I confess I usually do not check on old letterboxes. When they are found I am thrilled. And the comments they post are helpful to the next seeker.
Also, landmarks change.
Trees disappear. Vegetation grows. Clues???
So hats off to letterboxers who look
even if the box/ boxes haven't been found in years.

My heart is broken. She was an amazing lady, and I will always cherish the memories I have of her and the boxes she planted, especially the Weeping Angel ones. She will be missed, and my thoughts and prayers are with Boots Tex and the family.
Thanks for the memories LSQ!
Blue Butterfly

Yes, I know you wrote this with a wink and a nod, but . . .

In every year that is not a leap year, if a Friday the 13^th occurs in February then one will also occur in March.

The Texas Letterboxing community lost a sweet, and kind memeber Tuesday. Lone Star Quilter passed away surrounded by her family. My heart is broken and I will miss her so much! I loved finding her boxes especially the Weeping Angel ones. Thanks for the memories Janet, we will miss your smile and laughter. It just won’t be the same!
Blue Butterfly

I’m a geocacher who got into letterboxing. All of my boxes are cache-letterbox hybrids, posted on both sites, except I list them with coordinates as a cache, and with clues as a box.

The first ones I planted have large stamps I bought on Etsy. Then I started carving, and now all my cache hybrids have hand-carved stamps.

My caching friends are fascinated and thrilled that I’ve introduced letterboxes in our area, because they are scarce in my county and the adjacent ones. I now have fellow cachers asking me about the best paper for logbooks and how to use Atlas Quest.

My least favorite cache-box hybrids have only a tiny stamp that’s maybe left over from their kid’s crafts. Hope that changes in my area.

It’s very common in my area, but then again, letterboxing tends to have ppl planting boxes on road trips. No real maintenance possible. I suppose some boxes are fostered or adopted by local boxers, but still aren’t checked regularly.

The third box I ever found was one of her weeping angel carves here in Denison. Gorgeous work. May she rest in peace.

I like the dual use boxes and caches too geocache. I don't see anyone stamping log books tho I guess it's new to geocachers or something having a stamp. I like that tho. There are several doing that in my area.

Most geocachers don't have their own stamp. However, in this area there is a geocacher (not me) who has a laser engraver who will make them a stamp. He also buys the self-inking stampers for 50¢ each from China. (I'll have to ask him exactly where because I cannot find them.) So personal stamps are more prominent around here.

When I stated boxing, I used a self-inking stamper I bought on Etsy that just said joyindenison found it, with a tiny X-marks-the-spot map. Used that until I carved my giraffe.

Thank you for letting us know. I am so sad. But I feel lucky for I’ve gotten to know her through the years. She was a special lady. My thoughts and prayers are with Lone Star Quilter, Boots Tex and family.

Someone does the same in sc in my area I suppose others haven't caught onto stamping the stamp in their log or stamping the cache log. They are mostly found here by coordinates very little clues. A lot or are off the beaten path in the woods but very cool to find. I made this thread because most letterboxes around here nobody has checked in years I wondered if people have quit but I see they haven't and that's cool too. I'm about to place many geoca he letterboxes here dual use. Maybe a traveler or two.

I started years ago letterboxing making my own stamps then started geocaching got back in to letterboxing after running across geocaches with stamps in them making them dual use I like those but geocache uses coordinates more than clues..lol. Amazon is loaded with stamps or hobby lobby I think still has some.

Hey there, I was really involved in letterboxing for several years. I carved my own stamps and had a lot of fun planting. However due to circumstances I am no longer active in letterboxing. I am cleaning out some stuff and have a lot of letterboxes that I created but never placed. I am located in Jacksonville and would love to pass on these letterboxes to someone who is still active and would like to place them. They are ready to place with the bags and the logbooks and most of them even have some first timer LTC’s that I made. So if you are interested, lmk when we can meet. They are free…don’t want to just throw them away and don’t have the time to place them

Yanny? or maybe Laurel?

B E S U R E T O D R I N K Y O U R O V A L T I N E

This is the winner, right here. Brilliant.

Username checks out. 😉

I guess it's a good thing I didn't ask what color it was.
_{blue/black - white/gold?}

JB !! - We miss you and your boxes. I don't know if we ever met in-person but I have found many of your boxes and still love to find one out in a cemetery or somewhere. TALE is coming up in a couple weeks and I would be delighted to share your boxes with others in the community.

I would be willing to drive to you in Jacksonville or meet you some where in between. Just let me know!

Thank you for reaching out. NLW

I think ZDZ nailed it.

Here's what my AI says:

"It's stylized bubble graffiti, but it looks like it says "Gixxie" — the exact letters are hard to read because of the artistic style.
The first character is a G (with a star inside), followed by rounded letters that resemble I/X/X/I/E shapes.
Graffiti tags are often artist names rather than real words, so it may just be a tag name."

Gixxie, if Snow Shoveler doesn't work...

Edited to add: For what it's worth, I post that pic on the Reddit Graffiti board and the consensus over there was that it says "ANKE".

Ah, a kindred spirit :)

That would be awesome!!! Where are you coming from and I can see if I could meet you somewhere. Also let me know when

Well, I see NLW beat me! If she isn’t able to get them, I would love to have them.
We miss you JBK!
Bue Butterfly

Seems like a couple of others are closer to you than I am in Denison. I have found a couple of your boxes though. 😊🗺️

Do you also do geocaching? I have some pathtags from a kokopelli, and I’m wondering if that’s you.

The California clue posted today and unfortunately it’s in Southern California (like I was suspecting) and at least a 5-6 hour drive.

We’ll just have to settle for watching the premiere next week.

No I don’t do geocaching

Miss y’all too!!!! So thankful that I don’t have to throw all of these letrerboxes away

“A crummy commercial!?”

lol

I'm in Conroe, but willing to drive up to you in Jacksonville. A Letterboxer is always up for a good road trip. I probably could come up this weekend, it that is not too soon? Let me double check and get back with you.

Can’t do it this weekend, but next weekend or next week anytime would be good