Travel Bug Dog Tag Seattle FTF Bell

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Owner:
Team Maccabee Send Message to Owner Message this owner
Released:
Friday, November 25, 2005
Origin:
Washington, United States
Recently Spotted:
In the hands of ChowzerZen.

This is not collectible.

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Current Goal

This Trackable is found on the highly-competitive FTF (first-to-find a geocache) hunt in Seattle. The honor from finding the Seattle FTF Bell is immeasurable, and the bearers of this Bell should be accorded the respect and bragging rights due to these infamous cachers. Ideally, the Bell is displayed prominently by the tireless cacher while searching for those elusive FTFs. Some might say that this is to give the rest of us a chance, but truly this honor transcends such petty utilitarian goals.

This Trackable should stay with the finder, and be re-hidden (physically or as an off-site FTF prize) in a new Seattle cache, ideally within two months of finding it. As it is meant to be found and logged with an FTF, please do not discover the Bell, but feel free to write a note. All members of a co-FTF team may log the Bell, of course.  In addition, please no "visits" to caches because it clogs this page, but logging a visit to events is encouraged!

If you forsee that you are unable to place the Seattle FTF Bell in a new cache within Seattle in the suggested time period, please contact the owner (Team Maccabee), and we will find someone who will be able to do so. You will remain on the list of finders, of course.

Seattle FTF Bell Honorees

  • 12/28/23 - ChowzerZen and Qaz&Kids
  • 10/27/23 - The Mercury Project and HMP No Ka Oi
  •  8/31/23 - sahan
  • 12/08/20 - PeacefulMountain and DM&K Cachers
  • 12/11/19 - The Mercury Project and HMP No Ka Oi
  • 9/29/18 - Qaz&Kids
  • 2/03/18 - crs98
  • 9/16/17 - BWelcker and gsbarnes 
  • 9/06/16 - PippiLongstockings
  • 6/08/16 - crs98 and obarshay
  • 9/26/15 -  benandjayme and methylgrace
  • 9/16/15 - lamoracke
  • 2/27/15 - EFHutton
  • 10/23/14 - marshall.md and methylgrace
  • 6/10/14 - obarshay and Frisky Biscuits
  • 4/10/14 - PippiLongstockings 
  • 2/21/14 - majorbonnet, gustibusti, and jcrocholl
  • 10/28/13 - towtrkdug and RC64
  • 12/26/12 - melicious and dugfresh
  • 11/10/12 - methylgrace, Atomhugger, and gsbarnes
  • 6/29/12 - ferguam 
  • 1/13/12 - FobesMan,  >---^---:) , and crs98
  • 12/04/11 - Curious Joe
  • 9/17/11 - crs98, lamoracke, PepsiPrincess, AllUrCacheRBelong2Me
  • 6/12/11 - PhilNi
  • 2/24/11 - Dr. Tusk
  • 2/04/11 - lamoracke, Honest_Servius, crs98 and EFHutton
  • 12/25/10 - PhiNi
  • 10/21/10 - DrTusk
  • 7/25/10 - The ScottFamilyFive
  • 1/19/10 - FunnyNose, HMP No Ka Oi, and The Mercury Project
  • 12/15/09 - DrTusk and _Shaddow_
  • 11/25/09 - TheScottFamilyFive
  • 11/12/09 - towtrkdug
  • 10/24/09 - Fish Soup & fishiam
  • 9/22/09 - EFHutton, Shark, StinsonHQ and fishiam
  • 8/25/09 - crs98 and baddog_777
  • 8/17/09 - fishiam
  • 5/14/09 - mgosho, rodgowdy and Team Maccabee
  • 5/03/09 - Fish Soup and fishiam
  • 4/23/09 - crs98
  • 2/23/09 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper, rodgowdy, FunnyNose, Fish Soup, fauxsteve, FrodoB, Markta, Harriet the Spy, and lamoracke
  • 1/31/09 - >---^---:)
  • 10/17/08 - tsunami_KNUW
  • 8/10/08 - jcar
  • 6/25/08 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 6/10/08 - Rey Del Roble
  • 3/31/08 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 2/10/08 - OldBaldEagle and FrodoB
  • 1/21/08 - mgosho
  • 12/19/07 - rodgowdy
  • 12/17/07 - fauxSteve
  • 11/05/07 - Aviatrix22 and Lutehawk
  • 8/22/07 - Javanut
  • 8/01/07 - Nolenator
  • 6/06/07 - The Mercury Project
  • 5/09/07 - Fish Soup
  • 4/10/07 - Nolenator
  • 3/20/07 - The Mercury Project, FunnyNose & HMP No Ka Oi
  • 3/03/07 - FluteFace
  • 2/09/07 - Sassy&Gordy and Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 1/31/07 - Rey del Roble
  • 1/10/07 - Johnny Boy and DB Cooper
  • 1/08/07 - FunnyNose
  • 8/16/06 - MiketheFiddler
  • 5/12/06 - Blindleader
  • 4/22/06 - Prying Pandora and CENT5
  • 3/26/06 - The Mercury Project and FunnyNose
  • 3/10/06 - 3 Headed Monster
  • 2/21/06 - schulesjoe
  • 2/20/06 - fishiam
  • 2/10/06 - BHMP
  • 1/24/06 - fauxSteve
  • 1/09/06 - BHMP
  • 12/18/05 - Markta
  • 11/26/05 - OldBaldEagle, the FIRST FTF of the Bell!

About This Item

Wow, this is heavy! But so cool!!!!

Trackable Items on the Bell

Some of the trinkets that have been added to the Seattle FTF Bell are trackable, so I want to add a list of the trackable items.

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Tracking History (7882.9mi) View Map

Write note 4/13/2024 ChowzerZen posted a note for it   Visit Log

Set-backs happen in life, and as awesome as I can I'm not immune to such things. The Seattle FTF Bell is ready to go back into the wild as soon as some final logistics on the next exciting puzzle are in place. Look for this in the next 30 days.... stay tuned...

Retrieve It from a Cache 12/28/2023 ChowzerZen retrieved it from Happy 18th Birthday Seattle FTF "TUS" Bell Washington   Visit Log

I first started geocaching just shy of a couple years ago and had no idea what an FTF was or what the Seattle FTF Bell was and had no idea what a trackable was. Heck, I barely knew what a geocaching was. It's one of those things that I definitely got the bug and found myself hunting both at night in the rain and before the crack of dawn in the mud to claim FTF and the geocache puzzle this one was placed in.

Qaz&kids joined the search and so we shared FTF credit and after a couple rounds of rock paper scissors he let me have the bell because he's had it before.

And what a magnificent trackable host of trackables this is!

I have a puzzle in mind and I'm executing on that puzzle now. Trying to stick to the 2-month rule, however I'm out of state all of February so it might be early March before this one is released in the wild again. It will be worth the extra month wait... stay tuned...

  • Wow, this is heavy! But so cool!!!! At Fremont Brewery, my own event, Seventh-Day Solstice Sips Soiree, I accepted temporary visitation of the esteemed trackable
Dropped Off 12/27/2023 The Mercury Project placed it in Happy 18th Birthday Seattle FTF "TUS" Bell Washington - 6.01 miles  Visit Log
Grab It (Not from a Cache) 11/14/2023 The Mercury Project grabbed it   Visit Log

HMP made me do it! The song remains the same. HMP's 7 time with the bell (in various caching names) TMP's 6 time. Those numbers are sure to be challenged with the new requirement to release the bell on a more increased pace. TFTTB.

  • 7th time for HMP and 6th time for TMP
Retrieve It from a Cache 11/14/2023 HMP No Ka Oi retrieved it from A Relatively Simple Puzzle Washington   Visit Log

TMP made me do it! 😝
Write note 11/2/2023 Team Maccabee posted a note for it   Visit Log

Congrats to the FTFers for yet another FTF! I liked the relatively quick turnaround of the last hider, so let's try to get a new cache out their soon to keep up the momentum. Thanks to all of you Seattle cachers that keep the Seattle FTF Bell relevant!!

And yes, no Discovery logs are allowed on the Bell. They would overwhelm the Bell page.

~ Jim (Team Maccabee)
Write note 11/2/2023 FobesMan posted a note for it   Visit Log

No Discoveries on the FTF Bell
Dropped Off 10/27/2023 sahan placed it in A Relatively Simple Puzzle Washington - 7.25 miles  Visit Log

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Retrieve It from a Cache 9/15/2023 sahan retrieved it from Welcome to "Brooklyn" Station Washington   Visit Log

FTF of the cache this was placed in, retrieved the bell from the event.
Write note 9/2/2023 >---^---:) posted a note for it   Visit Log

I'm living in TN now but still find a need to watch the bell.
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