+worstcaster Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? The book reflects the opinion of the author. I don't think there's ever been a formal poll. There's been great debate about what swag is the most hated, and there'll always be someone saying they like it. One item that comes to mind is old bottle caps. Quote Link to comment
+StarBrand Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I don't know why the author said that but generally speaking I think it may be because you find golf balls in too many caches and they are often in bad shape (dirty, broken etc) Quote Link to comment
+dexter-cacher Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 It's because geocachers don't like golf courses because they take up to much primo caching space ..!! Just kidding of course (no pun intended). It's all a matter of preference. I play golf and don't mind trading for an occasional golf ball in a cache now and then. Problem is cache types and their contents are all subjective to what cachers think is good, which really isn't a problem. For every cacher that dislikes a golf ball there is another who may love to trade for one. If people don't like the swag in a cache, move on and find another with better stuff just ensure you trade even or up or don't trade at all..!! Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Golf balls?! I thought those were the dimpled eggs that new caches hatched from! Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Golf balls?! I thought those were the dimpled eggs that new caches hatched from! The strange thing, totally off topic, is that everytime I glance your handle, I read it as "golf & ball". And your avatar doesn't help... Quote Link to comment
GermanSailor Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? There is no problem. Some don't like golf balls as swag, other collect them. Same with lanyards, keychains, sea shells and other stuff. There is no recommendation by Groundspeak against trading golf balls. So, I don't see a need to invent a new rule or even use terms like "most hated". What should not be placed in a cache? People of all ages hide and seek caches, so think carefully before placing an item into a cache. Explosives, ammunition, knives, drugs and alcohol should not be placed in a cache. Respect the local laws. Food items are always a bad idea. Animals have better noses than humans, and in some cases caches have been chewed through and destroyed because of food items in a cache. Please do not put food in a cache. GermanSailor Quote Link to comment
+carolnbarney Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Golf balls?! I thought those were the dimpled eggs that new caches hatched from! You mean to tell me they aren't?? Just wait and see, the next thing you're going to tell me is about a rabbit with long ears that comes once a year and ............... Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) NOTE: Most all of the "Balls" are sliced / cut which equals junk / Trash!! And No They Will Not "Hatch" In This Condition Edited February 3, 2010 by GIDEON-X Quote Link to comment
+Kryten Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 NOTE: Most all of the "Balls" are sliced / cut which equals junk / Trash!! And No They Will Not "Hatch" In This Condition Rubbish, I got a birdie from one like it just the other day. I feel so ashamed, I'll get my coat. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 New golf balls and gently used ones are welcome. However it seems that most of the golf balls I find in caches are dirty, cut up and basically useless as a golf ball. Essentially garbage. Garbage belongs in a the trash can, not the cache can. Quote Link to comment
+akfuzzydice Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 NOTE: Most all of the "Balls" are sliced / cut which equals junk / Trash!! And No They Will Not "Hatch" In This Condition Rubbish, I got a birdie from one like it just the other day. I feel so ashamed, I'll get my coat. That was awesome Quote Link to comment
+NeecesandNephews Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I love to golf and am happy to learn golf balls are a swag item. The way I play if there is a chance of losing a ball I will gladly use a "range ball". I also collect "branded" golf balls which advertise, or are tournament/ cause, or personally branded. If I find "a hole in one" I would probably still trade for it!!! Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I googled for "golf ball cannons". Suddenly, golf balls look like useful swag Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 I googled for "golf ball cannons". Suddenly, golf balls look like useful swag So, that's how they ended up way out there in the thick woods! I've always wondered about that. I suspect that most of the balls left as swag were simply picked up on the way to the cache. I leave any nice clean, new ones, but trash out the old dirty nicked up ones. I'm saving them for a Christmas present for Bittsen. We have a very interesting golfball-related cache around here: http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...b4e6d&log=y Quote Link to comment
+worstcaster Posted February 3, 2010 Author Share Posted February 3, 2010 Thanks for all the replies. I get the idea now. Quote Link to comment
+Triskeles Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 Young Triskele found a neon green golf ball in a cache a few weeks ago. He thought it was the coolest swag ever...until he found a four-leaf clover pendant in a different one the next day. Kids (at least mine) loves to find golf balls. I, however, am not happy when he leaves them out, the cats bat them around, then I step on them en route to the bathroom in the middle of the night... Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 3, 2010 Share Posted February 3, 2010 (edited) I leave any nice clean, new ones, but trash out the old dirty nicked up ones. I'm saving them for a Christmas present for Bittsen. Maybe mount each one on top of an old bottle cap I seem to recall reading about someone who collects, washes, and paints golf balls then leave them as a signature item, but could not find the article / post the last time I tried. Edited February 3, 2010 by Chrysalides Quote Link to comment
+FatCat2 Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 What bugs me about the golf balls is they are filthy so they damage other items in the cache and make the cache an unappealing pile of junk. It's really lazy and disrespectful to put filthy stuff in the cache. It doesn't seem the golf ball swaggers are mindful of breaking other items in the cache before placing. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Young Triskele found a neon green golf ball in a cache a few weeks ago. He thought it was the coolest swag ever...until he found a four-leaf clover pendant in a different one the next day. Kids (at least mine) loves to find golf balls. I, however, am not happy when he leaves them out, the cats bat them around, then I step on them en route to the bathroom in the middle of the night... So, what is worse? The golf balls or the hair balls? Quote Link to comment
+9Key Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I like finding golf balls, dirty or not. They fill my golf bag and the way I play I need as many as I can get. Quote Link to comment
+BlueDeuce Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? A while back Golf ball swag became one of those community jokes, like hamsters. Among other cachers I think Carleenp was presented with an ammocan stocked full of dirty golf balls. I'm a bit surprised it was mentioned in the book as hated swag, but not too surprised. Currently I only have enough hamsters to fill a peanut butter jar. It might be a while since they keep getting out. Quote Link to comment
GOF and Bacall Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Mark Twain - - Golf is a good walk spoiled. Quote Link to comment
+Kryten Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Mark Twain - - Golf is a good walk spoiled. I bet his views on caching would be no different. Quote Link to comment
+Triskeles Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 Young Triskele found a neon green golf ball in a cache a few weeks ago. He thought it was the coolest swag ever...until he found a four-leaf clover pendant in a different one the next day. Kids (at least mine) loves to find golf balls. I, however, am not happy when he leaves them out, the cats bat them around, then I step on them en route to the bathroom in the middle of the night... So, what is worse? The golf balls or the hair balls? The worst is when you're awakened in the middle of the night by the sound of a cat about to "release" a hairball...and then you realize it's the cat who is curled up next to your head. This has happened more than once... Quote Link to comment
+carolnbarney Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. Let me know if it's a book worth buying. OK?? Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? Nothing. I like them. They make good targets at the range and are too expensive to buy at the pro shop for target practice. Trading for one in a cache works well enough for me. One mans trash is another mans treasure. Quote Link to comment
+flipjargendy Posted February 4, 2010 Share Posted February 4, 2010 I googled for "golf ball cannons". Suddenly, golf balls look like useful swag Awesome! Quote Link to comment
+worstcaster Posted February 5, 2010 Author Share Posted February 5, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. Let me know if it's a book worth buying. OK?? It's OK. The sections on search patterns and limitations of your GPS are interesting. If you have a local library you can read it for free. Mine did not have this book, but can get books from any library in the system. They sent the book to my library from one approx 50-60 miles away. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 And Then There's "TIGER'S" Balls............Collect the "hole" set Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted February 5, 2010 Share Posted February 5, 2010 (edited) Collect the "hole" setThat's OK. Something collectible is preferable. I often find golf balls in caches at golf courses. Some people grab a ball off the ground, drop it in the container, and take something nice for it. They did not sign the golf ball, write the name of the cache or golf course on it, nor even wipe the mud off. I don’t “hate” golf balls, but it just looks like the person that places one is coveting something in the container, didn’t plan ahead to trade, and picked up the first thing they found -- the kind of ball the rest of us could have pocketfuls of if we wanted. At least there was a golf ball available, so they didn’t have to trade a candy wrapper. For trade-up-or-trade-even calculations, the value of a chipped ordinary golf ball is twenty-five cents. That’s being very generous, including delivery to the cache. If it’s a wonderful cache, add a little for sentimental value. But I've never found an old bottle cap in a cache container. Now that would be something. Edited February 5, 2010 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
+ki4byz Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 golf balls, golf balls, golf balls, did someone say GOLF BALLS.......... Quote Link to comment
+NeecesandNephews Posted February 8, 2010 Share Posted February 8, 2010 I have noticed an interesting trend!!! Instead of golf balls, I have been finding golf TEES. I have just a starter number of caches found, and haven't found a single golf ball. I have , however, found three tees. I'm hoping if it started with tees, then graduated to golf balls, if I stay on "large" size caches, I might find a putter soon. ( I need a new one) Need to figure out what would be a fair trade for it. Quote Link to comment
+NYPaddleCacher Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. Let me know if it's a book worth buying. OK?? I saw this book in a library once while searching for a cache. The cache container was located right next to the book. It was a fake book with a variation of "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" as it's title. Quote Link to comment
+simpjkee Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? I'm curious. In the title of the book, is the "complete idiot" referring to the person reading it or the person who wrote it? Quote Link to comment
+Chrysalides Posted February 9, 2010 Share Posted February 9, 2010 I'm curious. In the title of the book, is the "complete idiot" referring to the person reading it or the person who wrote it? ...and what's an incomplete idiot. Quote Link to comment
+GIDEON-X Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I'm curious. In the title of the book, is the "complete idiot" referring to the person reading it or the person who wrote it? ...and what's an incomplete idiot. Half @%/sed Perhaps? Quote Link to comment
+azothtengu Posted February 11, 2010 Share Posted February 11, 2010 I just got "The complete idiot's guide to geocaching" earlier today from the library. It says golf balls are the most hated item to leave at a cache. I don't golf, but aside from being boring what is the problem with used golf balls? Maybe they found an ammo can in the woods loaded full of them and the log to sign was hiding in one of them. Quote Link to comment
ad5smith Posted February 14, 2010 Share Posted February 14, 2010 I googled for "golf ball cannons". Suddenly, golf balls look like useful swag golf ball cannon? oh oh i've got to look into this! Quote Link to comment
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