Coins of the World

I decided to try and be more creative with the Cache Movers travel bug that I got last month. Instead of just attaching it to a toy or one of Gino's army men (like I did with the Recon Soldier), I wanted to do something more interesting. This time, I named it Coins of the World and put it on a big key ring, then I attached three different coins from around the world. One coin was from the Bahamas, one from Hong Kong, and one from Italy. I explained that the goal of this bug is to travel to many countries and pick up a new coin from each one. I'm hoping that this will be more interesting than just moving it from one place to another, and we'll be able to watch it grow in size as more coins are added.

Goofy Cacher

I found this Goofy Cacher coin inside the Shhh... Don't Tell Winlesspete geocache. It's a nice looking coin, but I didn't realize it's not trackable. Still, I will probably stick it in another cache somewhere down the line, or let Gino decide what to do with it.

Shhh ... Don't Tell Winnlesspete

In Deptford, not too far from Off The Beaten Path, was a geocache called Shhh... Don't Tell Winlesspete. This one was in another wooded area just off Route 41. It was easy to find and full of decent swag. I took the Goofy Cacher coin (not realizing it wasn't trackable) and left my Flip For It geocoin.

Off the Beaten Path

I stopped by Timber Creek Park in Deptford and found Off The Beaten Path. It was a beautiful little park in the middle of an otherwise sprawling area. The park was well maintained and the trails were easy. The cache container was simple to find, just off the main trail. I left the Pilsen geocoin from the Czec Republic that I picked up last month.

Homewood

My meeting this afternoon was near a cache called Homewood, so I stopped by. The location was in the wooded area beside a Hilton hotel. At the far end of the parking lot was a gravel road that lead a short distance into the woods.
The container was something I'd never seen before. It was a sort of two-piece plastic tube, with one end inserted into the other. The outer part was tied to a post in the woods, and I had to pull out the bottom part.
Inside was a zip lock bag with a log, but nothing else. The tube was pretty skinny and too narrow to hold any of my geocoins. However, it wasn't too small to hold the Miller's Inn travel bug that I've been holding for way too long. I signed the log, dropped in the travel bug, replaced the container, and tried to walk out of the woods by the hotel without looking shady...

NGS Benchmark AI4358-8E1

Set in the concrete of the sidewalk beside the bridge in Thomas West Park in Westville is NGS Benchmark AI4358-8E1.

The disk is dated 1999, which is aparently when the bridge was built.

Cherry Hill Curiosity (A Spirit Quest Cache)

While in Cherry Hill this afternoon, I noticed a virtual cache nearby called Cherry Hill Curiosity (A Spirit Quest Cache). It wasn't too far out of the way, and I had some time to spare. The location was a tiny spot in the middle of a neighborhood, and was no bigger than a skinny residential lot.

Inside the old iron gate was a single large headstone, barely readable from age. I could make out some of the words, but many were just too worn. A small plaque was set in the ground in front of the gravestone. This one was in much better shape, but I didn't recognize the image on it, nor have I heard of the Colonial Dames. "Within this inclosure lie the remains of William and Mary Matlack..."