Back in January and February I despatched three trackable geocoins from a geocache near Newcastle’s football ground.

The so-called Geordie geocaching project is an attempt to explore the science of social networks following the journey of each coin to its destination (and then back)

Geocaching is a web 2.0 sport where GPS equipped geocachers search for geocaches and share their experiences online.

A geocoin is a special coin that has a unique tracking number so that its progress from geocache-to-geocache can be tracked online through logs on the Geocaching.com web site.

I tasked each of the coins with reaching Newcastle’s namesake on each of three different continents: Africa, Australia and US. To date the three coins have travelled more than 7,000 miles moved by 17 different geocachers.

Geordie Jetsetter Oz has travelled more than 850 miles down the east coat of the UK and across France and currently resides in Ostschweiz, Switzerland.

Geordie Jetsetter South Africa has travelled more than 600 mile but is still in the UK. It initially headed north to the Scottish highlands and has since travelled more than 600 miles making a journey south to Portsmouth.

Geordie Jetsetter US has travelled an incredible 5,550 miles. It’s the only coin that has reached its target continent and is currently travelling down the south coast of California.

After so many interactions it’s incredible that the coins are still in play and haven’t been lost.

It’s terrific that other members of the Geocaching.com community have been sufficiently motivated to participate in the project and share their stories and images online.

Each move brings a new interaction and another story to the project.