Leather-Key Case-Butterfly Mini Teardrop
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Owner:
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shellbadger
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Released:
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Thursday, January 6, 2022
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Origin:
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Texas, United States
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Recently Spotted:
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In Paul's Lunch Box
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I maintain records on my trackables. They have the goal to circulate more than five years and to be moved by at least 25 cachers. That is a target rate of five drops per year for five years, or a drop every 73 days. The average drop rate of my trackables in the US is 124 days, in Europe it is 71 days. As of 23-Sep-23 this trackable had survived for 1.2 years and had been moved by 2 cachers, for an average drop every 216 days, or 1.7 drops per year.
Please keep it moving, then drop it in a safe place!
No permission is needed to leave the U.S. While in the U.S., please drop it in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban cache or abandon it at a caching event where there is no security. Transport the bug in the original plastic bag for as long as the bag lasts; the bag keeps the trackable clean and dry, protects the number and prevents tangling with other items. Otherwise, take the trackable anywhere you wish.
This trackable is one of a series fashioned from leather blanks, some of which are intended as livestock ear-tags while others are for fancy-tooled earrings for ladies (men too, I suppose). I have no talent for leather tooling, but I was able to provide a little personality to the leather with some simple, imperfectly-applied stamping tools. Each trackable is named with a combination of the item made with leather shown in the gallery, for the subject of the stamp, and for the shape of the blank.
I have concerns about how well leather trackables will stand up to the conditions one sometimes finds in caches, but the blanks are a good size and comparatively inexpensive, so I am testing them. Each trackable starts in a heat-sealed bag that will eventually leak or disappear. The leather is also treated with a beeswax-propolis-oil compound to help shed water. Some discoloration is expected. If it is easy to do so, I would appreciate comments on the condition of the leather in the trackable discover- or find-logs.
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Tracking History (2678.8mi) View Map
shellbadger took it to I-27, 56S, Plainview (Hale Co, DeL 2017 38)
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Texas
- 13.56 miles
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shellbadger took it to I-27, 41S, Six Point (Hale Co, DeL 2017 37)
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Texas
- 12.47 miles
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shellbadger took it to I-27, 27N, Abernathy (Hale Co, DeL 2017 37)
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shellbadger took it to I-27, 27N, Abernathy (Hale Co, DeL 2017 37)
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Texas
- 9.59 miles
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shellbadger took it to I-27, 17S, New Deal (Lubbock Co, DeL 2017 37)
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Texas
- 17.06 miles
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shellbadger took it to Patriot TB Hotel (Lubbock Co, DeL '17 47)
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Texas
- 30 miles
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shellbadger took it to I-27, 31S, Hale Center (Hale Co, DeL 2017 37)
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Texas
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