+Knight2000 Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Has anyone ever done this for new hides? (Not trades.) Quote Link to comment
+The Blorenges Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Sorry... I don't understand what you mean. Tell me more! MrsB Quote Link to comment
+DarkZen Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Has anyone ever done this for new hides? (Not trades.) Don't know, but if I was giving away my car for the FTF, it would have to a darn hard cache... like maybe on Everest! Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 15, 2009 Share Posted April 15, 2009 Has anyone ever done this for new hides? (Not trades.) Don't know, but if I was giving away my car for the FTF, it would have to a darn hard cache... like maybe on Everest! That depends on the car. I'd leave the title to my old van but I doubt anyone would want it. It was an old rust bucket long before the hit and run driver did all that custom body work. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I have heard (likely a urban myth) that someone left the keys and title for a new car for the FTF. Would be interesting to know if this was true. Quote Link to comment
+roziecakes Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Ha ha! If I left the title for my car in a cache as FTF prize, it would remain an unfound cache forever... -Rozie Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I have heard (likely a urban myth) that someone left the keys and title for a new car for the FTF. Would be interesting to know if this was true. Much the same here... About two or three years ago, there were some rather vague tales on the Groundspeak forum and on one or two regional forums in the US to the effect that a US cacher had left the keys and title for a car in very good condition (not sure if it was claimed to be new or used-and-in-good-shape) as an FTF prize in a cache. I have been unable to find the forum posts which referenced that tale in my searches of the Groundspeak forum and in my Google searches of the web. In fact, I suspect that it is this same tale/rumor that sparked the OPs question! Now, I once found a cache that was an old abandoned car in a forest, but I do not think that is the same thing! Ohh..... and I once found a few grams of the mysterious, exotic and expensive substance (worth about $1 million per gram) known as red mercury in a geocache in a remote area of the Ural Mountains in Russia, but that is another tale for another time! I am currently too busy purchasing old Singer sewing machines to have the time to properly tell the tale right now! Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Gonna sew up the red mercury market Vinny? Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Gonna sew up the red mercury market Vinny? Shhh...! but... yes... I am currently scouring Ebay and international market sites, buying up tons of old Singer sewing machines, and also old Kelvinator refrigerators and old Sears Kenmore top-loading washing machines (no, I cannot reveal the exact years and models, for obvious reasons....), because they contain small amounts of red mercury as well! And also certain old models of Lincoln arc welders, but I cannot give any more details here, for obvious reasons... Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I actually have not heard any rumors like this before. My wife and I have a car that we have been needing to get rid of and we joked about leaving the title in the cache so we wouldn't have to deal with it. I figured it had probably been done before. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 We had a local state magazine hold a contest in which they hid the key to a new Mini Cooper car somewhere in a public park in Iowa. A local cacher stumbled across the hidden key while searching for a cache. http://forums.iowageocachers.org/viewtopic.php?t=1831 Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Gonna sew up the red mercury market Vinny? Shhh...! but... yes... I am currently scouring Ebay and international market sites, buying up tons of old Singer sewing machines, and also old Kelvinator refrigerators and old Sears Kenmore top-loading washing machines (no, I cannot reveal the exact years and models, for obvious reasons....), because they contain small amounts of red mercury as well! And also certain old models of Lincoln arc welders, but I cannot give any more details here, for obvious reasons... I have heard, and mind you this is just a rumor, that some cheap ceramic novelties from China may contain trace amounts of...that element. Seems they use it in the green paints that the pieces are decorated with before firing. My sources suggest that it is most common in coffee mugs and candy dishes. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I actually have not heard any rumors like this before. My wife and I have a car that we have been needing to get rid of and we joked about leaving the title in the cache so we wouldn't have to deal with it. I figured it had probably been done before. I have seen junkers left at the curb with the signed title on the dash and the keys in the ignition. I used to drive a tow truck. Quote Link to comment
+Mudfrog Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 No vehicles but it seems like i remember someone in Canada who placed large sums of money in some of his caches a few years back. I'm thinking $1000 dollars and amounts in that range. Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 I actually have not heard any rumors like this before. My wife and I have a car that we have been needing to get rid of and we joked about leaving the title in the cache so we wouldn't have to deal with it. I figured it had probably been done before. I have seen junkers left at the curb with the signed title on the dash and the keys in the ignition. I used to drive a tow truck. My last car I got $400 for it to scrap it. Good car. Sad to see it go. I dont think my car is that bad though! Quote Link to comment
+Vinny & Sue Team Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 Gonna sew up the red mercury market Vinny? Shhh...! but... yes... I am currently scouring Ebay and international market sites, buying up tons of old Singer sewing machines, and also old Kelvinator refrigerators and old Sears Kenmore top-loading washing machines (no, I cannot reveal the exact years and models, for obvious reasons....), because they contain small amounts of red mercury as well! And also certain old models of Lincoln arc welders, but I cannot give any more details here, for obvious reasons... I have heard, and mind you this is just a rumor, that some cheap ceramic novelties from China may contain trace amounts of...that element. Seems they use it in the green paints that the pieces are decorated with before firing. My sources suggest that it is most common in coffee mugs and candy dishes. In light of the number of PMs and private emails that I have received about this topic, and in light of the response on this thread, I have just started a separate thread devoted to the topic of red mercury found in caches, so that the topic of red mercury does not accidentally hijack this thread from its primary focus. Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I heard that rumor/myth as well. It was told to me by the "Chad" that I took my caching name from. I've wondered about it ever since. I've always assumed that it was a myth, but who knows...? Quote Link to comment
+webscouter. Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 I can't find the post but I vagely remember someone discussing letting loose a travel bug that was the key to his/her car. The didn't let you know where/what car was theirs but if you wanted to try the keys in random cars if you found his/her car he/she would give you the title for the car. Don't know if they ever release the TB or not. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted April 16, 2009 Share Posted April 16, 2009 About 16 years ago I sold a car for just $200. '82 honda civic with about 145,000 miles. It ran. It moved. The AM radio worked. If I had it today - I might actually be tempted to leave the keys and title in a cache. Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted April 16, 2009 Author Share Posted April 16, 2009 About 16 years ago I sold a car for just $200. '82 honda civic with about 145,000 miles. It ran. It moved. The AM radio worked. If I had it today - I might actually be tempted to leave the keys and title in a cache. I would buy it in a heartbeat if it ran ok! I love those kind of cars! My baby.. 82 Tercel , 2dr, auto. (I live in Ohio but bought it in Long Island 4 years ago.) Harder to find. I was actually looking for an 81 Tercel, 4dr, manual. Quote Link to comment
+LEGO Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 -------------------- Have fun with your logs. Oh my. And I used to live in Wadsworth. Oh, I miss the Blue Sky. And I am missing all of the caching fun up there, too. Quote Link to comment
Mr.Yuck Posted April 17, 2009 Share Posted April 17, 2009 About 16 years ago I sold a car for just $200. '82 honda civic with about 145,000 miles. It ran. It moved. The AM radio worked. If I had it today - I might actually be tempted to leave the keys and title in a cache. I just junked a '98 Escort the other day. The thought of leaving the title in a cache never occurred to me. The lure of $100 from the junkyard was just too great. Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted April 17, 2009 Author Share Posted April 17, 2009 -------------------- Have fun with your logs. Oh my. And I used to live in Wadsworth. Oh, I miss the Blue Sky. And I am missing all of the caching fun up there, too. What the heck is wrong with that guy? Quote Link to comment
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