I always try to leave the cache in better shape than I found it...who wants broken Mc D toys? I carry little things for small caches...like marbles, geocoins, pins and state quarters. Then...of course...bigger items for bigger caches...TB's, hot wheels, camping/survival supplies, fishing tackle, bug spray(can you tell I live in the woods?) I only take anything if the cache is in good shape...and there is something really cool. My score is just in the finding of the cache...but then again...I've only been at this for about a year...so it's all still pretty exciting to me.