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Sundial Geocoin chaosmanor's Sundial - two-tone

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, December 7, 2011
Origin:
California, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Where's the Fire?

This is not collectible.

Use TB20T55 to reference this item.

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Current Goal

PLEASE KEEP THIS GEOCOIN MOVING!!  It doesn't much care where it goes, as long as it gets there   We own this, but have sent it out into the world so that others can enjoy it, collect its icon and then pass it on to another cache.  If you can post a photo of it on its travels, that would be great   Discoveries are always welcome. Thanks to all who help our geocoins and TBs!

SPECIAL NOTE: feel free to test this sundial!  Carefully pull the gnomon upright, then point the top of the dial at True North (or True South, if below the Equator) and hold it level, or put it on a level surface.  The shadow of the gnomon should be reasonably-close to the actual time.  This is more accurate the closer to the equator you are, as well as closer to noon than either sunrise or sunset.  Please post a photo of the geocoin if you conduct any experiments!

About This Item

The coin

Sundials are amongst the oldest time-keeping devices in human history.  The simplest are composed of a stick and an array of numbers.  When designed properly, the shadow of the stick, cast by the sun, will indicate the approximate Local Solar Time.  More advanced dials make allowance for difference between Solar Time and clock time.  Even more advanced dials will make allowances for seasonal changes in the apparent movement of the sun across the sky.  Many public sundials are far more decorative than practical.  Whatever the case, each sundial must be adjusted for the latitude of the location where the dial will be installed.  The gnomon (the device that casts a shadow) is adjusted to account for latitude.  This geocoin sundial is functional, but not very precise.  The stars on the reverse glow in the dark

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Tracking History (9806.2mi) View Map

Dropped Off 2/8/2018 chaosmanor placed it in Where's the Fire? California - 516.13 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 12/8/2017 chaosmanor grabbed it   Visit Log

Newbies 😟 We used to be tolerant, but the game has really gotten much too easy for noobs to jump in, get their toesies damp, screw around in the shallow end, and then decided that the water is too cold, so they leave.

Whatever. This was picked up on the last day that this particular noob did any caching, so it is either sitting in a box somewhere, or was thrown out, or who knows? We are retrieving this for burial in an archived cache of ours, and hope that it turns up, some day. And here's the obligatory "rant" for situations like this...

WE HOPE THAT SOMEONE IS JUST BEING VERY SLOW TO LOG THIS, OR THAT THEY FORGOT ABOUT IT, OR MAYBE DIDN'T REALIZE WHAT IT REALLY WAS; IF THIS IS THE CASE, PLEASE RETRIEVE IT, AND THEN DROP IT INTO ANOTHER CACHE AT YOUR EARLIEST CONVENIENCE. THANK YOU!

HOWEVER...

IF YOU TOOK THIS GEOCOIN WITH NO INTENTION OF MOVING IT ALONG, YOU ARE A THIEF!! WE OWN THIS GEOCOIN; WE SENT IT OUT INTO THE WORLD FOR OTHER PEOPLE TO ENJOY AND TO MOVE ALONG. YOU CANNOT SELL IT OR ADOPT IT; YOU CAN'T EVEN SHOW IT TO OTHERS WITHOUT RISKING THEM FINDING OUT THAT YOU ARE A PETTY CRIMINAL. WE HOPE THAT YOU GET A CONSCIENCE AND DROP THIS INTO A CACHE SOON.

IF YOU SEE THIS GEOCOIN IN THE COLLECTION OF A CACHER OTHER THAN US, BE AWARE THAT IT IS STOLEN PROPERTY.

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/16/2015 Kenny1977 retrieved it from JKruegel's Tired of Driving this Road California   Visit Log

thank you, out for the day with rcrhawk

2 bug for the day, real cool.. nothin like it !

Dropped Off 5/15/2015 mamahilde placed it in JKruegel's Tired of Driving this Road California - .7 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to 600,000 Trees California - 9.02 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to Plantation California - 1.42 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to Old Kids on the Block California - .67 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to LPPT 006 California - .1 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to LPPT 005 California - .6 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/15/2015 mamahilde took it to LPPT 004 California - .11 miles  Visit Log
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