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Golden Horns Geocoin gjensen's Golden Horns #4

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Owner:
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Released:
Wednesday, December 31, 2008
Origin:
Denmark
Recently Spotted:
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I'm part of a geocoin race from USA to Denmark Get me home to Denmark in this cache GCM1GY ”Tohundrede komma tohundrede” As Fast As Possible Jeg er en del af geocoin løb fra USA til Danmark Jeg vil hjem til Danmark til cachen GCM1GY ”Tohundrede komma tohundrede” Så Hurtigt Som Muligt This coin is part of a race from USA to Denmark, it is not to be sent by mail. It must physically be moved from one cache to another Denne mønt er med i et race fra USA til Danmark, og må derfor ikke sendes pr. post. og skal fysisk flyttes fra cache til cache

About This Item

Goldenhorns - Gold In Denmark, close to the German border, two horns made of gold were found in a field at Gallehus. The first was found in year 1639 and the second in 1734. The horns were made around year 450. In 1802 the horns were stolen by a poor goldsmith named Niels Heidenreich. He melted them in his kitchen and used the gold for making jeweleries under a false name. The goldsmith was caught and put to prisson for 38 years. He died 4 years after getting out. Using old drawings it was possible to reconstruct copies of the horns. These copies have been on display at the National Museum in Copenhagen for many years, true national treasures of Denmark. Incredibly, the copies were stolen in 2007 while on loan to another Danish museum, but fortunately they were soon recovered by the Police. Based on this true story we made the Golden Horns Geocoin. They can now be ordered via this webshop at (visit link) There are two variants, both with Golden horns, but one is with gold edge and gold text, the other is with silver edge and silver text. They are trackable on geocaching.com with their own icon. The coins proudly carry the "DK" tracking code prefix, being designed in Denmark, and the text "Geocaching in Denmark - hiding treasures since the Iron Age".

Tracking History (5730.8mi) View Map

Write note 3/7/2010 KoAloha posted a note for it   Visit Log

Still MISSING from GC12VRX 😟

Write note 9/21/2009 GeoFever posted a note for it   Visit Log

I did not find this Geocoin in the cache it is supposed to be in. Lets hope it turns up soon.

Dropped Off 7/4/2009 libertybel placed it in BETWEEN MEADOWS AND GREENS California - 2.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/17/2009 libertybel retrieved it from Workin' On My Fitness California   Visit Log

Oooops I still have it.

Dropped Off 6/15/2009 libertybel placed it in Workin' On My Fitness California - 33.93 miles  Visit Log
Discovered It 6/2/2009 trixxster discovered it   Visit Log

Took my fair share of TBs from this cache, so I left this coin for the next lucky cacher.

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 6/2/2009 libertybel grabbed it   Visit Log

Got it from "I Spy" cache.

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 5/14/2009 Silver Horde grabbed it   Visit Log

Waited for this coin to be placed in the cache I found it in but no joy. Now I can't remember where I found it!! Will take it caching with me next week. Thanks for the fun.

Dropped Off 5/3/2009 SD-Weiss placed it in Pelican Parking Only California - 15.27 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/2/2009 SD-Weiss retrieved it from WooHooooo!! California   Visit Log

Will drop soon.

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