Motor City Cache Machine: News Items

Cachercon 2010 Metro Detroit

posted Nov 18, 2009 1:42 PM by Darryl Wattenberg [ updated Jan 15, 2010 6:14 PM ]

Work has begun and the venue reserved for Cachercon 2010 Metro Detroit. Hold the date in your calendars -- February 6, 2010 should be a fun and educational event! The event has been submitted to Geocaching.com and hopefully will be accepted shortly. In the meantime planning continues and we'll post updates on the Cachercon 2010 Metro Detroit page here.

MCCM Coins Approved

posted Jun 2, 2009 7:49 PM by Darryl Wattenberg [ updated Jun 2, 2009 7:56 PM ]

I approved the proof for the tiny little MCCM coins this evening. I should be receiving them before long and I'll pass out a few to each team and we'll drop them into caches we hit as a group. These tiny little guys are black nickel and completely free from any tracking or trading numbers.

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DarrylW4 & Firefly03 Break 2,500 Finds

posted May 31, 2009 7:02 AM by Darryl Wattenberg [ updated May 31, 2009 7:15 AM ]

We hit our 2,500th cache find on Saturday at the Burton Veteran Memorial (GC9875) virtual cache during a swing across the tip of the thumb. We started the day with 2,499 finds, found 46 caches during the 14 hour trip for a total at the end of the day of 2,545. We're looking forward to hitting the 3,000 soon, and ItsNotAboutTheNumber.com is calling for that milestone to fall by the end of this summer if we keep up our current pace. It's very possible -- we're only 186 finds from hitting our total for 2008, and 277 from our all-time best of 801 in 2007. I'd like to have at least one calendar year where we would break 1,000 finds. That's only 476 more finds for the year. Perhaps we can pull it off in 2009.

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The "MCCM" Stamps Have Arrived!

posted May 29, 2009 7:49 PM by Darryl Wattenberg [ updated May 29, 2009 7:55 PM ]

The tiny little rubber stamps for Motor City Cache Machine have arrived! I'm very excited as they turned out quite well. They're small as can be while still very legible. These are all exactly the same, all in blue ink. While not as portable at the folding ones we used earlier, these are a little harder for Bill and Drie to ink themselves. I have one for each team currently caching with under the MCCM name ready and waiting. Make sure to bug me to get yours.

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TeamLegend4 Passes 4,000 Finds

posted May 26, 2009 5:33 PM by Darryl Wattenberg

While out for our trip to the Southern Counties this last Sunday, TeamLegend4 found their 4,000 cache. Congrats TL4 -- looking forward to 5,000 shortly.

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Rubber Stamps On Order

posted May 15, 2009 12:22 PM by Darryl Wattenberg

I have ordered the small, round rubber stamps of the MCCM logo in blue ink. These will be tiny (only a half-inch at its widest) and there was no room for additional text. Once they arrive I'll start passing them out.

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