Best/ Wierdest thing you have ever found in a Cache

[AR Racing]

I am just wondering what are some the strangest and awesome things that you have found in a cache.

Best so far was movie tickets.

Wierdest just junk. But have found underwear and use female hygene products near some caches.

[+gatoller]

I am just wondering what are some the strangest and awesome things that you have found in a cache.

Best so far was movie tickets.

Wierdest just junk. But have found underwear and use female hygene products near some caches.

In the course of one day, I removed three unsuitable items from three caches:

 

1. A knife.

2. A box of matches.

3. A pack of cigarettes.

 

It was like the trifecta of bad stuff that day.

[+helix149]

Found some entertaining things we liked that some would consider junk best was prolly a new stained glass wind chime but it was in a terracache.

A side note: I like to find small pocket knives in caches and don't agree with the GC guideline against them in my opinion if your child doesn't know better than to take a knife or open a knife he/she isn't supposed to have, it is your responsibility to teach them that or to go through the cache contents before the child does. Although it seems I also have a strange opinion that to many children aren't taught about responsibility these days and to many parents are quick to blame everyone/thing except themselves when their children end up in jail or into drugs. I do agree with many or most of Gc's guidelines just to note and there are things like pornographic material that don't belong but also feel that there should be a way to do some entertaining things such as have adult only caches such as a beer trade cache that would not be appropriate for children.

[+Cpl. Klinger]

but also feel that there should be a way to do some entertaining things such as have adult only caches such as a beer trade cache that would not be appropriate for children.

 

You honestly think that would be appropriate? Really? Seriously?

 

[+brslk]

but also feel that there should be a way to do some entertaining things such as have adult only caches such as a beer trade cache that would not be appropriate for children.

 

You honestly think that would be appropriate? Really? Seriously?

 

(edited to remove non related annoying picture)

 

Not too sure about a beer exchange cache but why are adult only caches considered so wrong by some?

I'm not talking about porn or drugs... just things that adults might like to exchange? They could be placed....err.... nm... found the flaw in my thinking when I realized that the caches could be found by ANYONE, including muggling children.

 

First time I have changed my mind mid-post... decided to finish it just to celebrate the moment.

[+Monkey Junky]

Diamond earrings!! Or rather a coupon for the FTF to exchange a tacky bracelet in the cache at the local jewelry store (owned by one of my favorite geocachers!) for a pair of diamond earrings!!! Boy am I one happy cachin' girl and soooo fun to show off to my friends that think I'm nuts for hunting for ammo boxes full of crap in the woods!

Edited November 27, 2009 by Monkey Junky

[+flask]

can't put a finger exactly on the weirdest thing, but the best thing was a $100 bill.

[+BCandMsKitty]

wow!

diamond earrings, and a $100 bill?!?!

 

I'm certainly caching in the wrong areas!

Edited November 27, 2009 by BC & MsKitty

[+Gimpy13]

My husband and I found a B&N gift card in a cache once. I thought it was trash that someone had left (Who would leave a gift card with money in it... that's nuts, right?). My husband thought it would have something on it so he took it. I mocked him without mercy all the way home.

 

He called Barne & Noble's number to check the balance. it had $99 on it!!! I had been so obnoxious that I couldn't bring myself to claim right to any of it... learned my lesson! Well, not really. I still mock without mercy.

[+brodiebunch]

An unopened can of Pepsi (found in our own while doing a cache maintenance).

 

A used condom in another-found in a cache near an area that looked like a sexual rendezvous point from the debris in the area.

[+Walkworthy & Wife]

I was the FTF on two different caches in both categories. As far as Weirdest, I found a cache where the CO forgot to place a log book. The Best was a Pelican M6 Lithium flashlight for the FTF.

[+wimseyguy]

Best-a new pair of tweezers. I've used them dozens of times to extract the logs from nanos.

Weirdest-not in the cache, but mere feet from it-an excessively large dark brown sex toy. But what made it exceptionally weird was that it was repaired with silver duct tape. Just think about why it would need that additional reinforcement.

Second weirdest as recounted to me by our local FTF hound-found in a bison tube of a multi that toured a shopping center parking lot-the CO's meds and no log sheet. It seems he placed the wrong container in the guard rail, and kept the one with the new log sheet in his pocket.

[GOF and Bacall]

can't put a finger exactly on the weirdest thing, but the best thing was a $100 bill.

 

What did you trade for it? Two fifties?

[+flask]

excessively large dark brown sex toy.

 

you know, i have always thought it would be really funny to take a bunch o' those and dowel them into trees at varying heights and angles. imagine straying off of a trail and finding that!

 

even funnier: how you might acquire that many to use, without breaking the bank. put out a box in the public library, asking for donations of the slightly used items.

[+ragged_robin]

Jumper cables. Equally useful and perplexing.

[+Sol seaker]

I just recently came across a tree in the woods hung with many of those percussion shaker things. You know, a plastic hand-held thing with beads or something inside to make shaker noises?

 

They were part of a really awesome cache that is a year-round christmas tree.

 

You walk out in the woods for a while, and come across this live decorated tree.

 

Someone hung it with tons of these percussion instruments in and among the other ornaments.

 

It was a wonderful cache to find. Especially because it was raining and I didn't know which cache was up next. I was just looking down at my GPS and walking along.

 

Then suddenly I looked up.

and there it was.

 

It was amazing to find this fully decorated tree out in the woods. Really amazing.

[+Walkworthy & Wife]

My husband and I found a B&N gift card in a cache once. I thought it was trash that someone had left (Who would leave a gift card with money in it... that's nuts, right?). My husband thought it would have something on it so he took it. I mocked him without mercy all the way home.

 

He called Barne & Noble's number to check the balance. it had $99 on it!!! I had been so obnoxious that I couldn't bring myself to claim right to any of it... learned my lesson! Well, not really. I still mock without mercy.

My wife is very jealous

[+geojerry7]

Lots of moaning going on...

My 5 year old son like to trade toys. Well, he trades a toy and gets back in the car. I begin to hear some moaning sounds coming from the back seat. My son says, "why does this sound like a baby crying?" I look at my wife and say, "Are you hearing what I'm hearing?" She burst out laughing. She gets the toy from my son and reads the description. It happens to be an ADULT TOY! Yes, you press a button and you hear a woman panting and moaning...Yikes! Luckily, my son had no idea what it was.

That is the strangest thing we have found in a cache.

[+cycler48]

I haven't been into this activity for long, but I think the oddest thing I've found is a pack of chewing gum in a cache. Then there was the totally melted, gooey, sticky gummy toy. It made a mess of the cache contents. I cleaned it up the best I could in the field and removed the items that were beyond saving. The most dangerous thing ... the fishing lure with exposed hooks. I'm glad I didn't get stuck on that thing.

[M.TEX]

hi guys

Yeap I can you guys are having lots of fun .....and Ohhh well sometimes NOT much fun with the

BAD finds....

 

I just asked minutes ago in another thread about pocket knives....YES I collect Swiss army knives

and I was thinking " MAYBE " it will be ok to use it with my TB....But someone told me NO .

 

Too bad , I don't think a pocket knife is a bad thing and I know there are kids out there....

MY kids never got hurt with any of my knives....but there are other parents that think diferent.

 

my 2 cents.

 

Found O

Placed Cache O

 

so I can't say much yet.

[+sarbuddy]

Saturday we found two caches that had used containers of dental floss. That seemed a little weird to me!!

[+Arrow42]

There used to be a orange-themed cache nearby. When I checked it out there was... an orange condom. Unused, fortunately.

[Andronicus]

There used to be a orange-themed cache nearby. When I checked it out there was... an orange condom. Unused, fortunately.

 

I found an unused condom in the first cache I ever found. I thought to myself "great, this is going to be an dead end hobby" being that I figured I would usually be doing it with the little kids. Anyway, that has been the closest thing to appropriate that I have found.

 

Best thing, a $10 bill for a FTF. Payed for some of my gas.

[+Rustynails]

I once found one of those funny cigarettes. I don't smoke those or any others.

[+WIIarefamily]

This past weekend I took my Dad caching for the first time, he found $10 on the way to the cache. He said, "I'm already a fan of this geo-finding thing." It didn't last, the "greatest generation" didn't see any sense in going out in the woods and finding junk.

[+Castle Mischief]

Best thing - unactivated geocoin.

Strangest thing near to cache - used condom

Strangest thing in cache - caribou poo (it was a Travel Bug)

[Mr.Yuck]

Not exactly earth shattering, but I've found a brand new pair of reading glasses, and a very good quality tire pressure gauge, both of which I use regularly. The glasses, usually every day.

 

Nothing too crazy on the weirdest thing either, I'll go with a sealed in the package tampon.

[Andronicus]

The strangest thing was my old pair of sunglasses. I must have lost them a few months earlyer on a failed attempt to find the cache. I did not even know that they were missing untill I found them in the cache. I left them as I had found some better ones near another cache nearby.

[+delphic]

My favorite find was a pair of forceps that replaced my tweezers for micro logs and other extraction needs.

 

So far nothing too strange. I have removed my share of unsavory items: A half full tin of chewing tobacco and an unopened can of Pabst.

[+thecaswellfamily]

Today I found my dad's highschool senior photo (from 1971) in a geocache... no joke! That is my strangest find so far.

[GOF's Sock Puppet]

My favorite find was a pair of forceps that replaced my tweezers for micro logs and other extraction needs.

 

So far nothing too strange. I have removed my share of unsavory items: A half full tin of chewing tobacco and an unopened can of Pabst.

 

Yeah, but have you ever found a beer in a cache?

[JohnX]

The coolest and only thing I ever took from a cache is a volumemetric flask placed by a local chemist. Very nice. And now for my off topic comment. Anyone who says knives should not be placed in caches because "Children may find them!" better make sure that they padlock their kitchen drawers that contain knives because "Children may find them!"

[+Chrysalides]

So far nothing too strange. I have removed my share of unsavory items: A half full tin of chewing tobacco and an unopened can of Pabst.

Yeah, but have you ever found a beer in a cache?

Pabst = beer, unless I don't understand sock humor...

 

edit : Oh no, another old thread revival.... well, at least I responded to a new post

Edited July 21, 2010 by Chrysalides

[+EscapeFromFlatland]

The coolest and only thing I ever took from a cache is a volumemetric flask placed by a local chemist. Very nice. And now for my off topic comment. Anyone who says knives should not be placed in caches because "Children may find them!" better make sure that they padlock their kitchen drawers that contain knives because "Children may find them!"

 

This might be the first time that I agree with someone who is on fire. Usually they just scream and shout "ahh! ahh! I'm on fire! Put it out!"

[+NYPaddleCacher]

So far nothing too strange. I have removed my share of unsavory items: A half full tin of chewing tobacco and an unopened can of Pabst.

Yeah, but have you ever found a beer in a cache?

Pabst = beer, unless I don't understand sock humor...

 

 

I think it's more of a case of not understanding beer.

 

I'm currently at my brothers house in California and there's a bottle of Sierra Nevada Pale Ale in the fridge from my visit 3 years ago. My brother doesn't drink beer.

[+Castle Mischief]

The best thing I've found is my Signal antenna-topper.

 

The weirdest thing was a sock.

 

And now for my off topic comment. Anyone who says knives should not be placed in caches because "Children may find them!" better make sure that they padlock their kitchen drawers that contain knives because "Children may find them!"

 

1) This is not why knives are forbidden in the guidelines.

2) Any responsible parent would place knives in a location that small children can't reach/access.

[+starfishsaving]

Well, I saw that this old thread had been revived and wasn't going to respond but I couldn't not share the weirdest thing I found, just a few days ago:

 

The best thing I've ever found was a needlepoint starfish. It was in my third cache and I cherish it.

 

Edited July 21, 2010 by starfishsaving

[+dfx]

the best thing i've ever found in a cache was a working pen

[+baloo&bd]

A funeral urn at GZ, occupied.

[JohnX]

The best thing I've found is my Signal antenna-topper.

 

The weirdest thing was a sock.

 

And now for my off topic comment. Anyone who says knives should not be placed in caches because "Children may find them!" better make sure that they padlock their kitchen drawers that contain knives because "Children may find them!"

 

1) This is not why knives are forbidden in the guidelines.

2) Any responsible parent would place knives in a location that small children can't reach/access.

And to add to your comment, it would be a totally irresponsible parent that lets their child go rooting around in a box found in the woods without supervision. Further, how many people with children have actually put child proof latches on kitchen drawers in their house?

[Andronicus]

...how many people with children have actually put child proof latches on kitchen drawers in their house?

Not me. I prefer to properly discipline my children so they don't go digging in kitchen drawers. So far I am 3 for 3.

[+Castle Mischief]

Weeeeeeeeeeeeeee.

Edited July 21, 2010 by Castle Mischief

[+power69]

A loaded 22 pistol

yes i traded fairly.

[+Gitchee-Gummee]

A loaded 22 pistol

yes i traded fairly.

That's GREAT. Now YOU are the dude holding the murder weapon. ENJOY!

[+AuntieWeasel]

I *love* finding knives in caches. Because I'm obligated to trade for them, and I really like knives.

 

When we die, my husband is totally going to get the blame for my knife stash.

[+Eastshire]

The best thing I've found is my Signal antenna-topper.

 

The weirdest thing was a sock.

 

And now for my off topic comment. Anyone who says knives should not be placed in caches because "Children may find them!" better make sure that they padlock their kitchen drawers that contain knives because "Children may find them!"

 

1) This is not why knives are forbidden in the guidelines.

2) Any responsible parent would place knives in a location that small children can't reach/access.

And to add to your comment, it would be a totally irresponsible parent that lets their child go rooting around in a box found in the woods without supervision. Further, how many people with children have actually put child proof latches on kitchen drawers in their house?

 

The problem isn't the child with the geocacher, the problem is the unattended child that you got hurt because you left a weapon where a child could get a hold of it.

 

And yes, my kitchen gets battened down like Fort Knox. Companies sell those latches because people actually do buy them, not just so they can gather dust on the shelf at Wal-Mart.

[+power69]

A loaded 22 pistol

yes i traded fairly.

That's GREAT. Now YOU are the dude holding the murder weapon. ENJOY!

Are you admitting to something?

[+Quossum]

A skull.

 

Then, strangely, not long afterwards I found a vertebra.

 

I'm hoping for a couple of arm bones next, or would that be too humerus?

 

--Q

[+Chrysalides]

A skull.

 

Then, strangely, not long afterwards I found a vertebra.

 

I'm hoping for a couple of arm bones next, or would that be too humerus?

I think that'll be real hip. Will certainly give you a leg up towards completing your collection.

 

Oh god, that was bad... sorry.

[+Walkworthy & Wife]

The best thing I have ever found was a Pelican flashlight as a FTF gift.

The weirdest thing wasn't something I found in a cache, but near a cache. I was caching with my son-in-law in North Carolina. We were looking for a cache hidden in some pretty thick brush. There was a large bush that had branches that hung down and created kind of a cave. Someone used the seclusion made by this bush near GZ to relieve themselves. We didn't even try to find the cache.

Sorry. . . you asked

Edited July 27, 2010 by Walkworthy