The (Long Island) kickoff event to celebrate all things that make up geocaching in the greatest city in the world, New York City!
Ever since I found out about the LIGO and NYGO geocoins that had been produced more than a decade ago, I wanted to have a geocoin that represented New York City and all the great things about caching in this city. At this event, I will rollout the first coin in a planned five-coin series, which will be produced over the next year or two. There will be one coin to represent each of the five boroughs of New York City. This is the MANHATTAN coin.
There will be a limited number of trackable geocoins available for purchase at this event. These coins are trackable at www.geocaching.com and have a special NYCGO icon on the geocaching site as well.
You do not have to purchase a coin to attend the event, however anyone who does purchase a coin will have the opportunity to win a future coin in the series for free! You might even get a chance to help design that coin!
More updates in regards to the event will follow in the upcoming days, but we should have some items to raffle off for anyone who attends the event. There should also be plenty of trackables to discover, trade and move along.
We will meet in the IKEA Food Court from 2 PM until 5 PM. If you are planning on purchasing a coin, please mention that in your "will attend" log so I make sure I bring enough to event. Hope to see you all there!