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Born to be First Geocoin arnis357 Third Latvian Geocoin

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Owner:
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Released:
Thursday, November 24, 2011
Origin:
Latvia
Recently Spotted:
Unknown Location

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Current Goal

We (arnis357 and KristsT) are two friends, geocachers, who arranged a wager.
1. We buy two geocoins and place them in the same cache - Geocaching Starting Point @ VALMIERA (TB,GC hotel).
2. Geocacher, which geocoin have been traveled more kilometers till 1 June of 2012, will be winner.
3. Loser buy winner as much beers and sousages, as winner is capable of drinking and eating in one evening in Latvia, Valmieras Alus bars.

So please don-t hold this geocoin very long and let it travel as far, as you can. You can log all caches as visited as well.
After
1 June of 2012 mission will be changed.

About This Item

This is Third Latvian Geocoin.
Meaning of symbols of geocoin:
1. Christmas tree - The first documented use of an evergreen tree in a Christmas celebration was in Riga, Latvia, in the year 1510 according to many sources.
2. Camera Minox - The Minox is a subminiature camera conceived in 1922 and invented in 1936 by German-Latvian Walter Zapp, which Latvian factory VEF (Valsts Elektrotehniskā Fabrika) manufactured from 1937 to 1943.Originally envisioned as a luxury item, it gained wide notoriety as a spy camera.
3. Tank - The first tank in the world was built in May of 1915 in Riga, at the plant called Russo-Balt. The machine was named Go-Everywhere (Visurgajejs), its weight was 3.5-4 tons. There was place for a single person and it was bullet-proof. Its maximum speed was 25 km/h.
4.
Flask - Latvia made many discoveries in chemistry. Most well-known invention of Dr. Janis Polis was remantadine – an antiviral agent that is most effective against type A influenza virus. Mildronate is an antischemic agent of a metabolic action (cardioprotector) produced by Grindex in Latvia.
5. Flying figure - Aerodium Latvia is a company based in Sigulda, Latvia, which owns and runs the first vertical wind tunnel in Eastern Europe. The vertical wind tunnel (VWT) is located near Sigulda, the most visited tourist area in Latvia. The company became known after the 2006 Torino XX Winter Olympic Games closing ceremonies, because Aerodium Latvia helped produce the part of the show that featured flying acrobats. The tunnel blows a wind stream of 200 km/h within a diameter of 3.7 meters.
6. And flag of Latvia of course.

Tracking History (17108.5mi) View Map

Mark Missing 12/13/2012 arnis357 marked it as missing   Visit Log

The owner has set this Trackable as missing.

Write note 7/23/2012 speedwalkers posted a note for it   Visit Log

was not in the cache today anymore

Dropped Off 6/23/2012 emlumaca placed it in Habschter Kirchberg Luxembourg - 1,072.24 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/23/2012 emlumaca took it to les trois sources Grand-Est, France - 1,060.95 miles  Visit Log
Visited 6/20/2012 emlumaca took it to Sauropod Dinosaur Tracks Setúbal, Portugal - 983.9 miles  Visit Log

Transité Sauropod Dinosaur Tracks (GC30QHR)

Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2012 emlumaca retrieved it from WWFM IX - Metz Grand-Est, France   Visit Log

Waouh, really nice one!
Already in Luxembourg ;-)

Dropped Off 6/9/2012 ruispalat placed it in WWFM IX - Metz Grand-Est, France - 11.55 miles  Visit Log
Retrieve It from a Cache 6/9/2012 ruispalat retrieved it from l'antenne de Bousse Grand-Est, France   Visit Log

on the road again

Dropped Off 5/31/2012 Presi placed it in l'antenne de Bousse Grand-Est, France - 51.72 miles  Visit Log
Visited 5/31/2012 Presi took it to STOP & CACHE : N4 CALYPSO Luxembourg, Belgium - 312.03 miles  Visit Log
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