ziploclogic

I must agree on the freezer bags. Better yet, I bought some of the "Rite in the Rain" notebooks from Groundspeak that remain intact when wet, can be written on when wet and (for what ever reason)hold the ink better so felt-tips don't run. If you don't want to spring for the pads, you can get National Geographic waterproof paper at Target.

I have seen several cache's from my NYC queries that state specifically what kind of items should be traded. Creating a similar cache in your area would be a great way to try and minimize the not-so-desireable trinkets. (I plan doing the same as I have some really nice swag that I wouldn't mind getting a return on) I agree that some of the cache contents I've seen just had to go.With that being said, I'm going to create a new thred just for this topic: Strangest Swag You've Found

Just curious - I'm sure we've all seen the plastic army man, the occassional nickle, or even the degraded paper card that is long since "readable". What are some of the strange things you have found on your hunts? Also, what are some of the things that just had to be trashed-out? Recently found an old LCD watch - no band, no back, no battery. Also found what looked like a furball. I trashed out the furball along with the degraded paper card. I've also trashed out some torn ziploc bags - but quickly replaced them with new bags. I also ordered some small desicant packs that I'll start distributing in caches that suffer from moisture.

As a former contractor to the DoD I worked as an analyst upgrading non-vital GIS systems. This included purging some GPS related data. At the time I was involved primarily with the creation of translation tools for XML data exports to be sent regularly back to a division of the DoD. These XML files were very similar to our beloved GPX files. I had no idea what the coord's were related to but knew they didn't want them around post-conversion Yes, the government will spend a lot of effort in one area while disregarding the security of another. My goal was simply to raise attention to what I perceived as a possible issue. I just don't think it makes sense to facilitate a potential threat. Not to mention Cacher's in the wild getting fitted with the aforementioned bracelets as their prize for finding the location.

Thanks for the feedback - I'll try the link on the GC.com site. I understand that information regarding these sites is public information. I may be just a bit over-cautious, but thought treking that close (in the name of GeoCaching) to secure area's could {a} show cause for security concerns and {b} possibly give this great adventure a bad reputation. P.S. Never thought I'd see a reference to Zero Wing here "All your base are belong to us" - Cats, Zero Wing

Maybe It's because I'm new to the game ...maybe it's because I've worked for the DoD... In my opinion, this cache: Aircraft Nav/Aids of the world ...should be deleted. This could facilitate possible terrorism. Having coordinates published in a forum such as this might make it easy for someone to locate and disable these deviece if they were inclined to do so. Just a thought.