Multiple Inappropriate Items

2.3k · December 21, 2003

Revisited a cache while hiking today. It had: condom (unused), 3 firecrackers (unexploded), cigarettes (unsmoked) and food (cocoa mix undrunk). If it had booze, knife and porn it would qualify for the "Grand Slam" award.

A new cacher left the condom and firecrackers. I emailed him with this message:". Since you are a new cacher, I just wanted to leave you a note that the general rules are that family items be left in caches. Those items best not put in caches include: fireworks, matches, condoms, food (attracts animals), cigarettes, booze, knives and porn. Sometimes children cache and we do not want them to have too much fun or potentially hurt themselves.

I hope he understands the theory. Any one else have similar finds?

December 21, 2003

We had a problem cacher in our area for a while. Thankfully, he lost interest back in May. People who visited after him found rolling papers, prescription drugs, cigarettes, lighters, matches, condoms, porn, bullets, and a beer.

In one of my own caches, I had just performed maintenance and went back the next day to drop off a few more trade goods. The "suspect" cacher had visited a few hours before I got back to the cache. He had left white supremicist literature, a bullet, instructions on how to make a silencer, and instructions for making and installing the parts to convert a TEC-9 to automatic fire.

Unfortunately he never logged his finds online. He would take pictures of himself with the cache cam but he always wore a bandana on his head, another over his face, and wrap-around sunglasses.

I'm glad he found another hobby.

1.4k · December 21, 2003

I remember putting a new cache on hold recently because it contained a knife, a lighter, a tube of Astroglide, and some scented soap. (Granted the soap isn't against the guidelines, but its just as bad an idea as food, for the same reason.)

There was also the guy that submitted 3 new caches at the same time. One contained a buckknife and waterproof matches. Another contained a lighter and matches. The last contained a lighter and an exacto knife.

My favorite was the one with fireworks AND matches. Hidden in the summertime in an area I know to be full of dry grass.

3.5k · December 21, 2003

I found a cache recently that contained an MRE (opened, so each item from the MRE was separated), a package of M&M's, and some bottle rockets.

Surprisingly enough, the hider didn't have one single find to their name.

strange, huh?

Bret

1.8k · December 21, 2003

I visisted a cache yesterday and in it was a "Get Out of Hell Free" card. My seven year old (who can read everything) looked at it and wanted to know why someone would leave something like that in a cache. (Good question, huh?) Anyway, I just wasn't in the mood to go thru the whole 'Judeo-Christian' diatribe, so I just told my son some 'nut job' must have placed it in the cache. And then, you guessed it, he wanted to know what a 'nut job' was all about. I can't win. After my son grabbed one of the McToys out of the cache and left I just looked around the area and said to myself, "this isn't hell, it's Kansas".

3.5k · December 22, 2003

I visisted a cache yesterday and in it was a "Get Out of Hell Free" card. My seven year old (who can read everything) looked at it and wanted to know why someone would leave something like that in a cache. (Good question, huh?) Anyway, I just wasn't in the mood to go thru the whole 'Judeo-Christian' diatribe, so I just told my son some 'nut job' must have placed it in the cache. And then, you guessed it, he wanted to know what a 'nut job' was all about. I can't win. After my son grabbed one of the McToys out of the cache and left I just looked around the area and said to myself, "this isn't hell, it's Kansas".

A little off-topic, but there's nothing "Judeo-Christian" about Get Out of Hell Free cards. They were created by Randy Cassingham of "ThisIsTrue.Com." There's a cacher somewhere in our area who leaves them as trade items, and yeah, he is a nut job, but for a whole different reason.

Bret (another nut job)

38.2k · December 22, 2003

I visisted a cache yesterday and in it was a "Get Out of Hell Free" card. My seven year old (who can read everything) looked at it and wanted to know why someone would leave something like that in a cache.

I've found them too, but I really don't equate them with fireworks, condoms, porn, bullets and beer.

Edited December 22, 2003 by briansnat

December 22, 2003

Sometimes children cache and we do not want them to have too much fun

Huh?

2.3k · December 22, 2003

In one of my own caches, I had just performed maintenance and went back the next day to drop off a few more trade goods. The "suspect" cacher had visited a few hours before I got back to the cache. He had left white supremicist literature, a bullet, instructions on how to make a silencer, and instructions for making and installing the parts to convert a TEC-9 to automatic fire.

um... cough... can I get that info sheet on converting a Tec-9??

4k · December 22, 2003

In one of my own caches, I had just performed maintenance and went back the next day to drop off a few more trade goods. The "suspect" cacher had visited a few hours before I got back to the cache. He had left white supremicist literature, a bullet, instructions on how to make a silencer, and instructions for making and installing the parts to convert a TEC-9 to automatic fire.

um... cough... can I get that info sheet on converting a Tec-9??

Careful there, Doc, you'll shoot your eye out with that thing!

2.3k · December 22, 2003

um... cough... can I get that info sheet on converting a Tec-9??

Careful there, Doc, you'll shoot your eye out with that thing!

I know I know, its all fun and games until....

1.5k · December 22, 2003

In one of my own caches, I had just performed maintenance and went back the next day to drop off a few more trade goods. The "suspect" cacher had visited a few hours before I got back to the cache. He had left white supremicist literature, a bullet, instructions on how to make a silencer, and instructions for making and installing the parts to convert a TEC-9 to automatic fire.

um... cough... can I get that info sheet on converting a Tec-9??

google

January 12, 2004

One that was posted originally included a knife.

January 12, 2004

What a nightmare! That kind of stuff in caches? I certainly hope that kind of stupid behavior isn't common!

24.7k · January 12, 2004

What a nightmare! That kind of stuff in caches? I certainly hope that kind of stupid behavior isn't common!

Well now, lets just say you will get a lot of opportunities to practice safe caching by removing them....

January 12, 2004

What a nightmare! That kind of stuff in caches? I certainly hope that kind of stupid behavior isn't common!

Well now, lets just say you will get a lot of opportunities to practice safe caching by removing them....

Not to mention all the fun that can be had with a knife, fireworks, beer, etc. :unsure:

1.2k · January 12, 2004

One cache in our area has a FTF prize hidden a bit away from the cache. You will have to hike for like 1 hour to get to the area, and then are a bottle of beer hidden nearby as a FTF prize. Nice...

We have found small (you know, the kind of bottles you get on the airplanes) bottle with alcohol in it. We have found cigarettes (a single one).

Didn't get upset by this...

2.3k · January 12, 2004

We have a local cacher (not sure who offhand) that we have dubbed the "Axe bandit," because he/she leaves the NASTIEST scented body spray called "axe" in the caches. You can tell when you're getting close to the cache -- you can smell it! Lord forbid if you accidentally spritz yourself....

:unsure:

January 12, 2004

My first cache I placed got turned down because I put a swiss army style knife in it as a ftf prize (duh). :unsure: Guess that kind of strengthens peoples point of making people find a few before they hide any.

January 13, 2004

I've been placing an old deck of community chest cards in each cache i find.......am i somehow a morally bad person because i left the "get out of jail free" card? like some kid is going to learn about jail for the first time from that card?

1.4k · January 13, 2004

We have a local cacher (not sure who offhand) that we have dubbed the "Axe bandit," because he/she leaves the NASTIEST scented body spray called "axe" in the caches. You can tell when you're getting close to the cache -- you can smell it! Lord forbid if you accidentally spritz yourself....

I swear if I ever find the Axe Bandit, I'm gonna kick his butt. That crap got all over my son at one cache The kids and I have personally trashed-out more Axe body spray than you can imagine. Man I hate that stuff joefrog is right, we definitely have a bandit in the area

1.4k · January 13, 2004

This cache:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...1f-c827de554d82

was approved yesterday, yet it clearly lists food items in the cache description. I'm usually pretty easy going, but I did hit the 'This Cache Should Be Archived' button. I understand the approvers are volunteers and really like all those that are involved in approving caches in my area, but if a cache clearly lists a food item, it shouldn't be approved. The cache also is listed as a multi cache but from the description it appears to be a plain-jane traditional.

Please note that I am *not* picking-on any of the approvers for my area, they all really rock! To be honest, knives/multi-tools in caches don't bother me, but food items do because they will attract animals, whereas knives/multi-tools don't necessarily attract escaped prisoners

2.7k · January 13, 2004

I visisted a cache yesterday and in it was a "Get Out of Hell Free" card. My seven year old (who can read everything) looked at it and wanted to know why someone would leave something like that in a cache. (Good question, huh?) Anyway, I just wasn't in the mood to go thru the whole 'Judeo-Christian' diatribe, so I just told my son some 'nut job' must have placed it in the cache. And then, you guessed it, he wanted to know what a 'nut job' was all about. I can't win. After my son grabbed one of the McToys out of the cache and left I just looked around the area and said to myself, "this isn't hell, it's Kansas".

This makes an excellent case for micros with nothing but a log book.

Yep. That's the way its gotta be.

Its just not possible to put a trade item in a cache that won't wind up offending someone...

So. That's it. No more trinket trading... just log books.

OBTW, LOG BOOKS OFFEND ME!!!!!

Have a nice day

come back soon

January 13, 2004

Worst things to find in a cache:

* Flaming molotov cocktail

* "Grow Your Own Mad Cow" feed kit

* Jimmy Hoffa

* Those gosh-darned WMD

* Anything that screams when it's exposed to light

* An extra pair of "lucky caching socks" (I've worn these to my last 100 caches and found every one!)

* A spleen

* Osama bin Laden

Anyone else care to add?

January 13, 2004

I swear if I ever find the Axe Bandit, I'm gonna kick his butt. That crap got all over my son at one cache The kids and I have personally trashed-out more Axe body spray than you can imagine. Man I hate that stuff joefrog is right, we definitely have a bandit in the area

You gots to axe yoself... do yous feel stinky, punk?

Edited January 13, 2004 by Indiana Cojones

January 13, 2004

We have found small (you know, the kind of bottles you get on the airplanes) bottle with alcohol in it. We have found cigarettes (a single one).

True, but if your 12-year-old son had found the cache out with his friends, you might have felt different.

2.7k · January 13, 2004

When I was 12 yrs old, I just went to the liquor store and BOUGHT it.

(well, 16 actually, but whose countin)

at 12 i could only get it at the neighbor's house

4k · January 13, 2004

This cache:

http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_detai...1f-c827de554d82

was approved yesterday, yet it clearly lists food items in the cache description. I'm usually pretty easy going, but I did hit the 'This Cache Should Be Archived' button. I understand the approvers are volunteers and really like all those that are involved in approving caches in my area, but if a cache clearly lists a food item, it shouldn't be approved. The cache also is listed as a multi cache but from the description it appears to be a plain-jane traditional.

Please note that I am *not* picking-on any of the approvers for my area, they all really rock! To be honest, knives/multi-tools in caches don't bother me, but food items do because they will attract animals, whereas knives/multi-tools don't necessarily attract escaped prisoners

Noticed it also listed a lighter as one of the items included.

24.7k · January 13, 2004

Worst things to find in a cache:
...

* Jimmy Hoffa

...

* Osama bin Laden

Anyone else care to add?

I could retire on finding both of those!

2.3k · January 13, 2004

Worst things to find in a cache:

Anyone else care to add?

Hmmmmm ever see the movies '7'? Brad Pitt found a REALLY inappropriate item in his last cache.

2.3k · January 14, 2004

We have a local cacher (not sure who offhand) that we have dubbed the "Axe bandit," because he/she leaves the NASTIEST scented body spray called "axe" in the caches. You can tell when you're getting close to the cache -- you can smell it! Lord forbid if you accidentally spritz yourself....

I swear if I ever find the Axe Bandit, I'm gonna kick his butt. That crap got all over my son at one cache The kids and I have personally trashed-out more Axe body spray than you can imagine. Man I hate that stuff joefrog is right, we definitely have a bandit in the area

LOL, Jeff -- tell us what you really think!

Of course, I took his threat seriously when I logged one of his caches...

January 15, 2004

Went out to do maintenence on a cache and found a note in the log from a few of the local youngsters about getting high and smoking weed. They were nice enought to leave a sample of their stash. I'm glad I didn't have to explain that one to the kids!.

January 15, 2004

Okay, so now I feel bad about this. In one of my recent caches (in Alberta, in winter) I left two individual foil-wrapped tea bags. I know not to leave chocolate and whatnot....how bad is tea?

1.8k · January 15, 2004

Okay, so now I feel bad about this. In one of my recent caches (in Alberta, in winter) I left two individual foil-wrapped tea bags. I know not to leave chocolate and whatnot....how bad is tea?

Okay, why leave tea bags? Are you thinking ... someone is going to trade for them? Maybe, someone finds the tea bag and can't wait to get home and brew-up a glass of sparkling fresh tea they found in an AMMO BOX? :lol:

January 15, 2004

I left them in addition to something else because after tramping through the snow in below freezing weather, it would be nice to go home and brew up some hot tea, left in factory-sealed foil wrappers, found in a cache.

2.7k · January 15, 2004

Well, it would be interesting to know if anyone logs them out... and then if they actually DID use them.

The sentiment is right, but I, perhaps like most(?), would still be a little *reluctant* to use them

1.8k · January 15, 2004

I left them in addition to something else because after tramping through the snow in below freezing weather, it would be nice to go home and brew up some hot tea, left in factory-sealed foil wrappers, found in a cache.

Alright, I see where you are coming from ... I like hot tea as well ... however, I would never eat, drink, or place anything found in a geocache near my mouth (even if it were factory sealed). But, thats just me ... Most people are probably more trusting than me. :lol:

January 15, 2004

We just found some Chiclets (chewing gum) still in the cellophane wrapper in an ammo can cache near the North Shore on Oahu. My wife took one and popped it in her mouth only to discover that it had molded due to the humidity. We threw them all away. Yuck!

4k · January 15, 2004

We just found some Chiclets (chewing gum) still in the cellophane wrapper in an ammo can cache near the North Shore on Oahu. My wife took one and popped it in her mouth only to discover that it had molded due to the humidity. We threw them all away. Yuck!

I think I might have chewed all of them to make sure they weren't all bad......or maybe not..... :lol:

January 15, 2004

I was at a cache recently and someone had left their own cache TP and all right next to the site.

Very gross...

Very Gross...

Blech !

:lol:

4k · January 15, 2004

I was at a cache recently and someone had left their own cache TP and all right next to the site.
Very gross...

Very Gross...

Blech !

What, you didn't CITO for them? :lol:

1.4k · January 15, 2004

Like I have said in many of post a Tuna Sandwich is the best trade item. :lol:

Edited January 15, 2004 by ChrisCindy

January 15, 2004

I was at a cache recently and someone had left their own cache TP and all right next to the site.
Very gross...

Very Gross...

Blech !

How about this one? It was pretty bad.

Brian

January 15, 2004

So ...

in the US waterproof matches, condoms, lighters, pocket-knifes and beer are considered to be inappropriate items in a cache? In Germany people think this kind of stuff is at least amusing. Dunno what's wrong with matches and condoms ...

January 16, 2004

So ...

in the US waterproof matches, condoms, lighters, pocket-knifes and beer are considered to be inappropriate items in a cache? In Germany people think this kind of stuff is at least amusing. Dunno what's wrong with matches and condoms ...

In the US, we have a habit of hurting ourselves and blaming it on others. It's almost an American pasttime. If someone took a book of matches out of a cache, then lit a forest fire with them, the guy who owned the cache could very likely get sued for "providing" the matches.

Case(s) in point.

1.8k · January 16, 2004

So ...

in the US waterproof matches, condoms, lighters, pocket-knifes and beer are considered to be inappropriate items in a cache? In Germany people think this kind of stuff is at least amusing. Dunno what's wrong with matches and condoms ...

In the US, we have a habit of hurting ourselves and blaming it on others. It's almost an American pasttime. If someone took a book of matches out of a cache, then lit a forest fire with them, the guy who owned the cache could very likely get sued for "providing" the matches.

Case(s) in point.

Or ... it just could be that Americans have higher standards ...

January 16, 2004

Revisited a cache while hiking today. It had: condom (unused), 3 firecrackers (unexploded), cigarettes (unsmoked) and food (cocoa mix undrunk). If it had booze, knife and porn it would qualify for the "Grand Slam" award.

Hey that was no cache that was my nightstand drawer.

1.8k · January 16, 2004

Revisited a cache while hiking today. It had: condom (unused), 3 firecrackers (unexploded), cigarettes (unsmoked) and food (cocoa mix undrunk). If it had booze, knife and porn it would qualify for the "Grand Slam" award.

Hey that was no cache that was my nightstand drawer.

Are you sure it wasn't the contents of your purse? Oh wait, your name 's GrizzlyJohn, no way could it be your purse.

January 16, 2004

Are you sure it wasn't the contents of your purse? Oh wait, your name 's GrizzlyJohn, no way could it be your purse.

LOL!!

January 18, 2004

...I left two individual foil-wrapped tea bags. ...how bad is tea?

Hmm.. as long as noone tries to smoke that stuff :huh: (SCNR)

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