blue tongue Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 I'm new to geocaching and have read abut signature items...what are they and what do you use? Do you buy them or make them? Cheers, Blue tongue Quote Link to comment
FrankieK Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 Hey Blue Tongue I am also new at this. But I have some extra small EMS patches from the company I work for that have no use anymore so I have been dropping those in the caches I find. I also dropped one dear to me from an internet site I work with. Quote Link to comment
+ganurse Posted October 11, 2008 Share Posted October 11, 2008 We have pathtags made for us. A design usually runs anywhere from $15-$35, depending on who does your design and it costs about $105-$110 to produce 50. Of course, the more you produce at one time, the cheaper it is. I like them because they have a tracking number on the back, just like a TB, but you log it on www.pathtags.com instead of the geocaching site. They are a lot of fun and there is a who community that also offers trades, so you can start your own collection. Prior to finding pathtags, I used business cards but those would get wet. I then went to self-made stickers, again those would get wet or yucky. Besides, I couldn't see where they went. Some interested party attached a TB to a pathtag and got a two-for-one deal on tracking It's all about the game!!! Have fun Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted December 9, 2008 Share Posted December 9, 2008 People have made all kinds of cool stuff. Check out this thread for all kinds of ideas -- and pictures! Some examples: - custom smooshed pennies - poker chips with custom stickers on them - polyclay items - photographs - shrinky-dink items - business cards - wooden nickels There's a catalog service, too, that provides a list and pictures if you're looking for ideas. If you have a paint-your-own-pottery place, you could look for some small items (like mosaic pieces) and paint them; if you get a stamp made, you could stamp them also. Enjoy! Quote Link to comment
+Team MonkeyLove Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 To match our name Team Monkeylove we place "Barrel of Monkeys" pieces with a silver heart and ML drawn on them. Be creative Quote Link to comment
+Bergie Bunch Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 We use poker chips with custom stickers. We also make them. $1.00 per chip. You supply the pic and text, we do the work. It helps offset the cost of fuel and such. Quote Link to comment
Jckwalwasser Posted December 10, 2008 Share Posted December 10, 2008 I use coin dollars and Jeffersons. What happened to leaving something worth anything in these caches. Quote Link to comment
+king-of-halloween Posted December 17, 2008 Share Posted December 17, 2008 In the past, I have left signature very realistic eyeballs. We have left over 200 eyes. It gets to the point where we just want to find the cache, see the area and move on. Quote Link to comment
+DCNatsFan Posted December 18, 2008 Share Posted December 18, 2008 I have a special wooden pen made out of pine wood collected from George Washington's estate at Mount Vernon. I use that to sign all logs. Quote Link to comment
+IndyHoundDogs Posted December 22, 2008 Share Posted December 22, 2008 We recently made up bone shaped dog tags with our name "Indy Hound Dogs" engraved on them. We bought 100 of them and when they run out we will look into path tags. I just got my first of those and they look cool. Quote Link to comment
+P4nD0r4 Posted December 29, 2008 Share Posted December 29, 2008 We have pathtags made for us. A design usually runs anywhere from $15-$35, depending on who does your design and it costs about $105-$110 to produce 50. Of course, the more you produce at one time, the cheaper it is. I like them because they have a tracking number on the back, just like a TB, but you log it on www.pathtags.com instead of the geocaching site. They are a lot of fun and there is a who community that also offers trades, so you can start your own collection. Prior to finding pathtags, I used business cards but those would get wet. I then went to self-made stickers, again those would get wet or yucky. Besides, I couldn't see where they went. Some interested party attached a TB to a pathtag and got a two-for-one deal on tracking It's all about the game!!! Have fun So I thought I'd ask here instead of clogging up the forum with a new thread: What is the procedure for getting ones own pathtag? So far as my research goes, I see people who charge to design them and then get them made somehow and ship them to you. But I'm an artist and I'm capable of designing my own (with the template from pathtags.com) Once I design my own however, there are no leads indicating a company I can mail in my design to. I need help, cause I wanna design my own, since I have the design/art skillz to do so. Quote Link to comment
FireGirl215 Posted December 30, 2008 Share Posted December 30, 2008 I used red firemen toys...(like the green army guys only firemen) Worked great. They are small and you can buy them by the bag full for a couple of dollers. Now I just have to find more of them since all of my geocahing stuff was stolen including my GPSr ...Oh well...I just tell my self that it could have been worse. Quote Link to comment
+Jackalgirl Posted January 2, 2009 Share Posted January 2, 2009 So I thought I'd ask here instead of clogging up the forum with a new thread: What is the procedure for getting ones own pathtag? So far as my research goes, I see people who charge to design them and then get them made somehow and ship them to you. But I'm an artist and I'm capable of designing my own (with the template from pathtags.com) Once I design my own however, there are no leads indicating a company I can mail in my design to. I need help, cause I wanna design my own, since I have the design/art skillz to do so. Once you sign up at the pathtags.com site, you can place and order and upload your art. The pathtag art will be provided to you via the website itself (it's all handled within the website). If you need further help, don't hesitate to post on their forum. The folks there are quite helpful. : ) Quote Link to comment
end13 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 We use small toy frogs. I don't really know how we got started on toy frogs, but there you have it. Quote Link to comment
+P4nD0r4 Posted January 4, 2009 Share Posted January 4, 2009 Once you sign up at the pathtags.com site, you can place and order and upload your art. The pathtag art will be provided to you via the website itself (it's all handled within the website). If you need further help, don't hesitate to post on their forum. The folks there are quite helpful. : ) Thanks!! Quote Link to comment
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