Prime Meridian Geocoin FSU*Noles Prime Meridian Geocoin

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Released:
Friday, May 19, 2006
Origin:
Minnesota, United States
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Current Goal

To travel here, there, and everywhere - in search of good friends and great adventures!

About This Item

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This Prime Meridian Geocoin is being released into the wild, free to travel from cache to cache. It features a depiction of the Prime Meridian at the Royal Greenwich Observatory in Greenwich, England - the location of the International Date Line, at 0 Degrees, that separates the Eastern and Western Hemispheres and marks Greenwich Mean Time. If you ever get a chance to visit this spot, you can stand with one foot in each Hemisphere! ;)

Interestingly, the zero meridian used by your GPSr for the WGS84 datum is about 100 meters to the East of this line. This meridian is not fixed on a point on the ground like the Prime, but uses an average of the various continental drift movements - so the datum stays where it is and the continents slide around underneath it.

I really like the design and deep relief used on this coin, and I'm hoping lots of people will get a chance to see and enjoy it. It's journey starts in Northen Minnesota, and we'll see where the winds take it from there! It's goal is simply to gather many miles, stories, and adventures as it travels - pictures are always welcome, and thanks for keeping it moving!


Fun places & things this coin has visited so far:
  • 5/30/06 - Official Launch in Northern Minnesota! (Cloquet Valley State Forest, MN) Thanks, Pear Head!
  • 7/16/06 - Event Cache! The King Boreas 1000th Hide Cache Bash!! (GCJ6BH - Fridley, MN) Thanks, jonsom!
  • 10/1/06 - Tagging along on TKHONEYMOONERS' Honeymoon! Thanks TKHONEYMOONERS, and congrats!
  • 1/14/07 - State #2: Maryland! (Edgewood, MD) Thanks, vfbofmn!
  • 1/26/07 - State #3: Florida! (Inverness, FL) Thanks, VerySmartGirl!
  • 4/21/07 - State #4: Wisconsin! (Appleton, WI) Thanks, lonesumdove!
  • 7/25/07 - Huntforit's 10-yr Wedding Anniversary celebration! (Key West, FL) Thanks, Huntforit...and CONGRATS!
  • 10/5/07 - State #5: Virginia! (Virginia Beach, VA) Thanks, VaBeachBoy!
  • 10/14/07 - Used to launch a new cache: GC16MN2 "What goes Up...Must come Down"! (First Landing State Park, VA) Thanks, crn518!
  • 5/10/08 - Event Cache! GC1B27N "WWFM III-Omaha Flash-N-Dash" in State #6: Nebraska! (Omaha, NE) Thanks, bosac!
  • 5/17/08 - Three-State roadtrip! (IA, MO, KS) Thanks, MrClean_!

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    Tracking History (9692.7mi) View Map

    Retrieve It from a Cache 5/23/2007 Curly Girls retrieved it from Wander In The Woods Wisconsin   Visit Log

    Saw this coin come close enough so we could make a grab for it. Will drop soon for someone else to enjoy! Thanks for sharing!
    Dropped Off 5/21/2007 Sagasu placed it in Wander In The Woods Wisconsin - 5.5 miles  Visit Log
    Discovered It 5/6/2007 labrat_wr discovered it   Visit Log

    still in the hands of Sagasu but he had to show this one to me. Very cool 😎
    Discovered It 5/3/2007 seldom|seen discovered it   Visit Log

    They don't come with much more relief that this! What an amazing coin. Way cool and one of my favorites to date!
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/29/2007 Sagasu retrieved it from PUC | Gilligan's Island in the Sky Wisconsin   Visit Log

    Retrieved this beautiful coin from "Gilligan's Island" cache today and enjoyed the additional information about the Prime Meridian. This is a very fine coin, looking great in its hard plastic case! Will move it to a favorite cache soon.
    Dropped Off 4/22/2007 pulda1 placed it in PUC | Gilligan's Island in the Sky Wisconsin - 2.22 miles  Visit Log
    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/21/2007 pulda1 retrieved it from Arrowhead Park Cache Wisconsin   Visit Log

    Found it today. Still in nice hard plastic case.
    Dropped Off 4/21/2007 LDove placed it in Arrowhead Park Cache Wisconsin - 1,076.68 miles  Visit Log
    Grab It (Not from a Cache) 4/20/2007 LDove grabbed it   Visit Log

    Thank you for sharing this beautiful coin! I will be dropping it in Appleton, Wisconsin this weekend.

    Retrieve It from a Cache 4/7/2007 Ecorangers retrieved it from East Palatka Travel Bug Bed & Breakfast II Florida   Visit Log

    Well, got this one to a new state...! We were at King Boreas' 1000th hide event--what a blast! We'll move this one on asap.
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