If you are like me, you have collected quite a few
Pathtags. When you trade or buy a
Pathtag, they usually come in a small cellophane pouch that is stapled on the open end.
I started putting them in a
Lock & Lock for storage. This was fine when I had just a few, but, I have collected nearly a hundred of these little buggers! It's time to organize.
I looked at many options, but finally settled on products used by coin collectors. A cardboard coin holder sometimes referred to as a "flip" is an inexpensive little item that makes storing and collecting coins easy.
A "flip" comes in several sizes for just about any size coin. It is made of a cardboard shell lined with Mylar. There is a hole punched in the center a little larger than the coin you intend to display. For
Pathtags, the U.S. Quarter size is just perfect. The Mylar film and punched hole creates a round window that you can view the coin or
Pathtag through while protecting it from fingerprints and the elements.
I found a good source of the 2" x 2" U.S. Quarter sized flips on eBay. I bought 100 flips that come in a red storage box. Once you mount your
Pathtags you can use the box as a storage container. The price including shipping was $6.95 and the seller was very prompt on shipping the flips.
You can view his eBay auctions here.
One way to mount coins or
Pathtags in a flip, is to center the
Pathtag over the window area and fold over the flap and staple on all four sides of the flip surrounding the
Pathtag. Make sure you wipe the
Pathtag clean of all fingerprints before mounting. I tried this method and it works well, but the staples don't look good and they take up more space in the storage box.
A better method us to use a "permanent glue tape" dispenser to apply a layer of the sticky substance on double-sided tape without the Mylar strip. Just run a strip along all four sides between the window and the edge of the flip. Now center the
Pathtag in the window and close the flap. This gives a cleaner look to the final
Pathtag mount.
To finish the mounting, I write the
Pathtag number on the corner. This makes it easy to file them in order and also lets you reference the
Pathtag quickly.
You can keep the mounted
Pathtags in the storage box that came with the flips or you can buy three ring notebook size clear vinyl sheets designed to hold the 2" x 2" flips. There are other coin
collector options available to
Pathtag collectors. Just remember to use the U.S. Quarter size mounting products.
I have prepared a slide show of the mounting process below. Enjoy your
Pathtag with style!
Due to scheduling conflicts, the City of Hickory has asked us to move the the event date to Sunday May 3rd. The event will start at 11:00 AM. Here is the link:
CarolinaCacher will be hosting another "Introduction To GPSgames" event. This time it will be on the flyingpita farm in Marion, NC. This event will be on Saturday, March 14th, 2009 at 4:00 PM.
I am sure many of you have read the news articles where the local bomb squad was called out to dispose of a "suspicious object" and it turned out to be a geocache. In almost all cases, the container was larger than a micro and hidden on private property without permission.
I have submitted my schedule for the 2009 NC Foothills Geocachers CITO events to the City of Hickory Parks & Recreation department. I should hear from them soon.
Santa brought you a brand new GPS receiver (GPSr). Now what?
Groundspeak announces a new application for the iPhone. This application not only lets you see the geocache pages, but also utilizes the features of the iPhone to navigate you to the geocache location.
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