Any Ideas For Good Swag?

[+CompassCollector]

Here's a vote against Mctoys, I doubt if 10% of the geocachers are little kids,

the big kids and adults have no interest in that stuff.

 

NOW, for a GOOD idea:

So many people complaining about mosquitos this last 6 weeks,

ever find a mosquito headnet in a cache? Ever wish you had one?

 

WalMart has them for $1.47, compressed in a small packet, not even 1/2 inch wide. They also have a nice white, wide brimmed hat to hold the net away from your face for $6. Even includes a chin strap so the wind doesn't blow it away.

Some people collect them, if they are still in the original bag.

[OuttaHand]

Just found a great item that I think will be very popular. I just got my order of 50 of them and they seem to be very high quality. At a touch under $2 each including shipping, I think they make an excellent trade item.

 

They are Laser Engraved Keychain Flashlights

[+WhatsRNutts]

I love finding things I can pin to or hang on my canvas caching bag. Right now there's all my TB copies, two jingle bells, two sharpies, 4 caching pins, and Larry the Caching Crustacean. Blade says it's starting to look like a shamanic fetish bag with all the Stuff I have hanging off of it.

all through high school I had 1 red jansport backpack. I had more than 20 different items attached to it at all times. I had to retire it this past semester because the zipper broke and seeings how I wasn't in high school(been out for 5 years now ) it was time I bought a new one.

[+Thrak]

Of course, I am the one that left a Coke bottle cap in my very first cache. Before you start flaming, I was completely unprepared to go caching and it was a cap good for a free 1 liter of Coke!

 

Those coke caps good for a free one liter Coke are actually more valuable than a gold dollar so I don't see that as a bad drop at all. Especially if you are out caching in the summer heat. You can hit the nearest store and grab a nice cold Coke for free!

 

I actually have one of those in my bag to use as a drop - likely in a mini since it's nice to do a mini and actually find something in it. I have a really nice little Duck Dogers (Daffy) that I found in a mini on my second trip out. I really like it but may well pass it on so someone else can enjoy finding a surprise in a mini as well.

 

(No, I don' t usually like the toys - especially the dirty ones - but Daffy is just totally cool. )

[+Thrak]

all through high school I had 1 red jansport backpack. I had more than 20 different items attached to it at all times. I had to retire it this past semester because the zipper broke and seeings how I wasn't in high school(been out for 5 years now ) it was time I bought a new one.

Jansport packs are warranted for life. You can get a replacement for free if the zipper broke.

[BomberJohn]

Don't forget Ebay. Just watch the shipping costs.

 

Also, CVS is selling carabiners, whistles, keychains and other alluminum items right now for 3/$1. Stock up now.

[+Zephyrpl]

I usually go to community exhibits or events and try to pick up some of their give-away stuff. Last summer I picked up tape measures, tourist pins, pencils, key chains, and other things I think people would want. Unless I take my granddaughter, Phoebe Snow, caching with me, I stay away from toys. Getting there is 90% of the fun, but I want to get to something beside Sponge Bob or some McBurger give away. I also try to leave some decent stuff to make it worthwhile for the next guy.

 

Zephyr

[Two Birds]

I have started a scrapbook of our caching adventures. It's woefully behind, but still... So the items I take when possible are flat things that can go in the scrapbook. Some things I have snagged - a page of stickers, a recipe, patches, postcard (from a postcard cache), um, and a couple of others.

 

I have some swag picked up from yard sales this summer. When the weather cools down and we go out again, we are ready.

[+suz55tbird]

My favorite swag to find is something useful and/or something to do with geocaching, like geocaching supplies (none in mine 'cause the order hasn't arrived!). Some of my fav "found" swag: geocaching magnet, pin, patch and cache decal, AA batteries, a good book, and a packet of tissues.

 

It's disappointing to find uncreative or USED stuff or junk in caches. As I've heard before, trade up, trade equal, or don't trade. I just hid my first cache, and in it I put: a TB, a bandana, a "cooler" bandana (that you get wet), a pack of playing cards (NEW), a small silver picture frame, foreign stamps, a road map, a bottle of bug repellent, a paperback book (this is fun when you're also into bookcrossing.com), a keychain calculator.

Swag isn't necessary, but icky swag is a downer--better nothing at all than ick! (IMHO).