SWAG

[+TMAE]

Hi Everyone,

We've just started geocaching and are putting together a bag of swag items to take with us. What do you have in your swag bag? What is one of the best items you've traded for?

 

Cheers,

Michelle

[hoosier guy]

We recently went to a craft store and bought a bag of crystals and another that has polished stones that look like jewels.

 

Best thing I've found was a small pocket knife that was very pretty. Not the best thing to leave since a kid might have gotten it, but I liked it no the less.

[+ColoradoTrekker]

I was at the big orange box store recently and came across a contractor pack of LED flashlights. 15 flashlights + batteries for $15. I place the batteries and the flashlight separately in a ziploc bag and put them in caches. That way I don't have to worry about the batteries sitting in the light for too long before they are found.

[+briansnat]

I keep my eyes out for inexpensive, useful items when I'm out shopping. Drug stores, supermarkets, Wal Mart, Home Depot, Target, sporting goods stores are all places were I find swag.

 

Some things I've used:

 

Packets of Off! insect repellent wipes

Packets of hand sanitizing wipes

Matchbox cars or Hot Wheels

Watercolor sets

boxes of colored chalk

decks of cards

eyeglass repair kits

plastic emergency ponchos

Waterproof match boxes

Mylar emergency blankets

pin on ball compasses

books

CDs

DVDs

software

toy figurines

collectible or foreign coins and bills

Euro stickers

small US flags

Small J&J first aid kits

pins and buttons

fishing lures and tackle (lures in original package for safety)

packs of Post It notes

cheap flashlights

packs of AA batteries

 

Most of the above can be found for under $2 and much of it for under a dollar.

[+briansnat]

I was at the big orange box store recently and came across a contractor pack of LED flashlights. 15 flashlights + batteries for $15. I place the batteries and the flashlight separately in a ziploc bag and put them in caches. That way I don't have to worry about the batteries sitting in the light for too long before they are found.

 

I saw a similar pack of flashlights recently and bought 3 packs. The lights are actually pretty good for a buck each, though I found a couple of duds that wouldn't work.

[+Warturtle]

I've only been caching for about a week, but the two swags that I've gone home with and been really happy about is a Millard Fillmore Prexibux and some Fishing Snells.

[+Chokecherry]

I have some bracelets and rubber duckies as regular swag that I order because the two of them are meaningful to me. Other than that I'll keep my eye out while shopping too for cool stuff. I'm eyeing up back to school stuff at the moment.

 

Or even better when I'm at conferences with vendors. I usually indiscriminately acquire stuff at these things and sort through it when I get home and disseminate it to the people around me who need this or that. It's free and some of that stuff makes for great swag.

 

But I always have my normal old bracelets and duckies with me.

[lilizard62]

I went on EBay and found 100 hat pins for $9.00 plus $9.00 shipping. All different kinds. That seemed like great SWAG stuff to put in small containers. http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-VTG-LOT-113-MISC-...234964891087767

 

Check it out.

[+Printess Caroline]

I went on EBay and found 100 hat pins for $9.00 plus $9.00 shipping. All different kinds. That seemed like great SWAG stuff to put in small containers. http://cgi.ebay.com/HUGE-VTG-LOT-113-MISC-...234964891087767

 

Check it out.

 

Cool! I'd love finding one of those!

[+Open_Space]

I'm just getting started with my son, and he loves finding plastic toy animals. I've been leaving polished stones since I have quite a few. Here is a website where you can order a mixed bag or specific stones (at reasonable prices).

 

http://rocktumbler.com/

 

I also ordered some silly bands to leave.