Geoswag That Should be Banned

[+ron50eli]

I think we have lost the point here. Again, this thread also goes to the meaning of Trade up. To me, if a cachers leaves a very nice item & you take it don't leave a McToy etc. If you feel what you have with you to trade isn't good enough for what you are taking, then don't take it. But if you really have to, or really like the item, at least try your best to trade something that is interesting. I don't think all cahers that leave a very nice item expect the next cacher to Jones them. I think they left the item as a nice jester. Maybe because they appreciated the area or something. But, like I said, don't leave that McToy, dirty golfball, unless Tiger Woods signed it. ...I think you get my point.

rocker51

[+ron50eli]

McToys, as we cachers have dubbed them. What about the Beanie Babies? Didn't they start out in a kids meal? And I grab Star Wars, or any McToy I like that has a collectable possibility to it.

Some of the "junk" may be interesting to some. I have learned a bit since we first started. I left a flower pod. Because plants are one of my hobbies. I have left items that I collect. Like a rock, for rockhounds. Only special ones though. Petrified wood, & it was taken, as that person collected wood. And if I take an item that is considered up grade & I don't have equal value, (all depends, so don't go on a rant on me)

I'll leave a quanity of quality. Usally something for everyone. Meaning, mom, dad, & the children.

But I agree that there is some pretty nasty stuff in there.

rocker51

[+brdad]

I'd just like to add to the last post in saying that if you're going to put a rock or any other similar item that could be confused for geotrash in, it would help to put it in a ziplock with a card, saying what it is and maybe some interesting facts about it.

 

This not only keeps someone from throwing that chunk of petrified wood out of the cache because they thought it was dried doot, but it also adds some value to the object because it gives some personalization and other cachers will see you put some effort into it.

 

Some people are like Slinkies . . . not really good for anything, but you still can't help but smile when you see one tumble down the stairs.

[+bigredmed]

A piece of petrified wood is cool. Horn Coral was another I found that I was going to use for caches. Brdad's suggestion about a bag and card is a good one for all of these type of geoswag. For the uninitiated, its too easy to not recognize what it is.

 

McToys: They qualify for the "geoswag" category only if they meet two tests:

1. They must be new and functional.

2. They must be intact in a bag (preferrably their original container).

 

McToys are otherwise always "geotrash". Think about the justification like this. If your kids found one in the cache that met the tests, you would be more inclined to let them keep it and play with it. If you are a collector of McToys, you also know that they are not collectible unless in their original condition. If you are a cacher and have come to the end of a long hike and find a container full of broken McToys, you know why they are called "geotrash".

 

My bretheren (and sisteren): Cache unto others as you would have them cache unto you....

 

By appointment to the Court of HRM Queen Mikki I.

[+Planet]

it makes everything moldy. Then I have to use my good scarf to dry it out and take home a pocket full of moldy stickers and paper and put my good stuff in the cache. I take out the junk, put in good stuff. I don't say I traded. I tell them I cleaned it up. Who in their right mind would use a personal hygiene product out of a cache? (see mold issue above).

Rocks. Except for at the Pearly Gates cache where the hider requested people leave a stone, as an act of remembrance, he just neglected to mention that at this cache there are places to put these stones, just not directly into the cache container. This is a cool place to visit so when the snow melts I may go back and take the stones out of the cache and put them in the rightful place.

I know there are plenty of cachers who will take nothing, leave something in a degraded cache. Not everyone can afford to do so. I thank those who can and do.

Any scented item, boo hiss. I did that early on but learned quickly.

A suggestion for people who have signature cards -laminate. (see mold issue above).

The only redeeming value I could possibly see in a used golf ball would be if someone cut their leg on a hunt and was bleeding badly, the golf ball could be taken apart and use the rubberband material inside as a tourniquette, if you can do it in time, that is. And that is so far fetched it's not worth mentioning.

Only put in what you might want to find, I guess, would be a good thermometer on what to put in.

 

Cache you later,

Planet

 

"To err is human, to forgive....$5.00"

[SpinnerB82002]

I guess it goes something like 10% of the crowd spoil it for the other 90

 

"Seek and ye shall find"

[+ron50eli]

I do. Put it in a clear plastic ziglock baggie & write on the bag what it is, & where it came from.

I understand what you are saying.

And of course the McToys would have to be in original bag. And unopened.

rocker51