Fitzette

Howdy! I am new to the sport/hobby/obsession, and to these boards, so I just wanted to make introductions. I live in North Georgia, and my husbadn and I had our first geocaching experience this weekend. We found 4, looked for one more, only to realize we had to wrong chords, and by the time we found the right ones, it was pouring! Just wanted to say hi!

ok, I am brand new, and I have what is conceivebly a very stupid question. When I am leaving new items in a cache, what is the correct protocol for the packaging the items come in? I mean, if the item I mean to leave in the cache is new, and in packaging, do I leave it there, or do I remove it from the packaging so as not to take up more space in the cache? I would imagine it can depend on the particular cache, and how much room there is, but I didn't want to start off by doing anything too stupid. TIA!