+4thnoel Posted August 4, 2012 Posted August 4, 2012 I was going to look for a cache today and stopped at a fund raiser for veterans. I had to take a picture of the Budweiser Clydesdale's because my grandfather had his picture taken with them in 1954 and I had the copy with me. Soooooooo I left with the raffle with and extra $265.00 from the 50/50 raffle. Thanks geocache, If it wasn't for you I never would have gone that way. Any one else with fun stories of things that happened on the way to a cache? Quote
medoug Posted August 5, 2012 Posted August 5, 2012 (edited) A few years ago a couple cachers were looking for one of the stages of a cache and found an envelope with a car key and note in it attached to the bottom of a picnic table. They initially thought it was part of the cache, but it really was was part of a separate state-wide treasure hunt contest being sponsored by "Our Iowa" magazine. Even though they were unaware of the contest, they ended up winning the Mini Cooper. Here's an article about their lucky find: WCF Courier news Edited August 5, 2012 by medoug Quote
+4thnoel Posted August 5, 2012 Author Posted August 5, 2012 sorry for putting this in the wrong forum. Never did go for the cache either. Quote
knowschad Posted August 5, 2012 Posted August 5, 2012 I was going to look for a cache today and stopped at a fund raiser for veterans. I had to take a picture of the Budweiser Clydesdale's because my grandfather had his picture taken with them in 1954 and I had the copy with me. Soooooooo I left with the raffle with and extra $265.00 from the 50/50 raffle. Thanks geocache, If it wasn't for you I never would have gone that way. Any one else with fun stories of things that happened on the way to a cache? I fail to see what geocaching had to do with that. Thank the fund raiser. Few geocachers I know would stop for gas without complaining, much less stop for a fund raiser. Quote
Mr.Yuck Posted August 5, 2012 Posted August 5, 2012 I found A Canadian $20 bill while caching in Hamilton, Ontario. I make the distinction, as I'm an American who lives about 60 miles away. I put it back into the Hamilton economy. Probably beer at the Hamilton Ti-Cats game I was on my way too. Quote
+cosninocanines Posted August 5, 2012 Posted August 5, 2012 Found a $50 doller bill a few feet from a cache, the cache was not really near anything and the log hadn't been signed for over 3 weeks so don't know how it fell there. Dinner for the whole team on that one. Quote
+NYPaddleCacher Posted August 5, 2012 Posted August 5, 2012 An auto company had a promotion a couple of years ago that gave away three cars by publishing photo hints for where the car was hidden until it was found. The first one was found by a geocacher. Quote
+BelKen Posted August 6, 2012 Posted August 6, 2012 (edited) We picked up $AU1,000 for finding and logging two remote caches in a geocaching contest. Edited August 6, 2012 by BelKen Quote
+Ashallond Posted August 6, 2012 Posted August 6, 2012 I've heard a tale of a person who put scratch off tickets in his caches for the FTF to find, and one of them gave a pretty nice prize when it was scratched off. Quote
+4thnoel Posted August 7, 2012 Author Posted August 7, 2012 geocaching has to do with the fact that if I had not gone looking for a cache I would not have known about the fund raiser. It was not in my newspaper because I lived in a different state. Sorry if this story bored you. I fail to see what geocaching had to do with that. Thank the fund raiser. Few geocachers I know would stop for gas without complaining, much less stop for a fund raiser. Quote
Mr.Yuck Posted August 7, 2012 Posted August 7, 2012 (edited) I've heard a tale of a person who put scratch off tickets in his caches for the FTF to find, and one of them gave a pretty nice prize when it was scratched off. There is a couple in Southern Ontario, whose whole Geocaching username and identity revolved around leaving lottery tickets as signature items in caches. They've found another hobby that interests them, and are pretty much inactive these days now. I personally won $4 I believe, finding their signature items in caches. EDIT: P.S., I traded fairly, depending on the face value of the ticket. geocaching has to do with the fact that if I had not gone looking for a cache I would not have known about the fund raiser. It was not in my newspaper because I lived in a different state. Sorry if this story bored you. No big deal, I think it's an interesting topic. Edited August 7, 2012 by Mr.Yuck Quote
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