This is no ordinary geocaching trading item!

In Search of the Oldest ... is a Geocaching HQ Tag Travel Bug, traveling from geocache to geocache on a very specific mission.

If you do not intend to log your visit on the Geocaching.com web site, please DO NOT TAKE THIS ITEM. Its travels and its progress requires you to log that it is being taken from this geocache. You will also need to log when you place it in another geocache. It's easy!

If you are willing to log your part of this Trackable's journey and place it in another geocache as soon as possible (after you log your find), grab it from this geocache.

My Current Goal:

This trackable would like to visit 51 caches--the oldest caches in each state. Let's amend that: since the oldest caches ALREADY get so much attention, the trackable would like to visit EITHER the oldest or SECOND OLDEST caches in each state. Let me know when you bring it to one of these oldies, and I'll document it here and give you a shout-out!

Why is this trackable attached to a spoon? Answer: to enshrine in memory great trips to Seattle for Tough Mudder. In 2015, we gathered for Froyo at GC62Y30; and in 2016, we gathered at GC6Q3A8.

Running count of states:

1. OR 2016-11-03 GC12 5/12/2000 (oldest) delivered by Porkwatch.

2. TX 2016-11-18 Tombstone (oldest) delivered by bluedevil96.

3. AR 2018-04-17 Gorilla Stash (oldest) delivered by CalMadDVM.

4. KS 2018-04-22 Arikaree (second) delivered by CalMadDVM.

5. OK 2018-04-28 Where Eagles Roost (oldest) delivered by Ms Marvelous.