+BMndFul Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I have been on the fence about creating some cache signature coins. Are they cool swag people like to see, or do they just sit there and become more junk the CO needs to remove? What's your thoughts? What do you do if you find one in a cache? Quote Link to comment
+Team Pixos Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 My kids love finding pathtags in caches and go after them before all other swag, they have a binder and register them and everything Quote Link to comment
+Chokecherry Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I like finding the metal ones and the wooden ones. I found some clay poker chip ones and smooshed pennies too. I like a good sig item. I'm not a huge fan of the laminated paper ones but that's just me. Quote Link to comment
+Keelmann And Cici Posted October 12, 2011 Share Posted October 12, 2011 I like finding the metal ones and the wooden ones. I found some clay poker chip ones and smooshed pennies too. I like a good sig item. I'm not a huge fan of the laminated paper ones but that's just me. I'd agree with this. A good coin is a nice item to find. Quote Link to comment
+"grimlock" Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Love the coins! Quote Link to comment
+sshipway Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I'd be happy to see sig items like this in caches here in NZ. Sadly the only sig items Ive ever found are tiny strips of laminated paper which is not really anything special, and even those are rare. Quote Link to comment
+BMndFul Posted October 13, 2011 Author Share Posted October 13, 2011 Does the same love go for custom wooden nickels? Quote Link to comment
+WarNinjas Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 We placed out a large full of cool swagg and one of the little girl cachers in our area found it. She went threw all the swagg and decided she wanted our small WarNinjas "We found it" pin! Kind of crazy and cool at the same time. We also like to find them. -WarNinjas Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) Does the same love go for custom wooden nickels? Some people collect the wooden nickels. And you can make a bunch using only a sharpie and blanks, real inexpensively, if you like. Those are often very cool, too. I sure don't find them around here much. I've seen a few turn black when soaking wet at the bottom of a container, but maybe part of the deal is to find and rescue them before they're in too bad a condition. Snooze ya lose... Edited October 13, 2011 by kunarion Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Does the same love go for custom wooden nickels? Some people collect the wooden nickels. And you can make a bunch using only a sharpie and blanks, real inexpensively, if you like. Those are often very cool, too. I sure don't find them around here much. I've seen a few turn black when soaking wet at the bottom of a container, but maybe part of the deal is to find and rescue them before they're in too bad a condition. Snooze ya lose... I make wooden nickels with a ChartPak Blender marker, using the laser printer transfer method. Works great and is water proof (I had one survive the washing machine). Quote Link to comment
+A & J Tooling Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Any homemade swag is good swag. Anyone can buy junk at a dollar store. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I make wooden nickels with a ChartPak Blender marker, using the laser printer transfer method. Works great and is water proof (I had one survive the washing machine). Those would be pretty cool! One thing I try to have is variety. You can buy custom coins all the same, or you can make them by hand, in several styles. So people have a selection to choose, and more combinations to collect. Quote Link to comment
+mullyman Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I was thinking of making up a bunch of "MULLY'S CACHE FTF" poker chips. Only problem is they usually require a minimum of 100 to be ordered. I don't think I'm going to need 100 of them. MULLY Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 I make wooden nickels with a ChartPak Blender marker, using the laser printer transfer method. Works great and is water proof (I had one survive the washing machine). Those would be pretty cool! One thing I try to have is variety. You can buy custom coins all the same, or you can make them by hand, in several styles. So people have a selection to choose, and more combinations to collect. Ya, I have made several different coins. Anything from a army tank, to a QR code, TinTin characters, our local cacheing group logo etc.... I do the artwork in MS Word, then print to my laser printer, then transfer using the ChartPak Blender marker (must be ChartPak, other brands do not work). Quote Link to comment
+Cliff's Notes Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 Does the same love go for custom wooden nickels? Some people collect the wooden nickels. And you can make a bunch using only a sharpie and blanks, real inexpensively, if you like. Those are often very cool, too. I sure don't find them around here much. I've seen a few turn black when soaking wet at the bottom of a container, but maybe part of the deal is to find and rescue them before they're in too bad a condition. Snooze ya lose... If you get blank wooden nickels, you could go and get a couple of custom made round rubber stamps that fit the nickel. Then stamp them to get a real good and repeatable design you could color in or leave as a line drawing. Once you have made the first couple of those rubber stamps it will become easier and at ten dollars for a stamp that aint bad. The ability to change designs without being stuck with a massive amount of one design cuts down on "siggy regret". If you do this you can also reuse the rubber stamps for the cache logbooks that are larger than micro scrolls as well. Quote Link to comment
+kunarion Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 get a couple of custom made round rubber stamps that fit the nickel. Then stamp them to get a real good and repeatable design you could color in or leave as a line drawing. Once you have made the first couple of those rubber stamps it will become easier and at ten dollars for a stamp that aint bad. The ability to change designs without being stuck with a massive amount of one design cuts down on "siggy regret". That sounds great! And you may even get lucky and find a whole set of outdoorsy stamps in a dollar store. Or whatever images appeal. You can buy UV invisible ink stamp pads (and pens), too. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin' . Quote Link to comment
+Cliff's Notes Posted October 13, 2011 Share Posted October 13, 2011 (edited) get a couple of custom made round rubber stamps that fit the nickel. Then stamp them to get a real good and repeatable design you could color in or leave as a line drawing. Once you have made the first couple of those rubber stamps it will become easier and at ten dollars for a stamp that aint bad. The ability to change designs without being stuck with a massive amount of one design cuts down on "siggy regret". That sounds great! And you may even get lucky and find a whole set of outdoorsy stamps in a dollar store. Or whatever images appeal. You can buy UV invisible ink stamp pads (and pens), too. I'm not sayin' I'm just sayin' . I have had a ton (figurative) of custom stamps made by www.stamp-connection.com they are awesome and make an acrylic stamp you can see through. The see through stamps make the placement easier. You send them links to line art images you found on the net. Tell the folks what you want written on it and they send you proofs before you pull the trigger on the order. I use them all the time with my other hobby wheresgeorge.com and the georgers swear by these folks they do a good job The turtle in my avatar is one of theirs. Edited October 13, 2011 by Cliff's Notes Quote Link to comment
+power69 Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I have been on the fence about creating some cache signature coins. Are they cool swag people like to see, or do they just sit there and become more junk the CO needs to remove? What's your thoughts? What do you do if you find one in a cache? leave it? Quote Link to comment
+niraD Posted October 14, 2011 Share Posted October 14, 2011 I have been on the fence about creating some cache signature coins. Are they cool swag people like to see, or do they just sit there and become more junk the CO needs to remove? What's your thoughts? What do you do if you find one in a cache?The only things I trade for are personal signature items like this. Quote Link to comment
+Cliff's Notes Posted October 15, 2011 Share Posted October 15, 2011 I have been on the fence about creating some cache signature coins. Are they cool swag people like to see, or do they just sit there and become more junk the CO needs to remove? What's your thoughts? What do you do if you find one in a cache? 99 times out of a hundred I don't swap for swag. I do drop my own siggy items in the caches I have all sorts of them to choose from. I have poker chips, dice (professionally engraved at .42 cents per), My current favorite is a laser engraved whistle. and a custom coinlike metal object mentioned in other posts. The only thing I actively seek are the signature items of other cachers. Especially the really well done ones or the "coinlike metal object mentioned in other posts" My next thing may be wooden nickels. If I do, I will do the rubber stamp idea I mentioned above and do it in conjunction with other local cachers, this is a plan for when I stop my road warrior ways. Quote Link to comment
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