+Laugh Your Cache Off Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 We love quality swag!!! Our favorite things to find are those that are interesting and different! We love finding those things that make us say "wow!, what is that??? I have to have that!" Personally we love interesting figurines. My girlfriend and I have developed a sort of geoswag jungle around some of our plants with the little animals that we find. I love a little treasure I can drop in my pocket!!! It's really not the price, just the thought that the previous cacher put into the item he or she or they left. Quote Link to comment
+meralgia Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) I found this little pill or snuff tin... I think it's sterling silver with mother-of-pearl inlaid petals. The engraving on the inside says __paca Mexico. I love it!!! I'm sure it was grandma's knick knack that someone got tired of dusting. I also have a little porcelain turtle from Japan, I believe, that's on my monitor at work. Edited November 29, 2007 by meralgia Quote Link to comment
jholly Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) My favorite swag is pictures of Ben Franklin. Haven't found one yet. Found a few pictures of George Washington. Jim Edited November 29, 2007 by jholly Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 My favorite swag is pictures of Ben Franklin. Haven't found one yet. Found a few pictures of George Washington. Jim I found Ben once. Wasn't IN the cache, in fact that particular cache has never been found and is archived though probably still there (so says the owner). It was a little faded and looked at first like just a piece of folded paper lying on the ground. It spent though! I would say, that HAS been my favourite find. Quote Link to comment
+geowizerd Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) I love the rediculous and absurd stuff! I've only had 7 finds so far, but some of the stuff I've found has just cracked me up! I try to leave creative (read dumb) stuff myself, as well as useful things. Or a combination of both... the last cache I visited, I left a DVD of several Captain Nemo (remember the dumb cartoon on Captain Kangaroo?) episodes. I do have an American Flag pin on my jacket I got out of Bizzi's Box, though. Edited November 29, 2007 by geowizerd Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Tape measures. I can never have enough because I keep losing them. When I see one in a cache my eyes light up like a cat on Christmas morning. Quote Link to comment
+SYOTT Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 (edited) I must say, I'm completly addicted to CARABINERS... I get excited every time I come across one in a cache, so needless to say, by backpack has a few extra pounds on gear attached to it... Edited November 29, 2007 by Pushing Tin Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 If my boys are with me - new matchbox cars. Best thing there could be. By myself - tape measures, camping items. Clean and unused dollar store stuff. Quote Link to comment
nonaeroterraqueous Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Signature swag, like golf tees, pencils and stuff with people's names on it. Especially good if I know the name. Absolutely a treasure if it's something made of metal. Quote Link to comment
+gargamouse Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Signature swag, like golf tees, pencils and stuff with people's names on it. Especially good if I know the name. Absolutely a treasure if it's something made of metal. I agree! I love the signature swag and metal objects!! Quote Link to comment
J.A.R.S. Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Handcrafted geocache-related stuff made by geocachers. I've found a bead bracelet where the bead letters spelled out geocaching, laminated geocaching 'official' permit tag, geocache bookmark with a geocache related saying on it e.g. "Using billion dollar hardware to find tupperware in the woods", a large personalized geocaching button magnet. I like them because they are one-of-a-kind and personal. Quote Link to comment
+NotThePainter Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I love how people leave little memo books in their caches. Whenever a cache is published I rush right out to get these books. If I wait, people scribble all over with crazy sounding word all mashed together. If I hurry, I can get them blank. Then I add them to my collection. Quote Link to comment
+Anonymous' Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I especially like trading for foreign money since coin collecting is a kind of hobby for me anyway. I also like finding geocaching related items. Quote Link to comment
+Scare Force One Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 I collect signature swag. I really like it when a chacher takes the time and money to make or buy something special. I also buy sig swag. ~.~Scare Force One Quote Link to comment
+Belfrypotters Posted November 29, 2007 Share Posted November 29, 2007 Post-it notes. I can't resist a pack of post-its. I even take the cheap imitation sticky notes, although they never stick for long. Quote Link to comment
+meralgia Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Post-it notes. I can't resist a pack of post-its. I even take the cheap imitation sticky notes, although they never stick for long. You must not be a secretary, then!!!! Quote Link to comment
+team moxiepup Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Dog toys are always a big hit with Moxie. (A big hit with us too, 'cuz we get to watch her enjoy them! ) I also enjoy finding foreign coins/bills in caches. The monetary amount doesn't matter. I like the history/geography aspect. Quote Link to comment
+geowizerd Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Signature swag, like golf tees, pencils and stuff with people's names on it. Especially good if I know the name. Absolutely a treasure if it's something made of metal. I agree! I love the signature swag and metal objects!! While looking around for something cool as a custom signature swag item, I ran across this, PERFECT for geocachers! I added the personalization in Paint Shop Pro... A little too pricey for me right now, but very cool! I think I'll start tucking a few dollars away every month, maybe by summer I'll order some! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I like those great little compasses that BrianSnat puts out in his caches. Guess I need to put out more tape measures... Found a great little wooden duck once! Quote Link to comment
+TeacherTrekker Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 Signature swag, like golf tees, pencils and stuff with people's names on it. Especially good if I know the name. Absolutely a treasure if it's something made of metal. I agree! I love the signature swag and metal objects!! I love that quote....I will have to use it or write it on something I have!!!!! TT Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 I like ANY sig item, but handmade stuff is top of the heap. I especially like trading for foreign money since coin collecting is a kind of hobby for me anyway. I also like finding geocaching related items. I like to trade for foreign coins so I can SMASH 'em into my own sig item. This is a coin from Hong Kong that I got from a cache: Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 #1: golf balls #2 Spice Girls Stickers #3: Something green and wet Quote Link to comment
+ncfinn Posted November 30, 2007 Share Posted November 30, 2007 #1: golf balls #2 Spice Girls Stickers #3: Something green and wet You really like finding used, dinged, dirty golf balls? I always wondered who on earth would ever want them. I usually trade something new, clean for them and throw them out. I used to get excited over carabineers until I discovered I can just buy them in a store. I still like compasses and mini flash lights and maybe key chains with fuzzy animals or something. The very first swag I ever found (5 years ago) was a stuffed four-inch Grinch and he still hangs from my caching backpack. Quote Link to comment
+Lil Weed Pot and Flower Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 I must say, I'm completly addicted to CARABINERS... I get excited every time I come across one in a cache, so needless to say, by backpack has a few extra pounds on gear attached to it... I really like the carabiners too but my all time favorite is a pin I found in far NE Washington state it said "I'm right" Gave it to Flower she wears it all over. Quote Link to comment
+CurmudgeonlyGal Posted December 2, 2007 Share Posted December 2, 2007 In the past I collected little micro-things. My favorite odd-piece was the sawed off arm of a doll. michelle Quote Link to comment
+Confucius' Cat Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Micro things are very interesting. Especially those that are hand-made and intricately detailed. I am always amazed by fine artistry. Quote Link to comment
+TeamThom Posted December 3, 2007 Share Posted December 3, 2007 Signature cards for me, those business sized cards that talk about the cacher. I don't find very many though. All those micros I guess. I leave new, in the packaging, Hot Wheels cars, space permitting. Quote Link to comment
+GRANPA ALEX Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 Maps, I love maps . . . any country, state county - love to read them (it's nuts, I know!). They are relics now, though, aren't they . . . like wired phones and hand-written letters? Quote Link to comment
+BoredKitty Posted December 4, 2007 Share Posted December 4, 2007 I love keychains! Any kind! Especially if they have kitties on them! -BK Quote Link to comment
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