+Blaylockgang Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 We're going to be hiding our first caches as soon as our travel bugs arrive, and we were wondering, what are good first finder prizes? We've seen them mentioned on the cache pages, but not what they are. Ideas, please? Quote Link to comment
+Criminal Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 That would be a higher than normal value prize that the first finder could trade down for. http://fp1.centurytel.net/Criminal_Page/ Quote Link to comment
+carleenp Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 They are usually something nicer than the other contents. I have seen New T-shirts, nice books, new multi-tools, grab bag of kids items, etc. left as first finder prizes. You can go as expensive as you want. Basically it allows the first finder an extra nice prize option and as Criminal noted, they can trade down for it. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I've used Geocaching.com hats. "Give a man a fish, he'll eat for a day. Teach a man to fish, he'll sit in a boat and drink beer all day" - Dave Barry Quote Link to comment
+Sam & Kim Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 In one of my caches that was near a river I put in a penn fishing reel for a first finders prize. Quote Link to comment
K618 Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 We make these and toss them into each cache that we plant: First Find Badge Quote Link to comment
+RainDog Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I put in $20.00 in gold-colored dollar coins (I don't know how to spell her name and it's not on the coin) in my latest cache. It's a five stage puzzle cache. The first finders ripped through all 5 stages in about 4 hours. I'm going to put the same prize in my next puzzle cache but I think I'm going to make the puzzles harder. Don't you know there ain't no Devil, that's just God when he's drunk. Quote Link to comment
+quills Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I placed my first cache last week. I had a first finders prize in there. I used an led flashlight, and the first finder knew what it was. I tried to think of something that might be useful when you were out caching. I hope this helps. "If you mess with a Porcupine you might just get the quills. LOL I just had to say that" Quote Link to comment
+jollybgood Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 Unregistered Travel Bug tags are nice. You can leave a note requesting the finder to drop the TB in your cache after he creates it and then pick it up again to mark it's history/origin. That way as it travels about you can follow it's movements as a proud god parent. The first finder actually decides what the Travel Bug will be and registers/creates it. Jolly R. Blackburn http://kenzerco.com "Never declare war on a man who buys his ink by the gallon." Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Blaylockgang: We're going to be hiding our first caches as soon as our travel bugs arrive, and we were wondering, what are good first finder prizes? We've seen them mentioned on the cache pages, but not what they are. Ideas, please? A rattle snake. Quote Link to comment
+GatoRx Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 I've included first finders' prizes in two of my caches. The first was a more difficult cache, so the FFP was a Best Buy gift card. The second was a very easy find, so it was just an award ribbon (something similar to 'First Place') that I found at the dollar store. I've considered them to only be prizes though, not something that has to be traded for. ---- When in doubt, poke it with a stick. Quote Link to comment
+Riverview CacheAways Posted July 14, 2003 Share Posted July 14, 2003 We are new to geocaching, but we have hidden three caches so far (since June). For two of the caches we gave CD's for the first finders' prize - country music and patriotic music (hidden around the 4th of July). Hiding the caches is a lot of fun. We may enjoy hiding them more than we enjoy finding them! Quote Link to comment
Cracker. Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Anybody have a copy of a FTF certificate that they use or made? Art www.yankeetoys.org www.BudBuilt.com www.pirate4x4.com Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 A bag of rocks from the rock show (cool as they were) was not a successful first finder prize. Despite the fossils and the polished stones in the bag, it sat in my cache for months. http://groups.yahoo.com/group/nebraskache/ Quote Link to comment
Dinoprophet Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 In two of my caches, I've left a woodburned plaque or wooden coin (in a micro) of a scene from the cache area, intended as prizes as opposed to trade items. The FTF on the one with the plaque wrote some notes on the back and told me he was going to place it in another cache as an advertisement for my cache. Well the mountain was so beautiful that this guy built a mall and a pizza shack Yeah he built an ugly city because he wanted the mountain to love him back -- Dar Williams Quote Link to comment
+Team Chevelle Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 I saw a new cache the other day with 2 new fifty dollar bills as the First Finder's prize. Unfortunately, I didn't make it there before someone else found it... - John... Quote Link to comment
enfanta Posted July 15, 2003 Share Posted July 15, 2003 Gift certificates for pizzas and ice cream... Ode to a Pigeon: Roses are Red, Violets are Blue, You Lookin' at Me? YOU LOOKIN' AT ME?! (b. katt, 7/14/03) Quote Link to comment
+Blaylockgang Posted July 15, 2003 Author Share Posted July 15, 2003 Thanks for all the great ideas!! Quote Link to comment
Jake - Team A.I. Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 I placed my first cache in "Jefferson Park" so I included a "portrait" of President. I'm not sure if I'd be able to afford to place any caches in parks Franklin or higher. Quote Link to comment
+Blaylockgang Posted July 16, 2003 Author Share Posted July 16, 2003 Thanks again, all! Quote Link to comment
+mototodo Posted July 16, 2003 Share Posted July 16, 2003 How about $30 with a note suggesting that the money could be used to pay for a geocaching.com premium subscription? Quote Link to comment
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