+helix149 Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Thinking about putting out a book and or dvd trade cache book would be open to everyone because of value dvd cache would be a pm cache. Have you seen or placed one. Opinions?? Experiences?? Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I found a DVD trade cache. After a few years it still had DVDs in it. It was a puzzle multi cache, so avoides the park-n-grab crowd. It wasn't advertiseda as a DVD trade cache, so not sure how many DVDs were even traded. I didn't trade one. I traded for a dog collar (for my pet themed cache). Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) The ones I've seen start out with good movies but pretty soon all the recent releases and classic movies are gone and the cache is full of DVDs like "My Friend Flicka", "Donnie and Marie's Christmas Special" and "Porkys XVII" Edited December 8, 2009 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+Gitchee-Gummee Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 Have been to a couple. They are OK, but like briansnat said, they generally degrade as do other types of swag caches. Quote Link to comment
Clan Riffster Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I am a lover of books. I had a cache that had a SciFi book theme. I placed it far enough back in the woods so the P&G crowd wouldn't be interested, and when I finally archived it three years later, to open up room for other cachers, I ended up with as good or better a selection than when it started. Another book theme cache I had was geared toward getting kids to read. I bought a giant ammo can and stuffed it with children's books, hiding it near a pavilion. The objective was for folks to take their kids out there, find the cache, sit with their child in the pavilion, read the book and return it. I had to archive it after only 13 months, due to construction, but in that short time, there were no books taken that were not returned, and there were even a couple books added. I probably wouldn't hide a DVD cache, as I find them to be too impersonal. Quote Link to comment
+slowdownracer Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 There used to be one in our area. I left a homemade DVD copy of the then-recent Law and Order : Criminal Intent "geocaching episode". I think I took a DVD of "The American Werewolf in London". Never watched it. Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I think I took a DVD of "The American Werewolf in London". Never watched it. Your loss! Quote Link to comment
+slowdownracer Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I think I took a DVD of "The American Werewolf in London". Never watched it. Your loss! OK, maybe I'll watch it. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 (edited) I've found several, I like 'em! 'Media Cache' in Atlanta was the first one I found, in a suburb in some trees at the end of the CO's driveway where he could maintain it regularly. A big storage bin that had all kinds of great media in it. It was active for years, don't know if it's still there. Another one like it was a half-mile walk on forest paths to a similar container in a local state park, don't remember the name of the cache, went to it over the years with a number of other cachers, it always had good stuff in it. To help avoid degradation be sure the title and cache listing make it clear that it's a media cache because most cachers don't carry media in their swag bag; make sure they are aware so they can be prepared! Waterproof it and go for it! Edited December 8, 2009 by TheAlabamaRambler Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I have a book trade cache that has been well received and lots of good books have been traded in and out over the years. I also have book on cd cache that tends to be stocked with some decent stories to listen to. I know some folks make regular stops to get a new title to listen to - (it is at a rest stop on the interstate). Quote Link to comment
aniyn Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 there's a park & grab dvd cache just up the road from here. Seems like it's doing just fine, though it doesn't seem like all that many people actually trade dvds. Quote Link to comment
+Hildy Boys Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 There is a cook book one near me that I know has been out there for a couple years, I just did it about a month ago and there was still a very nice selection of cook books in it. Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 That cook book cache reminded me of a recipe cache that has, I think, been at Oak Mountain State Park since 2004. Always some interesting recipes in it! Quote Link to comment
+DragonsWest Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I found a cache with a massive load of PS2, Xbox and other games. As I don't play them I left them be. If I were to create such a cache I'd make certain it was a rugged container which was absolutely air-tight and waterproof. Wouldn't be much find finding an old toolbox full of mouldering books. Quote Link to comment
+helix149 Posted December 8, 2009 Author Share Posted December 8, 2009 Without question if we do one or both they will be good condition ammo cans and close to home so regular maintenance can be performed. Quote Link to comment
+secretagentbill Posted December 8, 2009 Share Posted December 8, 2009 I found one awhile back, Butler Book Repository, which seems to be doing well. I didn't trade any books, but did leave a TB that was a book. There seemed to be a good variety in the ammo box. http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...79-1673a2ea0224 Quote Link to comment
+TheAlabamaRambler Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 You may also want to cross-list your book caches on http://bookcrossing.com/ Quote Link to comment
+tango501 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 my 1st hide was a dvd cache GC1QBMC so far it has done well but it does take some time and maintenance Quote Link to comment
+Whiteboy47 Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 I had been thinking about doing a book cache but just couldn't decide where to put it.then i came across the geotruckers web site and the bell went off.so know a truck stop has a book exchange cache for the truckers and anybody else traveling down the hwy.now it's only been out for a mth but seems to be doing ok only time well tell if it stays filled with good books or not Quote Link to comment
+Juan Durrer Posted December 9, 2009 Share Posted December 9, 2009 First cache my GF and I ever found and what got us in to geocaching. It was advertised as a cache that contained among other things bad DVDs. We brought the horrid Shall We Dance" - not the Japanese version but the really awful Richard Gere/Jennifer Lopez and walked away with Space Adventures" with Rocky Jones Space Ranger and Flash Gordon that made us laugh until we hurt. The cache is only a year and a half old and most people just ignore the DVD and trade other things, but it was kind of fun to go with the mission of finding something awful and leaving something awful. Quote Link to comment
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