Good swag/Bad swag game

[WanderingWoodsman]

I would love to find a geode.

 

 

How about leaving a set (4) small Wizard of Oz pins.

[+adriftatsea]

What is a rosette?

 

I like to leave polished rocks. Shark teeth are great! So are geodes! I am new to caching, but yesterday I gained a new appreciation for those individually packaged insect repellent wipes.

 

How about those inexpensive plastic panchos? They may not be the most fun item, but I bet they'd come in handy at one point or another.

 

Is it okay to leave a business card?

 

(Separate question: I'm a premium member, but my group does not show that. Do I need to change a setting somewhere?)

[+AmphibianTrackers]

I think a rosette is a ribbon bunched together like a reward ribbon. We have seen panchos and as long as they are sealed so they stay clean they would come in handy. The only way I see a business card as being any good is if it is a persons signature item.

 

I have no idea about the PM thing.

 

How about mechanical pencils?

[+BuckeyeClan]

What is a rosette?

 

I like to leave polished rocks. Shark teeth are great! So are geodes! I am new to caching, but yesterday I gained a new appreciation for those individually packaged insect repellent wipes.

 

How about those inexpensive plastic panchos? They may not be the most fun item, but I bet they'd come in handy at one point or another.

 

Is it okay to leave a business card?

 

(Separate question: I'm a premium member, but my group does not show that. Do I need to change a setting somewhere?)

 

Log out of the forums and then log back in.

[+Fianccetto]

Mechanical pencils - yes.

 

I was wondering if a little box of the the leads to go in mechanical pencils would be a good cache item for a smaller cache.

[+PaxPagan]

I'm not sure about the pack of lead...although it would be nice to have it handy when the pencil ran out.

 

I buy cards of Squinkies. Each care has 10 to 12 characters on it, each in it's own little capsule. The little characters are from the Disney movies such as Snow White, Cinderella, and Cars to name a few.

[+Chokecherry]

If the leads get wet they can become a mess over time.

 

I leave lanyards a lot and various rubber duckies now.

[+AmphibianTrackers]

We would like the rubber duckies. How about key chains?

[+adriftatsea]

What is a rosette?

 

I like to leave polished rocks. Shark teeth are great! So are geodes! I am new to caching, but yesterday I gained a new appreciation for those individually packaged insect repellent wipes.

 

How about those inexpensive plastic panchos? They may not be the most fun item, but I bet they'd come in handy at one point or another.

 

Is it okay to leave a business card?

 

(Separate question: I'm a premium member, but my group does not show that. Do I need to change a setting somewhere?)

 

Log out of the forums and then log back in.

 

Thank you!

[+BStheTech]

What about music CD's? I've seen both commercial and home burned (think mixed tape)

in caches.

 

Sharing music is a cool gift. Especially for those of us with 100's of older CD's

that we've added to our itunes and now have them collecting dust and taking up valuable space.

 

B.

[+AmphibianTrackers]

Yep. We might pick up a mixed CD. Obviously, it would be good if it was marked on the CD what the songs were so we could make up our minds if it was our kind of thing or not.

 

New bandanna.

[+The Flying Ks]

New Bandana (is it in a ziplock?) would be cool

 

Dropping off foreign coinage (big and ornate)

[Sins DS]

We picked up a bunch of 8 for $10 packs of LED flashlights at a local sporting goods store.

[+Fianccetto]

We never seem to have enough torches to go around.

 

How about some shaped elastic bands and some post-it notes (in bags)

 

(Chokecherry thanks for the tip about the pencil leads,I'd forgotten they were affected by moisture).

[+deb3day]

I'm not into the shaped elastic bands. Might take the post-its as long as they were dry.

 

How about some Cub Scout pins that my son got years ago?

Edited August 15, 2011 by deb3day

[+AmphibianTrackers]

We would like the cub scout pins but be sad that the boy who earned them didn't have them.

 

How about a "baby" geocache. I read about a person who puts out micros with log books, ziplocs, Bison tubes and magnetic key boxes, etc for people to start their own caches. What do you think?

[+chrisandjanet]

Personally, I'm not a fan of proliferating micros, so I might trade it out. Cords to a large sized container hidden nearby as swag, now that sounds like a good idea!

 

I picked up a bunch of those magnets on collapsible wands, and some mirrors on the wands, at a dollar store and have been leaving them behind. A couple of folks seemed really excited by them.

[+AmphibianTrackers]

I picked up a bunch of those magnets on collapsible wands, and some mirrors on the wands, at a dollar store and have been leaving them behind. A couple of folks seemed really excited by them.

 

Those sound awesome! We have longed for something like that while out caching!

 

How about handmade crocheted flowers?

[+The Flying Ks]

My foreign coins got skipped? Oh... must be bad!

[TheCacheSeeker]

My foreign coins got skipped? Oh... must be bad!

I think foreign coins are a good idea. :-)

[+Fianccetto]

We collect foreign coins, and often put small ones into caches. It was the size that put me off a little, but my husband and kids would want to trade for them. I would go for the crocheted flowers, myself. The wands with the mirrors and magnets are an ingenious idea, not seen anything like that!

 

I'd swap for...A colourful beany toy newt/dragon (in a ziplock bag) if it were a dry cache, or a book I've enjoyed if it were a bigger dry cache (in a sturdy zip up bag).

[+AmphibianTrackers]

I don't know if we would pick up the foreign coins, it would depend on what my daughter thought.

 

Oh, yep...we would like the toys or books. Good ideas!

 

How about a sealed up miniature first aid kit?

[+The Flying Ks]

We'd like the first aid kit (anything survival-ish is fantastic).

 

We have sea glass (greens, blues, and whites) to leave.

[+Fianccetto]

I'll swap your pieces of glass for a toy frog (taking a photo with it for a geocaching challenge: optional).

[+BStheTech]

I've been putting $5.00 Starbucks cards in the local caches

(good caches that the placer put some work into and were

extra fun to find). I'm a firm believer in trading up

and this might be my sig item. Not a huge amount of cash

expended, but enough for someone to get a decent coffee at

the end of the day.

 

What do you guys think?

[+AmphibianTrackers]

I like the toy frog. I leave those a signature items.

 

Oh my the coffee cards are awesome!

 

Friendship bracelets.

Edited August 18, 2011 by AmphibianTrackers

[tomowens]

I'll take a piece of sea glass and leave a packet of seed for Townsendia grandiflora ( with germination instructions )

[+AmphibianTrackers]

Out in the field I would have no idea what kind of seeds those were so I would be puzzled.

 

Decorated bottle caps for key chains or necklaces.

[tomowens]

Would the common name help? Easter Daisy

 

I chose those randomly from the vast collection of wildflower seed that my wife has. It could be almost anything native to our area.

 

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[+Postholedigger]

Key chains always come in handy as a small size TB companion.

 

I'd leave a cheese burger.

 

 

 

...I kid.

 

How about an old, used, dead cell phone?

[+Fianccetto]

LOLCAT geocat sayz cheezeburgur!

 

Really, no.

 

I've found dead batteries going manky and rusty in a cache. I took them out and wiped the acid off everything (lucky I had some wipes). No I didn't trade for them, but might have left a fresh cache box or note pad.

 

I'd trade for the friendship bracelet.

 

 

A couple of well-wrapped AA batteries in a dry, high traffic cache.

[+AmphibianTrackers]

We might take the batteries. Don't need an old cell phone.

 

An unactivated travel bug tag.

[+Fianccetto]

 

An unactivated travel bug tag.

 

Oh, that's real treasure! Assuming it's still wrapped up, or has a label saying it is unactivated, it depends on whether we had anything of similar value to swap. Usually our higher value items are quite big and I have been in a position of having to leave things like that I wanted because we didn't have anything of the same value to swap. If I swapped for it I'd mail the person who left it to say thanks. When I've left unactivated coins in caches they have been taken & activated with no comment.

 

Let's say there's room for a decent, new head torch in exchange.

Edited August 20, 2011 by Fianccetto

[+AmphibianTrackers]

Oh, wowzer! That would be so exciting! We would be pulling stuff out to trade for that, that is for sure!

 

I keep thinking of getting some survivor type buffs made. I purchased one but I think I could get them made up.

[+The Flying Ks]

I really like the unactivated travel tag... fun! Like (love?!) the Sbux card. We'd take the cell-phone, actually - probably the only ones! My daughter has a ministry collecting old cell phones to translate bibles for Africa. There are actually precious medals in cell phones (gold, silver).

 

We'd leave a sliced agate we bought today at an estate sale.

[+BStheTech]

How about a new class for high-end caches/cachers? (Say worth $1-$5 or higher). I

thought the Premium caches would be like that but the ones around here are pretty desolate.

I'm honestly getting to the point of not bothering to carry trade items. There just isn't any point.

Today's choice was a moldy Pokemon card, a well used army man, or some rusting buttons. Yes, There is

more to this hobby than trading, but to eliminate it would take away a very fun aspect of this pursuit.

I know some people find the $30 premium fee too elite-est, but I don't think it's elite enough

[+Sharks-N-Beans]

I really like the unactivated travel tag... fun! Like (love?!) the Sbux card. We'd take the cell-phone, actually - probably the only ones! My daughter has a ministry collecting old cell phones to translate bibles for Africa. There are actually precious medals in cell phones (gold, silver).

 

We'd leave a sliced agate we bought today at an estate sale.

 

We never know the value of the rock swag so usually don't trade for them.

 

Leaving a new softball that the city league passes out at registration.

[+BStheTech]

Just wanted to correct something I said earlier... I don't mean to place value based on an items

cost, but rather on it's "cool factor." I wouldn't care what a funky rock cost, but rather whether

I found it interesting. Having said that, who would find a moldy bent Pokemon card worth taking?

A nice one in plastic bag sure.

 

B.

[+Jensen&Ella]

A new softball would be awesome... I think new stuff is awesome.

Where alot of the caches seem to be getting junky is all the really used up stuff... dolls with matted hair, assembled and incomplete Kinder toys... gah!

 

Some great ideas here!

 

I know some peple hate the McToys, but what about if they aren't opened and are still in new condition?

What about Kinder Toys that are still in the orange egg and unassembled?

Or those collector spoons?

 

Good link http://drmomentum.com/aces/archives/001997.html

Edited August 21, 2011 by Jensen&Ella

[+AmphibianTrackers]

How about a new class for high-end caches/cachers? (Say worth $1-$5 or higher). I

thought the Premium caches would be like that but the ones around here are pretty desolate.

I'm honestly getting to the point of not bothering to carry trade items. There just isn't any point.

Today's choice was a moldy Pokemon card, a well used army man, or some rusting buttons. Yes, There is

more to this hobby than trading, but to eliminate it would take away a very fun aspect of this pursuit.

I know some people find the $30 premium fee too elite-est, but I don't think it's elite enough

 

That would be really fun! That would bring the treasure part back to the game. I don't like trash and my daughter has brought back plenty of swag that looks like trash to me and that in a few months is just going to be a bunch of trash to her as well. Then what do we do with it all?

[+AmphibianTrackers]

I might take a collector spoon. Not sure.

 

I really like the pressed pennies from machines at tourist stops. We could press s bunch to carry with us. Anyone like those?

[+Sharks-N-Beans]

I might take a collector spoon. Not sure.

 

I really like the pressed pennies from machines at tourist stops. We could press s bunch to carry with us. Anyone like those?

 

I'll take the spoon...don't know why but I like metal stuff and hate plastic.

 

Leaving a bleached animal skull found while caching.

[+BStheTech]

I've seen collector spoons and really nice golf marker/tools. I didn't take either

but felt they were both "worthy". Skull is cool.

Edited August 21, 2011 by BStheTech

[+BStheTech]

I might take a collector spoon. Not sure.

 

I really like the pressed pennies from machines at tourist stops. We could press s bunch to carry with us. Anyone like those?

 

Here in BC the pennies would turn to green slime pretty quick.

[+Jensen&Ella]

Leaving a bleached animal skull found while caching.

I would be a little grossed out to tell you the truth...

 

What about Christmas Ornaments? Or magnets?

[+Sharks-N-Beans]

Leaving a bleached animal skull found while caching.

I would be a little grossed out to tell you the truth...

 

What about Christmas Ornaments? Or magnets?

 

We see skulls all the time in the woods(squirrel probably)never took one...just curious.

 

Magnets for caches would be great!

[+AmphibianTrackers]

If the skull is really bleached by bleach and in a separate baggy, sealed and contains a note that it has been thoroughly clean my daughter would be thrilled to find it. I won't even let her pick up feathers so she would be so happy to know it was clean.

[+Fianccetto]

Personally I wouldn't be too keen to be be eyeball to eye socket with a skull when I opened a cache, but after the initial mild shock, might well be very interested if it were very clean and not too damaged, and so would the rest of the family.

 

Complete Kinder toys are also great to us - we have quite a few saved up, must remember to put some in the geobag.

 

So...I've just started to make padded (insulated) patchwork cup holders for the coffee that comes in plastic cups from drinks machines. Any use to anyone else? (In a zip lock bag, of course, with a card saying what it is. Maybe a pocket for a teabag...)

[+Sharks-N-Beans]

Those insulators for drinks may come in handy. I usually get the big 32oz styro cup for caching in the summer.

 

I'll take one and leave one of those Christmas ornaments made from rows of beads...or maybe the kit itself.

[+AmphibianTrackers]

We'll pick up the Christmas ornament kit and leave a loom and supplies and instructions for making a friendship bracelet.