Travel Bug Dog Tag Philosopher's Stone Collection (Steine der Weisen)

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Released:
Friday, April 18, 2003
Origin:
Switzerland
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Current Goal

The current goal for this bug is to travel NORTHWARD picking up a Philosopher's Stone at each stop.
If it has picked up more than 10 stones, "Philosopher's Stone Collection" should travel back to Basel.
Once you find it please add a small stone to the chain.

About This Item

Philosopher's Stone Collection

Philosopher's Stone ("Stein der Weisen"):
"The stone, also referred to as the "Philosopher's Stone," or the "powder" (Greek xerion, which passed through Latin into Arabic as elixir), was allied to an elixir of life, believed by alchemists to be a liquid derived from it. Inasmuch as alchemy was concerned not only with the search for a method of upgrading less valuable metals but also of perfecting the human soul, the philosopher's stone was thought to cure illnesses, prolong life, and bring about spiritual revitalization. The philosopher's stone, described variously, was sometimes said to be a common substance, found everywhere but unrecognized and unappreciated." (Encyc. Brit., 15th ed., 1976)

... so please be careful and do not mess geocaches with all the liquids and tinctures dropping from the stones ;-) Handle with care if you're close to your car or your mother-in-law. Feel free to add images or descriptions of things you upgraded, perfected, cured and revitalized using the stones!

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Tracking History (2053.7mi) View Map

Grab It (Not from a Cache) 12/12/2004 Hoppetut grabbed it   Visit Log

We visited Team Wulff in Odense/Denmark. They gave me the TB to bring it a little more south ... to Germany, because there are only a few stones left.

Retrieve It from a Cache 11/28/2004 Team Wulff retrieved it from Dirk Gently's cache #1 - Sea and fields Denmark   Visit Log

I made a mistake on my log entry, and accidentaly placed this TB here. It was never there. We are bringing it to Germany as promised..

My bad

Team Wulff
Dropped Off 11/28/2004 Team Wulff placed it in Dirk Gently's cache #1 - Sea and fields Denmark - 33.25 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/20/2004 Team Wulff retrieved it from Silver Mountain Denmark   Visit Log

We found this travel bug hidden in the lovely "Silver Mountain" cache on Funen.

We are going to bring it to germany, that way it will be closer to it's home in Basel..

Kind regards
Team Wulff
Dropped Off 10/31/2004 Team-TrueNorth placed it in Silver Mountain Denmark - 175.85 miles  Visit Log

The Philosopher's Stone Collection and the 11. stone was found on Bornholm and has now been assembled. The stone was found on the southern coast of the island, where the water had formed the stone so it actually got the shape of Bornholm in the Baltic Sea.

Hopefully the collection is getting closer to Basel!

[This entry was edited by Team-TrueNorth on Wednesday, November 03, 2004 at 12:26:40 PM.]

  • PSC - The 11. stone (Bornholm)
Retrieve It from a Cache 10/12/2004 Team-TrueNorth retrieved it from Yehaah's Mega Cache Denmark   Visit Log

The number of stones in Philosopher's Stone Collection has now reached the 11. stone and according to the goal for the collection it now has to return to Basel. It’s on it’s way back home!
Dropped Off 9/4/2004 silence placed it in Yehaah's Mega Cache Denmark - 66.73 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/4/2004 silence grabbed it   Visit Log

Correcting log entries ...
Write note 8/29/2004 Appletree02 posted a note for it   Visit Log

I placed the TB in Yehaah`s Mega Cache /Danmark (N 55 06.848, E 14, 48.491).
But it´s not possible to log it as I wish. Don´t know why...

???

Dropped Off 8/7/2004 Balla & Silly placed it in Hühnergott Mecklenburg-Vorpommern, Germany - 133.21 miles  Visit Log

When we visited the cache "Hühnergott" today we suddenly realized that the curious stone we found at the cache "Totenhaus" must be a firestone. In that moment we decided for good to keep it as a talisman and only a few minutes later we found a very beautiful firestone with a natural hole in it. So we made this one the 10th stone on the chain and left the TB there, surrounded by millions of firestones...😁
Good luck for the future,
Balla & Silly

[This entry was edited by Balla & Silly on Sunday, August 08, 2004 at 2:45:08 PM.]

  • The 10th stone
  • The stone collection
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