+Baptist Deacon Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 After reading thru some posts and cache logs, I have seem several references to signature items. I find this interesting and decided to get my own signature item. I have just ordered 1 pound of wooden nickels with one side with printing and the other side blank. I am going to come up with my own design for the blank side. Would this be a good signature item?? What are some examples of signature items that you have seen?? Quote Link to comment
+CO Admin Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 A good sig item is anything that you feel reflects a little bit of you. Wooden nickles are a good idea if the design on the blank side says something about you. Quote Link to comment
+pwb Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 (edited) For some reason we have been giving away rubber ducks and dog bone shaped carbiners. That's what happens when the other half gets a hold of a catalog. We have came across magnets, buttons, cards, and all sorts of other items. Edited November 22, 2003 by pwb Quote Link to comment
+LarsThorwald Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 We got pencils made up with "LARSTHORWALD FOUND YOUR CACHE." People seem to like them... Quote Link to comment
+droosa Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 What are some examples of signature items that you have seen?? Go here, there are a lot of examples for you to look at http://www.geocities.com/team_fisur/geo-creations/index.html Quote Link to comment
+TEAM 360 Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Hand-engraved TEAM 360 Kokopelli Dancer rock: Quote Link to comment
+clatmandu Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 I took a trip to Nepal in Oct 2000, brought back a few strings of Tibetan prayer flags as one of my souviners. Started caching in June of 2001 and started leaving individual flags in exceptional caches that I found and in caches that I hid. I didn't have many flags so had to be careful not to "spend" them too quickly. Then I found a source nearby (she goes to Nepal yearly) so I leave them in most caches now. BTW Team 360, I hope to get one of your rocks when you come to this area in a few weeks. Quote Link to comment
+GOT GPS? Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 I have a signature card: Quote Link to comment
+Brian - Team A.I. Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 Nice play on words there. Quote Link to comment
+CYBret Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 My signature card and lighthouse pin. I update the card from time to time so that the stats on the back are somewhat current. I'm getting ready to make a few changes to it again. Bret Quote Link to comment
+CacheCreatures Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 As our name implies (and our avatar depicts) we like to create a "Cache Creature." Typically, this means selecting an item from the area in which the cache is located, paint it, stick goofy eyes on it and draw a face. For example, most often the item is a rock. Once, for an urban cache, we found a bottle cap and used that. It allows us to enjoy the area a bit more, and keeps us there for a bit longer (while creating the CC). Lately, we've taken to signing them with " CC'03 ". Its fun for us and usually ends up with a good laugh at the often dorky, sometimes ugly and generally cute creation! Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 (edited) I don't have one, but some I can think of that I've seen in this area are: Orange - An orange crayon Jungle Green- A jungle green crayon Dumbell Associates - A plastic trophy with their name and home coordinates CCCooper Agency - A "#1" key ring with their business info on it. Ttepee - Small, handmade, Indian totem bags/w hand painted geocaching logo (these are great!). Harrald - Late Show pencil Bassoonpilot - Wheresgeorge bills Stayfloopy - Wheresgeorge bills Skully & Mulder - Wheresgeorge bills Etoast66 - Wheresgeorge bills Most of northern NJ for that matter - Wheresgeorge bills! Edited November 22, 2003 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+mlnapoli Posted November 22, 2003 Share Posted November 22, 2003 This is what my girlfriend and I use as a signature item. Mike Quote Link to comment
+4agers Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I have a signature card:---Image pulled from quote--- I was introducing my brother to the sport in the Detroit area and came across your sig item. It gave us a good laugh... thanks Quote Link to comment
Team GeoHoy Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I leave my card and usually glowsticks or waterproof matches. Quote Link to comment
+MedicOne Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 One of the most unique signature items I've seen is from a new geocacher up in the Spokane Washington area. Her geocaching name is Illumineon - she is by trade a neon tube bender. Her signature item? A neon glass tube with a dollar bill rolled up inside which she calls geocash. I've found several of them and moved them on. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 If they were not so expensive I would like to use little anvils as a sig item. Quote Link to comment
+Stunod Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 (edited) This is mine, a flashlight-biner: Edited November 23, 2003 by Stunod Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 If they were not so expensive I would like to use little anvils as a sig item. Check out harborfreight.com for those mini-anvils. I bought one at one of their stores for something like $3. My signature item is "Joefrog's Famous Marshmallow Gun." And quite literally, it shoots mini-marshmallows 30+ feet. Do a forum search for "marshmallow gun" and you should come up with the previous thread. Quote Link to comment
ghOzt Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 Nice play on words there. (Referring to GOT GPS?'s signature item.) I get it now! Man, that one took me a minute. "Cod," as in what a New Englander might send on your birthday. That is clever! ghOzt Quote Link to comment
+Mad Scientist Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I leave a pair of aspen leaves, one brass and one copper. I don't have any personal information on them, I just think they are a cool thing to leave. Quote Link to comment
Captain Chaoss Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 I make up these clay coins for leaving in caches. Quote Link to comment
+Byron & Anne Posted November 23, 2003 Share Posted November 23, 2003 My avator is a picture of my signature item. It hand carved by me and leave a card with it that says" Byron's Famous Stump Pin" and indicating that it's an excluxive carving for our geocaching friends. Quote Link to comment
trail mix 3 Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 I see that you are wondering what a good signature item would be? For our household of geo cachers we have made a "Geo Journal" that we place as our offering in all caches. Each journal has room for 100 cache finds/placements etc. We have had great reviews from all of the cachers that have chosen them. Hope this helps you out. Trail Mix 3, from Bend, Oregon Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 If they were not so expensive I would like to use little anvils as a sig item. Check out harborfreight.com for those mini-anvils. I bought one at one of their stores for something like $3. Yeah I have seen them there but still if I left one in every cache it could get pricey. I think I might get a few and see about leaving them in special caches and events. Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted November 24, 2003 Share Posted November 24, 2003 Yeah I have seen them there but still if I left one in every cache it could get pricey. I think I might get a few and see about leaving them in special caches and events. Careful with them, though... they will rust! Not a way to make a cache owner happy... Quote Link to comment
bnolan Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 My wife created some magnets out of dominoes for me to leave as signature items. 5 different designs...collect them all. If your cache skunks me on the first try, I'll leave the skunk when I eventually find the cache. Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 If your cache skunks me on the first try, I'll leave the skunk when I eventually find the cache. Or if the cache stinks.... Quote Link to comment
+Lil Devil Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Just recently I made up a bunch of Cache In Trash Out kits. They are film cans with a rolled up plastic bag in them. In the larger film cans I use kitchen garbage bags and the smaller film cans get grocery bags. I've only dropped about 5 or 6 so far, but I have 90 of these kits made up, so I'll be dropping one in every non-micro cache I visit in the future. Quote Link to comment
+JoGPS Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 Click on my Profile : the original Cache In Trash Out Totes Small watertight container with a trash bag inside Quote Link to comment
Team Italian Greyhound Posted December 6, 2003 Share Posted December 6, 2003 My great gread-dad ran a little sawmill and logged his whole life. The mill had a BIG saw blade (48" or 60" I don't remember). The individual teeth came off so they could be changed if damaged too much. So I have a bunch of these old saw teeth, I leave one of them, in a ZL bag with a little card explaining why in each cache I find. Patrick Quote Link to comment
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