Guest Khao Mun Gai Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 What to put in a 35mm film canister cache? The list so far: Coins (golden dollar, foreign coins, state quarters) Paper money Toy paper money StampsDice But my creativity is ending here. Any thoughts? Quote Link to comment
Guest Markwell Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I actually got a stash note (6 point font) on something akin to a laminated bookmark, and a log sheet ( half of an 8½x11 page) folded numerous times into a microcache, but that's all that would fit. I made sure that the seekers knew that there were no trinkets. $1 Dollar Coins (new American dollars) fit nicely, and are a treat for the kids. There used to be toys out there called "Micromachines" and were very tiny cars and such. Due to swallowing, I think they took them off the market. Quote Link to comment
Guest Jors Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 A few diamonds (or other gemstones) would also fit nicely, even with a folded stashnote ;-) Quote Link to comment
Guest Khao Mun Gai Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 I was thinking about a couple of Percosets, but I realized that that might not go over too well with everybody. hehe Quote Link to comment
Guest mfratto Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 We used a canister for the first leg of a three-stop cache, and the film canister only had tags with the coordinates to the next cache on them. Coins, beads, coupons, gift certificates, or movie tickets (anything foldable) might be ideas if you wanted to make a regular cache out of it. Mauri Quote Link to comment
Guest Anton Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 nut lock bobber 45 slug trout fly bandaids cuff links fishing lure small key ring dodecahedron die eyeglass repair kit Photon II Micro Lite watchband compass air pump needle valve coordinates to a cache key & directions for use Anton 10H/10F ------------------ Anton Ninno - N2RUD Syracuse, NY 13210 [This message has been edited by Anton (edited 19 July 2001).] Quote Link to comment
Guest nja Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 if you make the log a long scroll, w/out folding it, and let it unwind once in there, there is still room for other things.. did someone say stickers? probably. i just skimmed above. small rubber frogs fit in mine. Quote Link to comment
Guest k2dave Posted July 19, 2001 Share Posted July 19, 2001 um.... film [ducks and runs] Quote Link to comment
Guest Moun10Bike Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 This technically falls under "Coins" which was mentioned above, but one thing I've put in small caches are those souvenir "squished" pennies that you can get at many tourist traps (the kind where you put a penny and two quarters in the machine, and it takes the penny, flattens it, and stamps an imprint pertaining to the site). I like to pick up lots of these and use them when visiting out-of-state and out-of-country caches. ------------------ Jon (Moun10Bike) 26H/65F/3C/2S/2X N 47° 36.649', W 122° 3.616' www.switchbacks.com/geocaching.html Quote Link to comment
Guest Khao Mun Gai Posted July 20, 2001 Share Posted July 20, 2001 Great ideas! I noticed that there are only three caches in all of France - and only one in Paris. I am going to be in Paris for the month of August and wanted to set some caches there. I thought the least intrusive way would be to do it with 35mm file containers. I have devised a simple mechanism for attaching them underneath things (like park benches) using $0.40 worth of parts from the hardware store - a standard nylon clip and a piece of 3M double-sided mounting tape. I am an American who has fallen love with Paris over the years and have a pantload of ideas for special places to place these caches. I am really looking forward to this! Khao Mun Gai Quote Link to comment
Guest DHyslop Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 You know, I don't think film is a bad idea, especially in a cooler climate. Not anything you'd need to keep refrigerated or anything, but who wouldn't like to come across a roll of 400 film? Even better, a roll of TMAX or something, I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd really get a kick out of taking a roll of B&W, but have never thought about it before. Keeping with photography though, if anyone in southern Wisconsin is planning on putting anything in caches anytime soon though, I'd really like to see a Jobo tabletop processing drum, or even a couple gallons of dektol Dan Quote Link to comment
Guest DHyslop Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 You know, I don't think film is a bad idea, especially in a cooler climate. Not anything you'd need to keep refrigerated or anything, but who wouldn't like to come across a roll of 400 film? Even better, a roll of TMAX or something, I'm sure there are a lot of people who'd really get a kick out of taking a roll of B&W, but have never thought about it before. Keeping with photography though, if anyone in southern Wisconsin is planning on putting anything in caches anytime soon though, I'd really like to see a Jobo tabletop processing drum, or even a couple gallons of dektol Dan Quote Link to comment
Guest Iron Chef Posted July 24, 2001 Share Posted July 24, 2001 a single AA battery :~) ------------------ -Iron Chef _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ _ agefive.com/geocache/ ~ Fe-26 Lets Drive Fast and Eat Cheese! Quote Link to comment
Guest Alex Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 Make that two AA batteries - they fit. Quote Link to comment
Guest logscaler Posted July 25, 2001 Share Posted July 25, 2001 How about glueing a small magnet to the outside bottom for putting onto metal? How about glueing two together for a log/cache combo? micky D's coupon(s) for free food? Quote Link to comment
Guest Campeon1981 Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 If i find some top secret photos at a cache in a black film container... well.. "I dunno nothin' bout it" Quote Link to comment
Guest Campeon1981 Posted July 31, 2001 Share Posted July 31, 2001 If i find some top secret photos at a cache in a black film container... well.. "I dunno nothin' bout it" Quote Link to comment
Guest Dwarf Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 Hmmmm...Let me think. (Maybe these aren't GOOD ideas, just trying to think of things that would fit) BB's, A fuse, marble, Game piece, token, Tiny dice, a star scroll maybe (think they're to long), Those new sticker pictures, Temporary tattoos, Craker Jacks prizes, any of an array of minature collectables, an eyeglass repair kit, zippo flints, a bee sting cure vial, a rolled up tailors measuring tape, exotic beads for a necklace, fake blood capsules, expanding sponge capsules, sea monkeys, a salt packet (or pepper), Those individually wrapped cinnamon flavored toothpicks!, a stink bomb, a firecracker, a pull-pop, a ringlet of cap-gun ammo, rings, things from bubble-gum type machines (besides gum), miniature glow sticks, a chili-pepper, watch batteries, interesting pebbles, earrings, an incense cone, a guitar pick, a used cartridge, a make up brush, hat-pins, small patches, cuff-links, christmas tree light bulbs (or tiny ornaments), fishing weights (Not Hooks!), seeds (plant them as see what grows!), a page from a tiny bible with your favorite passage circled (don't worry, it isn't blasphemy to tear out a bible page), pendants, charm bracelet pieces, Camera batteries!, A fortune cookie fortune (just the paper), Anything you can "win" at Chuck E. Cheeses HAHA, Clothing buttons, a safety pin, tiny nail clippers, a minature harmonica, perfume samples, most samples you get in the mail, postage stamps, a pack of leads for your mechanical pencil, a tie clip, scrimshaw, halloween stuff (like fingernails), a mini-pak of chiklets, Film negatives, bobby-pins, reeds for woodwind instruments, Sewing machine thread thingies (not the spools of thread, the little metal things), a condom (blush), balloons (remember that balloons are a choking hazard), bulbs for mini-mag flashlights (these aren't exactly cheap!), an amonia inhalent (used to bring someone to who has passed out), a tiny map, a mini-padlock & key, tiny- seashells, tabasco sauce bottle, butterfly band-aids, circular band-aids, corn-pads, a coupon, food-coloring, a birthday candle, a spool of solder, a drill bit, nut, screw, bolt, amusing eraser tips, a whistle, string, a pencil sharpened all the way to the eraser, those little breath saver things from the liqour store, and uhhhh...a shrimp sandwich.... That's about it. Quote Link to comment
Guest Khao Mun Gai Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 quote:Originally posted by Dwarf:Hmmmm...Let me think. (Maybe these aren't GOOD ideas, just trying to think of things that would fit) BB's, A fuse, marble, Game piece, token, Tiny dice, a star scroll maybe (think they're to long), Those new sticker pictures, Temporary tattoos, Craker Jacks prizes, any of an array of minature collectables, an eyeglass repair kit, zippo flints, a bee sting cure vial, a rolled up tailors measuring tape, exotic beads for a necklace, fake blood capsules, expanding sponge capsules, sea monkeys, a salt packet (or pepper), Those individually wrapped cinnamon flavored toothpicks!, a stink bomb, a firecracker, a pull-pop, a ringlet of cap-gun ammo, rings, things from bubble-gum type machines (besides gum), miniature glow sticks, a chili-pepper, watch batteries, interesting pebbles, earrings, an incense cone, a guitar pick, a used cartridge, a make up brush, hat-pins, small patches, cuff-links, christmas tree light bulbs (or tiny ornaments), fishing weights (Not Hooks!), seeds (plant them as see what grows!), a page from a tiny bible with your favorite passage circled (don't worry, it isn't blasphemy to tear out a bible page), pendants, charm bracelet pieces, Camera batteries!, A fortune cookie fortune (just the paper), Anything you can "win" at Chuck E. Cheeses HAHA, Clothing buttons, a safety pin, tiny nail clippers, a minature harmonica, perfume samples, most samples you get in the mail, postage stamps, a pack of leads for your mechanical pencil, a tie clip, scrimshaw, halloween stuff (like fingernails), a mini-pak of chiklets, Film negatives, bobby-pins, reeds for woodwind instruments, Sewing machine thread thingies (not the spools of thread, the little metal things), a condom (blush), balloons (remember that balloons are a choking hazard), bulbs for mini-mag flashlights (these aren't exactly cheap!), an amonia inhalent (used to bring someone to who has passed out), a tiny map, a mini-padlock & key, tiny- seashells, tabasco sauce bottle, butterfly band-aids, circular band-aids, corn-pads, a coupon, food-coloring, a birthday candle, a spool of solder, a drill bit, nut, screw, bolt, amusing eraser tips, a whistle, string, a pencil sharpened all the way to the eraser, those little breath saver things from the liqour store, and uhhhh...a shrimp sandwich.... That's about it. Wow Quote Link to comment
Guest prv8eye Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 quote:Originally posted by logscaler:How about glueing a small magnet to the outside bottom for putting onto metal? Bringing a magnet, even a small one, in close proximity to a GPS may not be a good idea. Quote Link to comment
Guest logscaler Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 I would worry more about getting the magnet close to the compass then I would the gps. Cache at 180 degrees and three tenths of a mile? Right this way. Huh, I wonder where it is? Quote Link to comment
Guest Dwarf Posted August 7, 2001 Share Posted August 7, 2001 I kind of like the magnet idea. I mean, anyone going there would know about the magnet and not leave their GPS dangling from their wrist as they opened the cache. Just post clear warnings about the magnet. If you are going to do this, may I suggest using a "hide-a-key" box. They already have magnets on them. The space inside is even smaller than a film cannister though. Quote Link to comment
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