09 - DrTusk and _Shaddow_
  • 11/25/09 - TheScottFamilyFive
  • 11/12/09 - towtrkdug
  • 10/24/09 - Fish Soup & fishiam
  • 9/22/09 - EFHutton, Shark, StinsonHQ and fishiam
  • 8/25/09 - crs98 and baddog_777
  • 8/17/09 - fishiam
  • 5/14/09 - mgosho, rodgowdy and Team Maccabee
  • 5/03/09 - Fish Soup and fishiam
  • 4/23/09 - crs98
  • 2/23/09 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper, rodgowdy, FunnyNose, Fish Soup, fauxsteve, FrodoB, Markta, Harriet the Spy, and lamoracke
  • 1/31/09 - >---^---:)
  • 10/17/08 - tsunami_KNUW
  • 8/10/08 - jcar
  • 6/25/08 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 6/10/08 - Rey Del Roble
  • 3/31/08 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 2/10/08 - OldBaldEagle and FrodoB
  • 1/21/08 - mgosho
  • 12/19/07 - rodgowdy
  • 12/17/07 - fauxSteve
  • 11/05/07 - Aviatrix22 and Lutehawk
  • 8/22/07 - Javanut
  • 8/01/07 - Nolenator
  • 6/06/07 - The Mercury Project
  • 5/09/07 - Fish Soup
  • 4/10/07 - Nolenator
  • 3/20/07 - The Mercury Project, FunnyNose & HMP No Ka Oi
  • 3/03/07 - FluteFace
  • 2/09/07 - Sassy&Gordy and Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 1/31/07 - Rey del Roble
  • 1/10/07 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 1/08/07 - FunnyNose
  • 8/16/06 - MiketheFiddler
  • 5/12/06 - Blindleader
  • 4/22/06 - Prying Pandora and CENT5
  • 3/26/06 - The Mercury Project and FunnyNose
  • 3/10/06 - 3 Headed Monster
  • 2/21/06 - schulesjoe
  • 2/20/06 - fishiam
  • 2/10/06 - BHMP
  • 1/24/06 - fauxSteve
  • 1/09/06 - BHMP
  • 12/18/05 - Markta
  • 11/26/05 - OldBaldEagle, the FIRST FTF of the Bell!

About This Item

Wow, this is heavy! But so cool!!!!

Trackable Items on the Bell

Some of the trinkets that have been added to the Seattle FTF Bell are trackable, so I want to add a list of the trackable items.

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Tracking History (7882.9mi) View Map

Write note 9/6/2020 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

Time for the Bell to make an appearance. Where's the Bell going next?
~Team Maccabee
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/10/2019 The Mercury Project retrieved it from poop or get off the potty Washington   Visit Log

Woo Hoo TUS Bell CO-FTF with my TUS PAL wifey!!! Go Cougs!!! Back in our hands for the first time in nearly a decade. That's gotta be a record. Thanks for keeping the tradition and Geocaching relic alive!!!! Maybe it's time for another TUS event?!?!?!
Dropped Off 12/10/2019 Qaz&Kids placed it in poop or get off the potty Washington - 4.54 miles  Visit Log
Write note 12/8/2019 Qaz&Kids posted a note for it   Visit Log

I apologize. I'll be getting this out ASAP.
Qaz
Write note 12/8/2019 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

I'm trying to track down the Bell. If any of you all know Qaz & Kids, can you have them contact me? I sent a message, as well.
Write note 12/3/2019 Bluecanoe posted a note for it   Visit Log

It’s been awhile since this guy has made a move. I hope all is well in the world of the bell.
Write note 10/5/2018 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

Edited the description to emphasize the logging rules:
1. Log a "Found It" or "Grabbed It" only if you were part of the FTF team.
2. Do not log a "Discovered It" on the Seattle FTF Bell page.
3. Do not log a visit to a cache, even if the Bell is with you, except with my permission on a historic cache (e.g. the 1st cache) or location (e.g. Groundspeak HQ, Mt. Everest, Easter Island, etc.).
4. The current holders of the Bell (i.e. the last FTFer) may log a visit to an event if they bring it to the event.

I hope that clarifies things. I apologize to the recent discoverers for needing to delete your logs.

Thanks to everyone in the Seattle geo-community for making the Seattle FTF Bell a part of the community.

Team Maccabee

Edited to clarify possible exceptions.
Write note 9/30/2018 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

Hi everyone. As the moderator of the Seattle FTF Bell (because the whole Seattle geocommunity owns it), I have to reiterate the rule in the last paragraph of the description:

As it is meant to be found with an FTF, please do not discover/log the Bell if you didn't find it on an FTF hunt, but feel free to write a note. All members of a co-FTF team may log the Bell, of course. In addition, please no "visits" to caches because it clogs this page, but visiting events is encouraged!

I apologize to the recent discoverers for deleting your logs. Thank you, everyone, for keeping the Bell page clean.

Team Maccabee
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/29/2018 Qaz&Kids retrieved it from Twenty Questions Washington   Visit Log

Met up with crs98 at the Sasquatch Coin Hunt for the handoff. Never thought this ol' thing would end up in my possession but here we are. Glad to be added to the list of previous holders.

  • Cheese!
Write note 9/5/2018 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

I've updated the Bell page to include the latest trackables. If anyone sees a mistake or a missing item, whether person or trackable, please let me know with a note on this page or a message to me. Thanks!
Team Maccabee
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