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Pop Culture Geocoin Barrel of Monkeys - Gold

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Owner:
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Released:
Monday, August 3, 2009
Origin:
South Carolina, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of Elparra.

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You've found an orange proxy (stand-in) tag for one of the cutest geocoins EVER!

I wanted kids (of all ages) to find this, covet for a few days, then drop in a new cache for someone else to enjoy. I did't care how many miles it went - I cared how many geocachers got to find and enjoy it. Unfortunately my gold monkey was taken from his starting cache and never appeared again.  So as a way for you to enjoy the original, you've been directed here by the hitchhiker tag.  I know it's not as cool as holding the monkey in your hand, but hopefully you've enjoyed finding it!

About This Item

Yellow Travelling Monkey

Barrel of Monkeys is a toy game first created by Lakeside Toys in 1965. Today it is produced by the Milton Bradley Company. The barrel contains 12 monkeys. The instructions on the bottom of the barrel state "Dump monkeys onto table. Pick up one monkey by an arm. Hook other arm through a second monkey's arm. Continue making a chain. Your turn is over when a monkey is dropped." These Monkeys have also been used for modeling of polyhedral structures, including virus particles and other protein structures [2] In brief, a pair of monkeys can hook around each other in more than eighty different ways, forming quite stable links. The links may be either symmetrical or asymmetrical. Repetition of an asymmetric link generates a helix. A symmetric link is self limiting, so that the structure cannot grow further unless a new link is used to join symmetric pairs. That comes from Wikipedia - who knew a barrel of monkeys could be so scientific!

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Tracking History (17858.5mi) View Map

Retrieve It from a Cache 10/16/2011 renue74 retrieved it from WU 125th - The Olde Stone House South Carolina   Visit Log

Found it.

Discovered It 10/16/2011 renue74 discovered it   Visit Log

We're new to geocaching. Pick up this hitchhiker this evening at Winthrop - Old House geocache. I have a business trip in NYC in a few days and will find a cache up there to drop it in!

Dropped Off 10/16/2011 schraderj placed it in WU 125th - The Olde Stone House South Carolina - 4.84 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 10/16/2011 schraderj grabbed it   Visit Log

After two years, it was time to admit the monkey's loss (shortly after it's placement) and replace it with a proxy tag and get it on it's way...

Write note 8/29/2010 Lord Thor posted a note for it   Visit Log

Not in the listed cache.

Dropped Off 9/27/2009 schraderj placed it in Off the Beaten Track South Carolina   Visit Log
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