Lee Coffey from Sidney, Ohio, found June's GeoStash marker in Coldwater, Michigan, behind the BDS Suspension building. Lee had some help from his brother Dan, pictured in the camo jacket. Congratulations guys.
We've found our way into another month of the GeoStash contest. The staff here at 4 WHEEL DRIVE & SPORT UTILITY is having a blast with the contest. The feedback and participation have been phenomenal.
The most recent winner of GeoStash is Lee Coffee from Sidney, Ohio. He found Marker #8 and has won a set of BDS Suspension's new 9500 gas shocks. Dan told me over a very excited phone call that he has been following the GeoStash contest just waiting for the marker to be planted close enough to home so he could take off on the hunt. I don't know for sure, but I think Michigan is quite a ways away from Dan's hometown of Celina...
The GeoStash prize for August '06 is Currie Enterprises' Universal Anti-Rock sway bar system. The system will include Currie's new CNC-cut and -engraved control arms. Currie has always been on the cutting edge of all things Jeep. This system provides performance and additional traction in harsh off-road conditions and is a very cool prize. For more information on the Anti-Rock system, check out Currie's website at: www.currieenterprises.com.
Dan told me he and his brother drove all night to reach the coordinates, and they found the marker on their second trip to the location at around midnight. Since the coordinates were a little too easy to find in some of our past issues, I had my art director, Tris Mast, make it a little more difficult this time around. Dan told me he found one of the coordinates fairly quickly, but he was having trouble locating the second set. Dan just happens to work as a barber, and as he cut his customers' hair, he would have them thumb through the magazine to try to find the missing coordinate. This tactic seemed to work, because one of his neatly trimmed customers found the second coordinate and off they went!
GeoStash Coordinate Locations in the Magazine
November '05Page 74. 116o 52.569W - Speaker hole, upper righthand corner of page.Page 86. 34o 18.253N - Under "Toyota 8-inch," below "Available gearsets."
December '05 Page 84. 37o 00.013N - Located on the spray can, upper righthand corner.113o 17.917W - This coordinate was listed on GeoStash webpage.
January '06Page 6. 096o 44.406W - Located in the cover photo, Table of Contents.Page 66. 39o 24.052N - Bottom of page, in the black border.
February '06 Page 46. 076o 04.210W - Upper right of the page, corner photo.Page 60. 40o 54.415N - Lower righthand photo, lower portion of the hood.
March '06Page 14. 34o 06.172N - Located after the contact info for Currie Enterprises.Page 86. 106o 49.198W - Located in the photography credit, top of page.
April '06Page 62. 33o 41.801N - Located under "Recovery."Page 70. 086o 53.511W - Located on tire, middle photo.
May '06Page 67. 116o 32.971W - Under transfer case.Page 73. 34o 15.468N - Second photo down, lefthand column.
June '06Page 42. 41o 56.79N - Upper righthand corner of pagePage 94. 84o 58.59W - Bottom left of Ultra Wheel photo.