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 1/24/2006 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

Well, fauxSteve (but not fauxTUS), what comes next is a picture, which can be a loose interpretation of you with the Prize. But the cache and the hide I will leave up to your ingenious brain. I have no doubt that it will be of high quality.
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/24/2006 fauxSteve retrieved it from A Simple Multi, But a Long Drive Washington   Visit Log

Woo Hoo! A TUS is me! Thanks Team Maccabee for keeping us competitive! I've got a couple hides in mind, but I need to decide which is more worthy of this prize! So far it's been in a mystery cache and two long-drive multis (one of which was also a puzzle). What comes next?

  • The Tus-lympics! I struck my best pose for my TUS photo! Party on dudes and dudettes!
Dropped Off 1/23/2006 HMP No Ka Oi placed it in A Simple Multi, But a Long Drive Washington - 1.51 miles  Visit Log
Dropped Off 1/10/2006 markta placed it in Leggo of that cache! Washington - 4.17 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 1/9/2006 HMP No Ka Oi retrieved it from Leggo of that cache! Washington   Visit Log

Oh, the stupid things we do for silly bits of scrap metal! It was late. It was pouring down rain. We were soaked and very cold. We got it! It was sooooo worth it. Are we ubergeeks or what? Photos to follow. I suppose we need to come up with another hide now...

  • The TUS Terrier outstanding in her field!
Retrieve It from a Cache 12/18/2005 markta retrieved it from Sculpture Washington   Visit Log

This silly (I mean EXALTED) thing made me lose a night's sleep. I kept dreaming about it, worried that someone else would get it before I got my pathetic sweaty mitts on it. I'm like that creepy Gollum thing in Lord of the Rings.

I swear this is true: when I found the cache it was in, the first thing I did was SHAKE THE CACHE to see if the cowbell was in there! It was, but I couldn't hear it.

Now I have to create a cache worthy of - and big enough for! - this TB. Hmmm. Off to the workshop...

  • Markta Dec. 18, 2005 Found this at OBE's Sculpture cache!
Dropped Off 12/14/2005 OldBaldEagle placed it in Sculpture Washington - 5.62 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/26/2005 OldBaldEagle retrieved it from Northend Hanukkah Cache Washington   Visit Log

Who was that shadow in the night? The dull glow of a headlamp set on low. A broad-brimmed hat pulled low over sunglassed eyes. Moonlight reflecting off the face of a Garmin (tool of choice by those who know). Who was that in the 0:dark-30 of a geomorning? I'll add my photo ID to this delightful travel bug. If you're a TUS (and you know who you are) you'll add yours too, if you find it in a chache near you.

[This entry was edited by OldBaldEagle on Tuesday, January 10, 2006 at 7:25:19 AM.]

  • FTF 11/26/05 I'll be proud to wear the TUS bell and beacon until I hide in a new cache that just might be near you.
Dropped Off 11/25/2005 Team Maccabee placed it in Northend Hanukkah Cache Washington   Visit Log
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