+Big84 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 (edited) After just watching a youtube video posted the other day by a couple of teenage girls going geocaching for the the first time. And finding a keysafe under a lampost in a disused car park with a key inside and its address written on the keyring and then visiting that address. (Thank god they didn't knock on the door) (I'm presuming it isn't a fake video) Here is the link if i'm allowed to post it https://youtu.be/ngozyTyhy8k It got me wondering what some people have found as SWAG in geocaches. I havent found anything random. Edited February 12, 2020 by Big84 Quote Link to comment
+and1969 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 In Jan 2014 I found some computer memory in GC4PZY8. The memory wasn't in a protective bag, which in any case would not have been waterproof. At the time I had an old PC made up of bits of 1990s ones, that I used as a video player, but decided to leave the RAM for another braver (or more foolhardy) cacher. Quote Link to comment
+Max and 99 Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 Funny, I can't remember the specific, but I remember saying, "Why in the world would anyone put that in a cache?". Great forum topic! Quote Link to comment
+HunterandSamuel Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Big84 said: After just watching a youtube video posted the other day by a couple of teenage girls going geocaching for the the first time. And finding a keysafe under a lampost in a disused car park with a key inside and its address written on the keyring and then visiting that address. (Thank god they didn't knock on the door) Red flags going off. Quote Link to comment
+HunterandSamuel Posted February 12, 2020 Share Posted February 12, 2020 2 hours ago, Big84 said: It got me wondering what some people have found as SWAG in geocaches. The oddest? A stone. When doing maintenance on my caches...I remove the stones. lol Quote Link to comment
+msrubble Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Ice melt crystal. In an island cache. 1 Quote Link to comment
+Thunderbolt and Lightfoot Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 A Glow in the dark condom 2 Quote Link to comment
+Viajero Perdido Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 A condom in its wrapper - with a hole poked through. Ha ha, you're funny. An unopened can of pop. (=soda to Americans.) It obviously hadn't been through a winter yet, or it would've been either 1) bulging, or 2) an absolute mess. A bag of plantain chips from the Dominican Republic, 1.5 years past expiry. They didn't taste all that bad. (Yes, I eat stuff I find in the woods.) Interestingly enough, I'd had that brand before. Quote Link to comment
+JL_HSTRE Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Mostly food (hot sauce packets seem popular) - fortunately usually still sealed - and a few condoms - fortunately also still sealed. Quote Link to comment
+CAVinoGal Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 Toothpaste (which I removed) Quote Link to comment
+colleda Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 When geocaching along a canal in England I found 2 huge green slugs had made a home in a cache that had a cracked lid. Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 13, 2020 Share Posted February 13, 2020 (edited) Lots of spider guardians, although I guess they are not really swag. And they are common. I have found caches full of ants. Edited February 13, 2020 by Goldenwattle 1 Quote Link to comment
+m&m O Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 We found a bottle of beer in an cache once. Emptied it and took it back to the car. Quote Link to comment
+HunterandSamuel Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 On 2/12/2020 at 4:09 PM, Big84 said: It got me wondering what some people have found as SWAG in geocaches. I forgot about this find in a cache as swag. This one infuriated me! A cigarette lighter! Quote Link to comment
+Goldenwattle Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 (edited) 5 minutes ago, HunterandSamuel said: I forgot about this find in a cache as swag. This one infuriated me! A cigarette lighter! I found several of those in a cache. I don't think any of them worked; just junk someone wanted to chuck. Well I took and chucked them in a bin. Even worse it they did work, as they can start bushfires. Edited February 15, 2020 by Goldenwattle Quote Link to comment
+HunterandSamuel Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 1 hour ago, Goldenwattle said: I found several of those in a cache. I don't think any of them worked; just junk someone wanted to chuck. Well I took and chucked them in a bin. Even worse it they did work, as they can start bushfires. I can't remember if the lighter we found worked or not. Not children friendly for sure! Quote Link to comment
+cerberus1 Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 3 hours ago, Goldenwattle said: I found several of those in a cache. I don't think any of them worked; just junk someone wanted to chuck. Well I took and chucked them in a bin. Even worse it they did work, as they can start bushfires. When we had caches on the AT, we'd get mail by thru-hikers asking us to drop off things. The biggest was TP. - But we've placed storm matches (in a matchstick case), and mini bics in our ammo cans for folks to pick up when going by. Of course these 4T areas weren't where kids play though either... Quote Link to comment
+The Jester Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 14 hours ago, m&m O said: We found a bottle of beer in an cache once. Emptied it and took it back to the car. I found two 18 packs while searching for a cache once. It looked like someone was planning a party. I left them in place as I don't like beer. Quote Link to comment
+barefootjeff Posted February 15, 2020 Share Posted February 15, 2020 10 hours ago, HunterandSamuel said: I forgot about this find in a cache as swag. This one infuriated me! A cigarette lighter! That'd go well with the cigarette I found in a cache once. Needless to say it went in the nearest bin on the way home. 1 Quote Link to comment
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