small antigue bottles acceptable swag?

October 7, 2009

i have finaly gotten to do a cache today.it was great...my first find! well sorta.i am an avid metal detectorist.i stumbled upon a cache one day...was i exited...thought i found treasure.opened it up and discovered it was a geocache.looked it up on the comp.and found this game fasinating. so ive been lingering a couple months here.but today was a first find.!.! thanx. back to the point! i am a lover of old things. and i have a very vast collection of old bottles(1800s)i would love to share them.most are small and would fit nicely in a cache.none are broken or damaged in anyway...but they are glass!!! i would love for it to be my (signature item) that i leave.is this what people would like?

4.8k · October 7, 2009

i have finaly gotten to do a cache today.it was great...my first find! well sorta.i am an avid metal detectorist.i stumbled upon a cache one day...was i exited...thought i found treasure.opened it up and discovered it was a geocache.looked it up on the comp.and found this game fasinating. so ive been lingering a couple months here.but today was a first find.!.! thanx. back to the point! i am a lover of old things. and i have a very vast collection of old bottles(1800s)i would love to share them.most are small and would fit nicely in a cache.none are broken or damaged in anyway...but they are glass!!! i would love for it to be my (signature item) that i leave.is this what people would like?

I have a small old bottle collection and would love to find one in a cache but the breakage factor will soon be voiced by many.

Old glass is very rugged though and unless the cache is tossed down hard, it will fare fine.

I would suggest though that you put the bottle in a plastic baggie so people won't think it's trache. It will also give it a minimum cushion from otheritems banging it around.

Personally, I think it's a great idea.

4k · October 7, 2009

It's a great idea for trade items.

October 7, 2009

Id be happy to find one in a cache!

8.6k · October 7, 2009

I'd love to find something like that as a sig item!

Maybe you could add your caching name inside them on an "olde worlde" slip of paper so that folks would know who left them? Perhaps a narrow strip of bubble wrap around each one would give a bit of extra protection?

MrsB

11.4k · October 7, 2009

i have a very vast collection of old bottles(1800s)i would love to share them.most are small and would fit nicely in a cache.none are broken or damaged in anyway...

Put it in a metal ammo box with a bunch of toys, coins, and other bottles (in case some get moved). Shake it up and then dump it out on a sidwewalk. If you can protect the bottles from being a problem when you do that, you're all set.

But watch out. Is it even slightly possible that a bubble-wrapped bottle could leak broken glass, or pieces stick through? Some of us just shove the junk around (I meant to say "treasures"), to see if there's anything interesting. Bad lighting and all. Am I going to grab a handful of glass shards?

As bittsen said, the little old medicine bottles were built to last -- I've found intact bottles after asphalt parking lots were bulldozed up into piles. But they can break. If I were going to try this, I'd bubble-wrap it, then put the package into a clear plastic box or tube, seams sealed with tape (and a card mentioning what it is). It's worth protecting as well as you can.

And, oh boy would I ever LOVE to find one of those!

Edited October 7, 2009 by kunarion

3.8k · October 7, 2009

I'd love to find one, particularly if you put a card in with the bottle letting me know about the fact that it was old.

7.9k · October 8, 2009

Unless someone is REALLY CARELESS, I don't think there is much chance the bottles will get broken.

But, there is still a chance.

I would say you should put them in a thicker plastic bag (ziplock freezer bag, not just a sandwich bag), with a card stating what info you might have, and that it's your signature item.

I'd bet very few would be in the caches long enough to get broken.

4k · October 8, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn't shake caches and then dump the contents on the sidewalk?

19k · October 8, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn't shake caches and then dump the contents on the sidewalk?

Yeah. Just you.

October 8, 2009

i think thats a sweet idea

the bottles are probaly the size of the mine booze bottles yeh!

i cant see them getting broken if they are wraped in bobble rap and them placed in a zip-lock unless there realy are cachers that treat caches like trash and kick them around and dump the contents out

5.8k · October 8, 2009

Sounds like nice swag to me, I have found a couple of tiny vases in Caches. I would go with the methods above so that people will realize that they are looking at a treasure, since some will not understand.

I used to go to a Regional Shoreline park that was on an old landfill. there were areas that were covered in mounds from the (gophers? or whatever lived there). They would dig up all kings of things and pile them up. My favorites were the tiny old perfume bottles. Also among the best were the ceramic doll arms and legs

3k · October 8, 2009

Funnily enough I found one of these on a rock ledge just above a cache I did yesterday...

I've cleaned it up and although it's only 4" high and would easily fit in a decent sized cache, I've put it on a shelf at home

1.3k · October 8, 2009

those glass bottles would be so interesting to find as loot in a cache, i just wish there was more good stuff like that instead of the plastic broken rusty junk i usually see inside caches

October 8, 2009

Think it is a great idea, I wouldn't mind finding one in a cache. But, like others have said, make it even more interesting by personalizing it in some way and also protecting it from the possible rough handling that sometimes does occurr with cache containers. Much like the message in a bottle set adrift!

October 8, 2009

I would love to find one in a cache! I've always like them and for the last 2 months I've been searching them out, daughter wants to use a grouping on tables with flowers. (anyone have extras to sell)

Even if I weren't collecting them for her I still love to find one in a cache.

Personalizing them is a great idea, make the find even more fun!

4.2k · October 8, 2009

It would be cool to find one in a cache that was well-protected and intact.

It could be dangerous to find on that had been broken.

Apply a little poka-yoke and proceed.

24.7k · October 8, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn't shake caches and then dump the contents on the sidewalk?

Pretty much. The rest of us shake the cache and listen to see if we can guess the contents like it's Christmas.

24.7k · October 8, 2009

...i would love for it to be my (signature item) that i leave.is this what people would like?

Great idea, go forth and do it and make a lot of cachers happy. Just take a tad of precaution for the occasinoal 'whoops' that would happen.

October 8, 2009

I'm a metal detectorist to, I mostly hunt for old coins. I live up in canada and there isn't all that much of a summer to do so but when its here im out swinging the loop, best find to date is a 1918 quarter in mint condition.

October 9, 2009

That's a great idea. Make sure you put a card with it saying that it is a signature item, and maybe a decription including the date. It sure beats finding match box cars, golf balls, rocks, rubber bands, and other junk.

7.7k · October 9, 2009

That's a great idea. Make sure you put a card with it saying that it is a signature item, and maybe a decription including the date. It sure beats finding match box cars, golf balls, rocks, rubber bands, and other junk.

You left out bottle caps :mad:

Some days, I feel lucky just to find a log in halfway decent condition...

Back on topic, I think it's a great idea, and a baggie with a note in it would make it even better.

14k · October 9, 2009

i have finaly gotten to do a cache today.it was great...my first find! well sorta.i am an avid metal detectorist.i stumbled upon a cache one day...was i exited...thought i found treasure.opened it up and discovered it was a geocache.looked it up on the comp.and found this game fasinating. so ive been lingering a couple months here.but today was a first find.!.! thanx. back to the point! i am a lover of old things. and i have a very vast collection of old bottles(1800s)i would love to share them.most are small and would fit nicely in a cache.none are broken or damaged in anyway...but they are glass!!! i would love for it to be my (signature item) that i leave.is this what people would like?

I have a small old bottle collection and would love to find one in a cache but the breakage factor will soon be voiced by many.

Old glass is very rugged though and unless the cache is tossed down hard, it will fare fine.

If you like old glass and are ever in south western NY, be sure to visit the Cornell Museum of Glass. They've got some *really* old glass. There are quite a few items that are 100 BC and earlier.

October 9, 2009

i have finaly gotten to do a cache today.it was great...my first find! well sorta.i am an avid metal detectorist.i stumbled upon a cache one day...was i exited...thought i found treasure.opened it up and discovered it was a geocache.looked it up on the comp.and found this game fasinating. so ive been lingering a couple months here.but today was a first find.!.! thanx. back to the point! i am a lover of old things. and i have a very vast collection of old bottles(1800s)i would love to share them.most are small and would fit nicely in a cache.none are broken or damaged in anyway...but they are glass!!! i would love for it to be my (signature item) that i leave.is this what people would like?

I have a small old bottle collection and would love to find one in a cache but the breakage factor will soon be voiced by many.

Old glass is very rugged though and unless the cache is tossed down hard, it will fare fine.

If you like old glass and are ever in south western NY, be sure to visit the Cornell Museum of Glass. They've got some *really* old glass. There are quite a few items that are 100 BC and earlier.

Perhaps you meant to say Corning Museum of Glass. If not, I apologize.

October 9, 2009

I'm a metal detectorist to, I mostly hunt for old coins. I live up in canada and there isn't all that much of a summer to do so but when its here im out swinging the loop, best find to date is a 1918 quarter in mint condition.

detecting is my passion...my best is 171 railroad baggage claim tags from the 1800s.there worth a mint (treasurenet.com)have you heard of it? check it out!!! its for detectorists like us! happy hunting and happy caching :mad:

October 9, 2009

If you are really worried about it breaking, you could take a photo of the bottle, laminate the photo, and send that around as "proxy swag".

NOTE: the above post contains HUMOR, and perhaps some SARCASM

5.7k · October 9, 2009

In most caches today, this would be viewed as cheapo garbage.

Label them appropriately, protect from breaking....let 'er rip.

If there is potentially a guideline or common sense violation involved, don't do it.....of course.

Edited October 9, 2009 by Team Cotati

October 9, 2009

I'm a metal detectorist to, I mostly hunt for old coins. I live up in canada and there isn't all that much of a summer to do so but when its here im out swinging the loop, best find to date is a 1918 quarter in mint condition.

detecting is my passion...my best is 171 railroad baggage claim tags from the 1800s.there worth a mint (treasurenet.com)have you heard of it? check it out!!! its for detectorists like us! happy hunting and happy caching

cool this webpage is awesome. Thanks for the link, Happy Hunting

3.3k · October 10, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn't shake caches and then dump the contents on the sidewalk?

Yeah. Just you.

:mad: I only do this in the dirt when the container is close to the ground. This way I can inspect the contents before my kids make trades.

As for the original poster, antique bottles would make a fantastic trade item, or even a great item to place in your first hidden cache.

5.7k · October 10, 2009

"As for the original poster, antique bottles would make a fantastic trade item, or even a great item to place in your first hidden cache."

Are these two different concepts? :mad:

5.7k · October 10, 2009

I am curious. How many of these antiques do you own? How many of them are you planning on giving up to the geocaching community?

Something being legitimately classified as an antique usually carries a determinate value. Do your antiques carry such a value that can be described in dollar terms? If so, what would be the estimated value of the antiques that you are anticipating giving to the geocaching community?

Do you have examples to share in here? Are there any internet based catalogs of these antiques?

Thank you.

Edited October 10, 2009 by Team Cotati

38.2k · October 10, 2009

I am curious. How many of these antiques do you own? How many of them are you planning on giving up to the geocaching community?

Something being legitimately classified as an antique usually carries a determinate value. Do your antiques carry such a value that can be described in dollar terms? If so, what would be the estimated value of the antiques that you are anticipating giving to the geocaching community?

Do you have examples to share in here? Are there any internet based catalogs of these antiques?

Thank you.

This ought to help you out

1.4k · October 10, 2009

Am I the only one who doesn't shake caches and then dump the contents on the sidewalk?

I usually cache alone, but I have went with others quite a few times. I have never shook a cache, or dumped one on the sidewalk. Nor has anyone I've ever cached with.

When someone wanted to dump the cache, it has always been on a clear dirt spot, or maybe on a picnic table, never on the sidewalk.

I'm sure some people do,maybe many of them, but you are not alone in how you treat the cache.

small antigue bottles acceptable swag?

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