+The Blorenges Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 (edited) Now, let's be honest... a lot of cache "swaps" move around from cache to cache and may eventually be thrown away by a cache owner who's thinking "Who on earth would want that....?" But there are some really good items around, too.... So I'd like to know what special item you've decided to keep - Maybe it was exactly what you needed at that time... or something you collect...or perhaps it was an item of some special significance? We've kept the first item we took from our first cache: It was a little pottery pony that we found at "The First in Wales". I've also kept a nice old-fashioned, silver plate tablespoon which I use almost daily in the kitchen. What's your special item? Mrs B The Blorenge's welsh mountain pony Edited October 9, 2005 by The Blorenges Quote
+Just Roger Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 That's an easy one. It's very rare that I do any swaps and apart from TB's, TNLN is my norm, although I always have some swaps with me in case I find something useful. The best I found was a plastic holder for 4 AA batteries - so much easier than carrying them loose or in a rubber band which invariably breaks at the wrong moment and dumps all the spare batteries into a puddle. It goes with me everywhere my GPS goes. Quote
+Woody's Wanderers Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 A pack of cards to keep us entertained whilst camping. Quote
+Jan and the Percey Boys Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I found a really nice cuddly cheshire cat which made me laugh and I've just attached it to a tag to travel around. bob Quote
+Phil and Ruth Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Two things: A compass - very useful for Caching and it means I can leave my Grandfather's antique WWII one at home. The second is a furry fox with magnetic feet - we've stuck him to the fridge and he holds up various bits of paper for us! Quote
+HazelS Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Yes, we've also kept a compass, and a few decks of cards.... also - a lovely crystal ball from "The Clairvoyant" - Thanks Anthony!! Oh, and a cute toy porche from our 1st ever cache! We generally like to trade pin badges - not because we collect them or anything, just that they come up in caches all the time and it's nice to have a theme! Quote
Izzy and the Lizard King Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 We have picked up a number of items left by The Boat People which they have decorated with traditional Barge Ware motifs. We met them once near one of their caches and complimented them on their artistic talents. They say that they often pick up items from other caches to decorate. A great way to recycle we think. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I still have the McTat Men In Black deneurolizer toy I picked up from the first cache I ever found. A more useful item which goes with me on every caching trip is a plastic battery carrier. No shorts in my shorts, thanks to it! Most bits I pick up (on the rare occasion I don't TNLC*) go back into caches (often new ones of my own) but I was very pleased to get a small Thunderbird 2 from Alibags the other day. She'd swapped it out of a box she found as she knows I collect them. SP *Took Nothing, Left Candle. One cache item you can burn without guilt. Quote
+Mad H@ter Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Our most useful find ever was a shopping trolley token, never leave home without it. Quote
+Learned Gerbil Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I rarely swap but still have the Thunderbird 4 I swapped early on - can't remember where from. I also have a Bart Simpson whoopie cussion - I had a deprived whoopie cussion free childhood! Quote
+Globetrotter.uk Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 one million travelbugs (only kidding) apart from a cassette tape I have everyswap item since my first cache. I use some items ie media card cases and batteries. And any trolley tokens go in my collection (sad) I am just starting a new shoe box off to store it all. There is one batch of bank notes and coins worth over £??? adding up the euros and the 1000 rupes! Quote
+Yorkypudding Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 Hi, Recently I found some Boot laces and I have kept them, my laces are in a bad state and they will need replacing very soon, so thanks for whom ever put them in a cache. Also I found a Sylvanian mouse and its so cute I cant find it in my self to pop it back into another box. I cant remember what items at the mo but I have even given one or two cache items that I have found to my friends lol, Im not tight just that they were what they wanted and they know and they are happy with that. Anyone else done that lol, I hope so lol. Yorkypuddingx Quote
+The Bongtwashes Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I've kept a Geocaching.com keyring (with compass), and our children kept a tennis ball. Quote
+The Blorenges Posted October 9, 2005 Author Posted October 9, 2005 ....All good, interesting things, folks! A couple of votes for battery cases... Boot laces - yep, one of Mr B's favourites... and Globetrotter seems happy with everything I forgot to mention that I've also kept a rather nicely hand-made gecko (from Davethegecko) which sits on my desk at work. Quote
The Royles Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I forgot to mention that I've also kept a rather nicely hand-made gecko (from Davethegecko) Yes, the Geckos. We found one, and my kids would not rest until we had another so they could have one each - cheers Dave. We also found a Buddah figure which became a travel bug. Quote
Team 'James W' Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 ...A great bike multitool from one of our friends 'GeeJay's caches that has saved my bacon on several occasions! It was a new cache so still had all that nice new shiny stuff you get in new caches. I remember digging through the swap bag to find somthing of 'reasonable' value to swap it with. Think it went for a digital pedometer in the end. (Pedometer still had low milage on it ) James Quote
+The Hancock Clan Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I'm sure I speak on behalf of many Devon cachers...We have a very skilled local cacher (woodturner) who leaves fantastic items that he makes out of many types of wood (beech/walnut etc.). We have collected a few things of his now that we most certainly won't be swapping because they're far too good! (PS Congrats on his 200!!!) Quote
Nediam Posted October 9, 2005 Posted October 9, 2005 I've kept a desk tidy that was full of notice board pins, useful for reminding me which bills need paying. And a Concorde Luggage tag which I found about a week after the best plane in the world got mothballed. Just a little something to remember it by, as I couldn't afford the asking price for one of the seats (plus it wouldn't fit in my peugeot ). I kept hold of a souvenir Guinness Thing for a while as it looked cool and I didn't have a clue what it was! Traced it back through previous logs and it turned out to be a Golfing Pitch Mark Repairer Whatever they do! I've passed it on long since. Quote
+Simply Paul Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Of course, there was my Pink Thing (as seen on TV) which I swapped out of a cache. It became a TB and went to Australia for a holiday. I also found a Miss Piggy in a box, and sent her out into the world as my 'Blonde Ambition' TB. I've had a few interesting CDs which I usually copy and send on, and odd little bits and bobs which just appeal to me. I'm fond of my 2" tall Feathers McGraw from The Wrong Trousers, for example SP Quote
+The Knights who say Ni Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Talking of the famous Pink Thing, we found another in one of our Caches in Wales and my son adopted it. Identical as far as I can tell, pink and bristly. Wondered at first if it was the TB, but no sign of any previous tag attachment. I guess they were separated at birth - One went to New South Wales, the other to South Wales Quote
+ryme-intrinseca Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 Um, I confess to having three geckos, actually, and we have visited a couple of caches *just* because we knew we were there. Was hoping to find a purple gecko in my 'Gower Purple cache' one day, but it hasn't happened yet. My favourite find though, is even weirder. It's an orienteering map of Woodbury Common in Devon, where we found one of our earlier caches, the location of the cache has been marked on it. The reason it's weird is because it's got marks on it, from where it got wet in the cache (it's alright, it's not smelly, or anything!). But I *love* maps, so it's pinned on my wall. Er... anyone know how to get rid of old mildew marks from paper?! Quote
+Thrak Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 My favorite find so far is a 1905 Indian Head penny in very good condition. Until that find my favorite was a Daffy Duck -- Duck Dogers! - figure that was small enough to fit in a 35mm film can. I really liked it but finally put it into another cache because I liked the cache so much. It was another micro but a very clever hide - this is the cache: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...16-c0cdd781d243 Quote
Jolly green giants Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) We kept hold of a few things from our early cache finds or first was a badge from Senseitskc's Tree corridor. The latest was a lovley July fairy left in Senseitskc's up and under I think she'll make a marvellous tb Edited October 10, 2005 by Jolly green giants Quote
+KiwiGary Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 As others have said its rare to find something that you want to trade. The best thing I think was a CD, it had been in the woods for over three months but it was OK. It wasn't in the cache, I don't think it would fit. I also recently found a 35mm container, that become a replacement for one of muggles caches. So that was a great find at the time. See ya...Gary Quote
Shep, Seren & Tess Dog Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I too have developed a passion for The Gecko's cute beanie type Geckos. I now have 2, one being a 'Super Gecko'! They sit on the dashboard of my car! Seren. Quote
+Alibags Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I collect sig items, so I have a load of calling cards and other items that people have left. Of these, the best are things that have been handmade, but I don't turn my nose up at other items either. Sounds like I am going to have to make a trip down into the SW soon on a hunt for geckos and turned wooden items. I will always swap out for a good sig item. I have just made a big batch of mini 'marble' fridge magnets with my flying pig logo and a geocaching logo, and I am leaving them in sets of two in most of the caches I do these days. Nice to read logs where people are swapping these out of caches I have visited. Apart from that I have one or two normal swaps of items that I just took a fancy to in caches. My favourite is a large blue glass marble with the continents printed upon it. It's very nice indeed, and I think it was left by Padmassan in the cache I took it from. I also seem to have hoardes of pink things (in various colours) but I have a cunning plan for something to do with them!! Quote
NickPick Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I also seem to have hoardes of pink things (in various colours) but I have a cunning plan for something to do with them!! Oh No!, not another "Pink Hoard of Particular Pandemonium" Travel Bug? Quote
markandlynn Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 As this is heading down the sig items route (nice thread drift) and we collect these from our caches to keep heres our sig item no 15 an 16 of a set of 20 Quote
+allieballie Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I like my hippo bottle opener which was left by Mad Max the Vicker of Mawgan in a Cornish cache we did during our summer holidays. I'm not sure if it's a signature item for him, but the bit I loved most of all, and which was the reason for me having to take it, was his hilarious "business" card which accompanied it! Quote
+Sue Gremlin Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 I think my favorite thing is the 25 Dinar bill from prewar Iraq. It's way cool. It has a picture of Saddam Hussein in his military uniform. We find the coolest things. Quote
+Naefearjustbeer Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 An Evil Rooster hand bound book that I found and kept is one of my favourites. I also have a small multi tool that i kept. Evil Rooster Books Quote
+t.a.folk Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 (edited) A cute little toy dog with magnetic paws We keep him placed spread-eagle fashion on top of a desk lamp and he gets very hot under the collar when the light is switched on ! Edited October 10, 2005 by t.a.folk Quote
+macroderma Posted October 10, 2005 Posted October 10, 2005 A policeman's whistle - always wanted one, and I found it in a cache! Quote
+ryme-intrinseca Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I too have developed a passion for The Gecko's cute beanie type Geckos. I now have 2, one being a 'Super Gecko'! They sit on the dashboard of my car! Seren. Doh! I want a Super Gecko, I'm jealous... Quote
+Brenin Tegeingl Posted October 11, 2005 Posted October 11, 2005 I don't have any treasured finds, but I'm the proud guardian of a gecko and a womble plus a specialy made evil rooster book among other Sig items which can be found Here time for me to update the photo on the page as quite a few items have been added Dave Quote
+Team Incredible Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 We found a 'Violet' from The Incredibles film, keyring in a cache over the summer and have attached to our cache bag and adopted her to make our team complete. We don't have any girls (bar me) in the team so she evens the numbers up a bit. Carol x Quote
+Gralorn Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Since we started caching we have had the perk of retrieving two of the gecko's also, both now in the proud possession of the Granddaughter. Really made very well, plenty of beans inside them to make them full and its the silky materiel underneath that gives them that nice finishing touch. Quote
+The Cache Hoppers Posted October 12, 2005 Posted October 12, 2005 Phillimore Clan: Our most useful find ever was a shopping trolley token, never leave home without it. You do supermarket shopping!! Get online and get it delivered - you are wasting VCT - Valuable Caching Time. Oh of course if you are on a camping caching event and are visiting the local Co-op then I can understand why you would just have to have a trolley coin thingy. Quote
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