These "proxy" cards are placed inside geocaches "in stead of" the real coins. Al and I have come across these occasionally and have moved them along to new caches. We even have some of our own geocoin "proxy" cards.
Why would someone make a little laminated card with a picture of their coin on it??? BECAUSE OCCASIONALLY GEOCACHERS OR MUGGLES PICK UP AND KEEP GEOCOINS! We have had soooooooo many geocoins and travel bugs go missing that when we noticed other cachers starting to put the "proxy" cards in caches, we hopped on the bandwagon.
I admit, I love the thrill of finding a "booty" of geocoins and travel bugs, but there are some geocachers who don't respect the idea of "travel" bugs. Once they see the coins, they seem to think that it is to be kept for good. :( boo hoo! So.... as a solution to our existing problem, Al and I made our "proxies" and relaunched several of the geocoins that we've had missing over the last year.
Now, every time we get a new coin, we automatically make a proxy card to send out "in place of" the original geocoin. These coins are just too beautiful to be "lost" in transit!
What are your thoughts???

















