Blue Switch Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Tuesday, March 27, 2012
Origin:
Florida, United States
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

My name is Big Blue
My Mission is to travel far and wide celebrating the turning off of selective availability of GPS satellite transmissions.
Travel me to wherever GPS accuracy is appreciated.

About This Item

Big Blue Switch

GPS based accurate global positioning as we know it today in the civilian sector was not possible until the U.S. military turned off deliberate degradation (selective availability) on 5/2/2000. After that date, many opportunities opened up such as GPS geocaching, modern marine & land navigation, street navigating, etc., etc.
If you do not intend to log your visit onto the geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE ME.  My travels and progress require you to log that I have been taken from this geocache.  You will also need to log when you place me in another geocache.  It’s easy!
If you are willing to log your part of my journey and place me in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), retrieve me from this geocache.
My geocoin owner is a retired U.S. Army service member of 24 years who understands and appreciates the technological opportunities given us by the military.  The end of the cold war was a major contributor to the elimination of “Selective Availability”.

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Tracking History (54650.6mi) View Map

Dropped Off 10/5/2012 Maine to Massachusetts placed it in Missyrific Maine - 88.28 miles  Visit Log
Visited 10/4/2012 Maine to Massachusetts took it to Taihu Rock Massachusetts - 78.25 miles  Visit Log

Yet another non-physical cache visited, but not able to stay.
Visited 9/18/2012 Maine to Massachusetts took it to Bad Medicine? Massachusetts - 54.44 miles  Visit Log
Visited 9/14/2012 Maine to Massachusetts took it to The Rumor Mill Massachusetts - 271.4 miles  Visit Log

Although this cache was of proper size for the coin, the dampness of the cache would not do the coin justice.
Visited 9/12/2012 Maine to Massachusetts took it to Casey'sToys and Treasure Maine - 60.99 miles  Visit Log

<I>Blue Switch Geocoin</i> would have enjoyed staying on the Maine coast for the next visitor, but was a bit anxious for the cache had just been replaced after disappearing once again, with travelers inside.
Retrieve It from a Cache 9/10/2012 Maine to Massachusetts retrieved it from NEKA New Hampshire   Visit Log

This beautiful coin tells the story well, and still have the gloss of a brand new traveler. I will strive to do it justice in its travels.

  • O Blue Switch Geocoin - Obverse
  • R Blue Switch Geocoin - Reverse
Discovered It 9/3/2012 Mouchikai discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered while in the hands of Guerriers !
Awesome geocoin !
Thanks for the discovery !
Dropped Off 9/3/2012 santclaus placed it in NEKA New Hampshire - 1,340.47 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 9/3/2012 santclaus grabbed it   Visit Log

will drop it off
Discovered It 9/3/2012 santclaus discovered it   Visit Log

Discovered this in cache: NEKA GC1WEX2. Tried to back track to figure out how it got in this cache. I am going to grab it and drop it off so it can continue to get mileage. Nice coin
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