Hello,
My husband and I were out geocaching at the Rancocas Wildlife center in
Burlington county, NJ yesterday when we happened upon an accidental
find. We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as "Toolbox #1"
and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was out on the
ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it in its original
hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go. The log had
not been signed in nearly a year, but seemed to be in good shape. The
container also had a homemade rubber stamp in it. Obviously, we know
nothing of letterboxing, and had never heard of it till yesterday, and
don't know anything about how it works.
I cannot find this letterbox cache listed on the website, does this
mean it has been archived? (do they GET archived?) Should this
container be removed from the park? Thanks for any info!
Sue
NJ Letterbox--did we find one that's been archived?
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Started on 2005-08-15
NJ Letterbox--did we find one that's been archived?
From: sueholzmer (sueholzmer@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-08-15 17:34:45 UTC
Re: [LbNA] NJ Letterbox--did we find one that's been archived?
From: (john@johnsblog.com) |
Date: 2005-08-15 14:08:11 UTC-04:00
> We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as
>"Toolbox #1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was
>out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it
>in its original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go.
Hiya Sue,
Thanks for taking care of this box.
I don't find this letterbox in letterboxing.org or in our
archives either. It's not uncommon for members to delete
boxes that they believe are missing. Sometimes they show
up again later.
Did the letterbox say who placed it? If so we might be
able to trace them that way. Otherwise, we should find
someone local to the area to adopt the box so that the
clues can be posted again.
Choi
one of the webmasters
>"Toolbox #1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was
>out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it
>in its original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go.
Hiya Sue,
Thanks for taking care of this box.
I don't find this letterbox in letterboxing.org or in our
archives either. It's not uncommon for members to delete
boxes that they believe are missing. Sometimes they show
up again later.
Did the letterbox say who placed it? If so we might be
able to trace them that way. Otherwise, we should find
someone local to the area to adopt the box so that the
clues can be posted again.
Choi
one of the webmasters
Re: NJ Letterbox--did we find one that's been archived?
From: cahillymom (acahilly@prodigy.net) |
Date: 2005-08-15 18:42:03 UTC
That's really odd; there were two mystery boxes in the park which
are now not listed, but I don't remember the name having anything to
do with "toolbox". Maybe what you found was a hitchhiker that had
wandered from its host box before it was removed.
Aud
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sueholzmer"
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I were out geocaching at the Rancocas Wildlife
center in
> Burlington county, NJ yesterday when we happened upon an
accidental
> find. We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as "Toolbox
#1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it in its
original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go. The log
had
> not been signed in nearly a year, but seemed to be in good shape.
The
> container also had a homemade rubber stamp in it. Obviously, we
know
> nothing of letterboxing, and had never heard of it till yesterday,
and
> don't know anything about how it works.
> I cannot find this letterbox cache listed on the website, does
this
> mean it has been archived? (do they GET archived?) Should this
> container be removed from the park? Thanks for any info!
>
> Sue
are now not listed, but I don't remember the name having anything to
do with "toolbox". Maybe what you found was a hitchhiker that had
wandered from its host box before it was removed.
Aud
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sueholzmer"
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I were out geocaching at the Rancocas Wildlife
center in
> Burlington county, NJ yesterday when we happened upon an
accidental
> find. We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as "Toolbox
#1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it in its
original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go. The log
had
> not been signed in nearly a year, but seemed to be in good shape.
The
> container also had a homemade rubber stamp in it. Obviously, we
know
> nothing of letterboxing, and had never heard of it till yesterday,
and
> don't know anything about how it works.
> I cannot find this letterbox cache listed on the website, does
this
> mean it has been archived? (do they GET archived?) Should this
> container be removed from the park? Thanks for any info!
>
> Sue
Re: NJ Letterbox--did we find one that's been archived?
From: gerania93 (gerania93@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2005-08-18 00:04:52 UTC
There was a Toolbox #2 goecache (It's been archived) in that area. I
read somewhere, somewhere that the guy who placed it has done a
little letterboxing too. Maybe it was a hybrid.
Gerania
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sueholzmer"
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I were out geocaching at the Rancocas Wildlife
center in
> Burlington county, NJ yesterday when we happened upon an accidental
> find. We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as "Toolbox
#1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it in its
original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go. The log
had
> not been signed in nearly a year, but seemed to be in good shape.
The
> container also had a homemade rubber stamp in it. Obviously, we
know
> nothing of letterboxing, and had never heard of it till yesterday,
and
> don't know anything about how it works.
> I cannot find this letterbox cache listed on the website, does this
> mean it has been archived? (do they GET archived?) Should this
> container be removed from the park? Thanks for any info!
>
> Sue
read somewhere, somewhere that the guy who placed it has done a
little letterboxing too. Maybe it was a hybrid.
Gerania
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, "sueholzmer"
wrote:
> Hello,
>
> My husband and I were out geocaching at the Rancocas Wildlife
center in
> Burlington county, NJ yesterday when we happened upon an accidental
> find. We thought it was a geocache, but was labelled as "Toolbox
#1"
> and contained the address www.letterboxing.org. It was out on the
> ground in plain view, so we signed the log and rehid it in its
original
> hiding spot, it was obvious where it was supposed to go. The log
had
> not been signed in nearly a year, but seemed to be in good shape.
The
> container also had a homemade rubber stamp in it. Obviously, we
know
> nothing of letterboxing, and had never heard of it till yesterday,
and
> don't know anything about how it works.
> I cannot find this letterbox cache listed on the website, does this
> mean it has been archived? (do they GET archived?) Should this
> container be removed from the park? Thanks for any info!
>
> Sue