FTF Prizes?

[Courtneycrow]

I have heard that some people will put money or gift cards in their caches before placing them as a prize for the first person to find the cache. Is that a common thing that is done, and is it necessary? I placed my first one the other day and it has been published and found by a small amount of people. I have never been the first to find a cache and I feel bad because I wasn't aware that people place small prizes in them.

[+Touchstone]

I have heard that some people will put money or gift cards in their caches before placing them as a prize for the first person to find the cache. Is that a common thing that is done, and is it necessary? I placed my first one the other day and it has been published and found by a small amount of people. I have never been the first to find a cache and I feel bad because I wasn't aware that people place small prizes in them.

I would not describe it as common, and in no shape or form is it necessary or required.

 

Don't feel bad. Thanks for sharing the location with a cache. That's gift enough in my mind.

[+Dame Deco]

The fun of finding a blank log and seeing exactly how the CO placed their cache is prize enough!

[+narcissa]

Somewhat common, but not necessary.

[+kunarion]

I have heard that some people will put money or gift cards in their caches before placing them as a prize for the first person to find the cache. Is that a common thing that is done, and is it necessary? I placed my first one the other day and it has been published and found by a small amount of people. I have never been the first to find a cache and I feel bad because I wasn't aware that people place small prizes in them.

Here's a link to the inexpensive "prize" I place in my caches, in one of the many threads here on the subject of "FTF Prize". And that post mentions what I did when I overlooked including the "prize".

 

But as mentioned, it of course is not at all necessary.

Edited October 13, 2015 by kunarion

[+BlackRose67]

I've placed nano containers in one of my caches as a FTF prize in the past.

 

I may put some paracord bracelets (made by myself) in one of my larger caches that will be published tomorrow for a local event this coming weekend.

Edited October 13, 2015 by BlackRose67

[+HCompleto]

The fun of finding a blank log and seeing exactly how the CO placed their cache is prize enough!

This is what I believe to be the best gift!

[+J Grouchy]

The only time I ever put a "prize" for the FTF in a new cache was when I won a pre-stocked cache container at a Meet and Greet event raffle. It had some kind of FTF coin inside. Other than that, I just put swag and/or trackables that need to be moved along. Not really "prizes".

 

The favorite prize I ever got on an FTF was cash. $10...not bad. Completely unnecessary, of course...but I wasn't about to complain.

[+Path Pacer]

I like to do it because I think it makes it more fun for the first finder. I didn't do it with some of my earlier caches, but I always do it now. It's just nice.

[+boothie103]

Not necessary and needless given that it provides impetus to promote the FTF grab and stack numbers mentality. Which, when it means the grab is at ten past midnight on a cache that only can be appreciated during daylight hours makes visiting the cache meaningless!