Letterboxing anyone?

Question

Have discovered letterboxing. (Letterboxing.org.) I have begun doing this and wondered if anyone else is doing this and if so, what state?

I have found that Atlas Quest International has boxes from all over the world. And Letterboxing.org has nearly as many.

I am an historian, so I am interested in boxes with an historical tie.

They do have clues on how to find the boxes. The sites explain that you stamp the book that is in the box with your personal stamp and log the date you found it. Then you use the stamp that is in the box to stamp your own log book. You put the contents of the box baxk inside it and rehide it in the same spot for the next person to fine. You then log your find on the website.

Answer 1

I recently read about a family who 'discovered' this hobby when they moved to England. "The 'hobby' started when a gentleman simply left his calling card in a bottle by a remote pool on the moors of Dartmoor, in England." It sounds like a fun passtime, one you could include in a roadtrip, but I have not yet tried it. Sounds like lots of fun - and the entire family can get involved!
http://www.letterboxing-germany.de/index_en.html
http://www.letterboxing.info/
http://www.letterboxingonhorseback.com/
http://easyweb.easynet.co.uk/~have.feet/boxing/boxing.html

Answer 2

I don't care for it, because they never put instructions in the container on what you're supposed to do with it if you stumble upon it, and because there's no central website listing all the letterboxes. I've found one accidentally that I can't even locate online. I love geocaching though. Same idea but you use GPS to hide and find it, and you trade trinkets instead of rubberstamping, or if it's a microcache you just sign the log. Some people do hybrids, where you have prizes to trade AND the rubberstamp. Most geocachers think the stamp is a trade item, so you'd have to tape it to a string and tape the string to the bottom of the container.

Answer 3

I've been letterboxing since Feb. 04 and enjoy every minute of it. There are letterboxes in all 50 of the United States, and in numerous countries around the world. Check out atlasquest.com also.