Glass-Alloway Marble-Black Gold Round Gogo

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 21-May-24 this trackable had survived for 1.6 years and had been moved by 7 cachers, for an average drop every 82 days, or 4.5 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 at an event, in a Premium Member only OR a rural cache near a busy trail or road. Do not place it in an urban, non-premium cache. 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 is one of series of pendant travel bugs (TBs) made from sturdy, lamp-worked glass. Each TB is named for some other artistic expression using glass.

Hand-made marbles made of clay, stone, wood and glass have been found in the remains of virtually every civilization. Most were probably used in games, but others may have been used in rituals. There are world wide collectors of marbles, ancient crude ones to those of modern manufacture. The market for them is so strong that their making for some individuals is an art form, commanding values in the hundreds of dollars for each one. Those will not be used in playground games. The default image is a marble made by James Alloway.