Black-Veined White Butterfly Geocoin Black-Veined Butterfly Geocoin #1

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Owner:
MorningGlory47170 Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Wednesday, August 19, 2009
Origin:
Indiana, United States
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Current Goal

I would love for this item to make it to each state. It is asking a lot but real butterflies travel hundreds of miles in their short life, so who knows?

About This Item

I have chosen the black-veined butterfly as my symbolic geocoin. I searched for the perfect representation of everything I want to express, and the butterfly is it.
Dating back for centuries, ancient civilizations have believed that butterflies were symbols of the human soul.
The Chinese and Japanese both believed that the butterfly was a symbol of joy and the essence of happiness.
Some Native American cultures believed that if someone wanted a wish to come true, he should capture a butterfly and whisper the wish to it. Since the butterfly can make no sound, it can tell the wish to no one but the Great Spirit. They felt that making the wish and releasing the butterfly would help it be taken to the heavens and granted.
From ideas of reborn spirits to dream carriers to weather forecasters to bringers of fertility, the butterfly has been a captivating and charming creature that has interested mankind for ages.
Perhaps my favorite reason for choosing the butterfly as the symbol for my caches, though, is the fact that the butterfly is a multicultural symbol for the beauty of Nature. They represent the rich colors and the graceful beauty that is nature.
My hope is that as you find these coins and pass them along that you will whisper your wish to them before they pass out of your hands. It might just some true.

Tracking History (13595.4mi) View Map

Visited 5/2/2014 Team_Conway took it to Conway's Canyon Cave Nevada - 1,523.54 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/2/2014 Team_Conway took it to A Cache for Washington #1 Indiana - 35.85 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/2/2014 Team_Conway took it to Air Power Indiana - 132.48 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/1/2014 Team_Conway took it to #7 Cache & Release: Beaver Lake Kentucky - 57.15 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/27/2014 Team_Conway grabbed it   Visit Log

Found it in the FINAL of the Quest for the Holy Grail series. After being somewhat lost for 4 years the Butterfly is back in action.
Dropped Off 5/31/2010 The Lost Poet placed it in Lexington Cemetary Indiana - 16.39 miles  Visit Log

I have been out and kept forgetting it was in my pocket. Today I let the wife be incharge of it and she thought we better drop it at the frist cache so we wont forget again.Thanks it is a pretty coin.

[This entry was edited by The Lost Poet on Monday, May 31, 2010 at 1:29:32 PM.]
Retrieve It from a Cache 5/9/2010 The Lost Poet retrieved it from Pass It Along the KT Indiana   Visit Log

When I frist pick this coin up I thought it was a unactivated coin like the card said it was and it was still sealed in a plastic wrapping. I had to open the sealed wrapping to get it out of the plastic envelope and turned over to read the tracking number. Surpised me it already had an owner. I will get it on to another cache next weekend. Thanks,
Dropped Off 4/15/2010 MorningGlory47170 placed it in Pass It Along the KT Indiana   Visit Log
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