Dear cz-5,
As a team, we rarely take anything from a cache, but on one occasion we took a small blue car, it was a much played toy, battered with paint chipped off it and mud stuck in between the wheels. We took it bacasue it was the thing that said the most to us that day. Not that people had cared about being thought of as the cheapest people known, but that someone had taken time to think about what the little car meant to them, and sacrificed it for others enjoyment.
And I have found that most Cachers dont get hung up on the material value of anything - This is the wrong pastime for that - We (and I hope I speak for most) get the kick from finding and hiding, not the value of the find itself. (thats not to say we dont enjoy getting FTF coins etc..)
I personally enjoy that moment of opening the cache, when the lid pops and you hold your breath for a second, and then theres the wait after placing something into a cache, waiting for someone to find it and log it. What a smile when someone says "great find".
Perhaps calling Geocachers cheap is a way of compensating for the dissapointment of having enough money to spend on nice things.
If I might offer this question: "why do I feel that others offerings are less important than mine, especially when I go to all the trouble of buying them in a shop, instead of parting with a treasured item?"
And just in case I need verification too, I have just ordered silver ingots of 1 gram and 5 gram, 100 pewter charms to wear on necklaces or bracelets, 100 angel coins, 16 retail geocoins, 10 limited edition tarot tokens from Las Vegas, a special custom stamp for stamping log books and other assorted coins and tokens for putting into caches - and what do I require back?
Nothing but the knowledge that they will bring smiles to other peoples faces - I dont need verification of my dedication, just the idea that people will enjoy what I leave.
Relax, enjoy, socialise, and try to leave your hang ups at the door.
Regards
FenrisTwolf (The Goonies)
