Oceanwalker Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Looking for clever, creative, inexpensive cache (swag) ideas...things that people could use, like, fun to collect, etc. And, what are your best ever cache finds? Looking for all sized ideas!! Thx. Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 My favorite was the one I saved for my 500th find, ANX: The Angle of Eternity. It's part of workerofwood's Assume Nothing series (ANX = Assume Nothing 10). But I've heard that AN11 and AN12 are even better... Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted August 30, 2009 Share Posted August 30, 2009 Not to be coy, but we think our best must've been our first. Great ones after that and hope there are many more.......... but you can only get the first one once, ya know! Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 Not to be coy, but we think our best must've been our first. Great ones after that and hope there are many more.......... but you can only get the first one once, ya know! I adopted the first one I ever found so I would humbly deny that it was the best ever. My "Best Ever" is one near Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe. Second best goes to one called Gilligans Island of New York. It's a fun puzzle, the cache is located on a pretty little island on our local lake, and I got FTF. Quote Link to comment
+Sol seaker Posted August 31, 2009 Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm a big unclear on this one. The title makes it sound like you are asking for ideas on our favorite CACHES. then in your post you make it sound like you are asking for ideas on what to leave IN THE CACHES. Please clarify. Quote Link to comment
Oceanwalker Posted August 31, 2009 Author Share Posted August 31, 2009 I'm a big unclear on this one. The title makes it sound like you are asking for ideas on our favorite CACHES. then in your post you make it sound like you are asking for ideas on what to leave IN THE CACHES. Please clarify. Both, thanks! Two requests in one, I suppose! Quote Link to comment
+Jeep_Dog Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 Best cache ever? Well, depends on whether you would consider the cleverness of the spot and then tough hide or just cleverness of the container. For overall "best cache ever," I'd have to say this one: Twelve Labors of Hercules: Labor Nine Now, click on that puppy and read the cache, read the logs. That's one heck of a cache, both in placement and in the hide - although the container was a "plain" ammo can. As for clever container, I'd say this one. However, since finding it, I've found three additional that were an identical container (a hollowed out bolt which held the log). Quote Link to comment
+the_bell_dingers Posted September 1, 2009 Share Posted September 1, 2009 This is kind of a weird one but maybe a gutted out computer or laptop? Please tell me if someone has done it or if you do it! Quote Link to comment
+TandPSeeker Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 i think that one of my favorites to find was a cache attached to a piece of fishing line and put down a parking lot pole, and hooked on the side, you literally had to fish it out. This was at an entrance to a bike path. Super cool catch. I have never traded for anything excpet bugs, but am considering adding items to my back pack as well and after reading another post thinking that it is okay to remove the trash from a cache. Quote Link to comment
+Knight2000 Posted September 2, 2009 Share Posted September 2, 2009 Buy foreign coins by the pound. I get them for about $7 a pound and it averages about 100 coins per pound. Some are worthless but some may be worth a few bucks. Neat swag for kids. (I think.) Of course, adults like them too. Plastic baggies with rubber bands, paperclips, and binder clips. Buffalo nickels are more money, but cool just the same. For cool cache ideas hit up this thread. Expect to spend a few days there. Quote Link to comment
+LaxRef93 Posted September 3, 2009 Share Posted September 3, 2009 Not to be coy, but we think our best must've been our first. Great ones after that and hope there are many more.......... but you can only get the first one once, ya know! Yeah, and unfortunately my first was a magnetic key holder on a guard rail! I've come a long way since then! My favorite ones were some that I've done with my sister. We didn't really hang out much (she's 9 years younger than me) until we started geocaching together. Quote Link to comment
+McPhenius Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 Beer bottle opener, it came in handy right away! Quote Link to comment
+JackQuest Posted September 6, 2009 Share Posted September 6, 2009 zen moment, Toss up, the one I haven't hidden yet or the one I haven't found yet. Doesn't help you much for ideas though! Quote Link to comment
+Team Cotati Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 Golf balls. New or used, golf balls. Quote Link to comment
4x4van Posted September 7, 2009 Share Posted September 7, 2009 (edited) I'm gonna take a little bit different tack here. To me, container doesn't really matter, as long as it will keep the contents and log dry and in good shape. As for contents, I always like finding things that I can use in my pack, like small backpacking items. Things like cyalume sticks, LED lights, emergency blankets, decent quality compass, etc. But my favorite caches have nothing to do with either the container or the contents. They could easily be a DNF, in fact. One of the best things about ths game is the ability to take people to places that they wouldn't have otherwise visited or even known about. Take me somewhere that I would enjoy going, even if there wasn't a cache there! A beautiful view, a pretty spot hidden away in an otherwise ho-hum area, a place with some unique or interesting history (tell me about it), a place where 99.9% of people walk past without any idea that it's there. That's what makes a memorable geocache experience! Edited September 7, 2009 by 4x4van Quote Link to comment
+Stargazer22 Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I don't know if I would call it the best cache ever, but it was surely one of the most unusual ones. We found one once that was a full sized bowling ball, painted camo, and hidden in some waist high bushes. Nothing but these bushes for acres around (it was in the forest). What made it so unusual is that for being as big as it was, it was really difficult to find. The round shape and camo texture made it blend in so well with the bushes and leaves under them that you could stand only a couple of feet away from it, look right at it, and still not see it. I think we looked for about 25-30 minutes and were within 10-15 feet of it the whole time. It was about 250 feet from a jeep trail so the hider didn't have to lug it too far. Quote Link to comment
+alflavor Posted September 10, 2009 Share Posted September 10, 2009 I'm still new to caching but really enjoying it, my favourite has been a huge Ammo can in Berlin, hidden up inside a metal statue, in the middle of a very busy area. Apparently it's the busiest cache in Berlin - GCTA4W is the cache code if anyone's interested! Quote Link to comment
+baggy_blackhams Posted September 11, 2009 Share Posted September 11, 2009 The people that introduced us to geocaching visited a Santa-themed cache (GCRPPD) where swag had to be gift-wrapped. Sounds like it would be a fun idea. Quote Link to comment
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