Sextant Geocoin Ranger Rog's Race Car #3

Trackable Options
Found this item? Log in.
Print Info Sheet
There are 3 users watching this listing.
Owner:
Ranger Rog Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Sunday, February 13, 2011
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
Recently Spotted:
In Smurf Hideaway

The owner hasn't set their collectible preference.

Use TB422NR to reference this item.

First time logging a Trackable? Click here.

Current Goal

Move from cache to cache

About This Item

Race car #3

12/8/2020

Oiginal TB has been missing for 9 years so I am recycling the tracking number to a new TB

Ranger Rog's Race Car #3

Original Description  2/13/2011

The Sextant Geocoin™ is a commemoration to the sextant. The octant and sextant replaced most of the earlier navigation tools in the late 1700s such as the back staff, mariner's astrolabe, and quadrant. The octant is 1/8 of a circle and a sextant is 1/6 of a circle. The sextant allowed for more range in the degree scale over the octant.

The biggest improvement the sextant made over all other sighting tools (except the octant) is its double reflecting mirrors which eliminated the ocular parallax other tools caused. It also allowed for greater accuracy by having finer degree adjustments.

The sextant design is so universal and accurate that it is still used on ships today as a backup instrument to electrical navigation devices. Even aircraft used these as backups if their avionic systems failed.

The Sextant Geocoin™ is trackable on Geocaching.com and has its own icon. It was made in both antique silver and antique bronze with each finish having a second polished plating on the sextant. The antique bronze is the only finish open for public sales. There is also text going around the edge of the coin. A unique feature about this coin is the stars around the sextant glow in the dark

Gallery Images related to Ranger Rog's Race Car #3

View All 5 Gallery Images

Tracking History (34048.7mi) View Map

Visited 5/1/2023 Laphamclan took it to Pont de Bar Cataluña, Spain - 6,166.51 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/29/2023 Laphamclan took it to Strait of Gibraltar Gibraltar - .19 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/29/2023 Laphamclan took it to Europa Point Gibraltar - 5,910.38 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/27/2023 Laphamclan took it to Fire Department/Bombeiros - RSB C.I.Espec.-Estação Lisboa, Portugal - 6.7 miles  Visit Log
Visited 4/27/2023 Laphamclan took it to Mosteiro de Stª Maria de Belém/JERÓNIMOS MONASTERY Lisboa, Portugal - 5,780.24 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/31/2023 Laphamclan took it to The Goddess of Coffee Baja California Sur, Mexico - 339.63 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/30/2023 Laphamclan took it to #1 Jungle Road - Ramblases Jalisco, Mexico - 5.9 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 3/30/2023 Laphamclan retrieved it from Come together at Puerto Vallarta Jalisco, Mexico   Visit Log

Will take on my journey
Dropped Off 3/30/2023 TJnAJ placed it in Come together at Puerto Vallarta Jalisco, Mexico - 7.09 miles  Visit Log
Visited 3/29/2023 TJnAJ took it to #6 Trail to Palo Santa Maria Falls Jalisco, Mexico - 3.14 miles  Visit Log
data on this page is cached for 3 mins