goldfishy Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Seeing as I am (still) a newbie...I have a lot of ?'s and curiousities!!! I am wondering- what some of the more unique items that some of you have found? What made you jump up and down when you opened that cache? I'll even offer up one of my favorites so far (I've only found 3.) It was a mini cookie monster figure in PERFECT condition. Didn't expect to find something so cute! Quote Link to comment
+sept1c_tank Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 (edited) 55 sacajewea $$. Edited: for spelling, but I probably still got it wrong. Edited January 4, 2004 by sept1c_tank Quote Link to comment
+eddthejailer Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 my favorite thing so far has been a 2 car set of hotwheels in the plastic display case. Quote Link to comment
+SBPhishy Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Hmm... The brand new hotwheels are definitely cool to find. I've also found an awesome handblown glass bead which i now have dangling from my rear view mirror. Quote Link to comment
+pnew Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Geocoins that the previous owner intended you to keep or do whatever you please with are always cool. I'm about to set let almost all my California geocoins loose for keeps when they come in. Quote Link to comment
+eddthejailer Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 lol funny you mention the blown glass.my first find earlier in 2003..lol almost said earlier this year...duhwas kewl tree a members only cache and when i found it i placed a hand blown glass figure from holiday world here in indiana.the glass cat was never logged as taken from the cache and unfortunatly the cache has since been destroyed by someone urinating in the container and now is gone so i never will know if someone found and took my glass kitty Quote Link to comment
+briansnat Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 (edited) The ball portion of a titanium hip implant. I won't say I exactly jumped up and down when I opened the cache, but I thought it was cool because it was unusual. I turned it into this travel bug (see photo). Unfortunately the TB disappeared into the hands of a geocacher in August and I'm beginning to doubt it will ever see the light of day again. Edited January 4, 2004 by briansnat Quote Link to comment
+treemoss2 Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 A Liberty silver dollar. This was not noted on the cache site as contents, but cachers were advised to bring something worth $20 to exchange. Of course it was for the first finder. No one would have left that. I left a digital camera. Quote Link to comment
+Huntnlady Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I found a GPSr as a first finder prize in a cache. It was a Magellin 300. Worked perfectly. I couldn't believe it. I gave it to my brother for Christmas. Quote Link to comment
+Will+Bill Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 What cache was that? Our coolest prize would deffently be water in the Rock Pile Cache in South Dakota. When you are thirsty in the middle of nowhere, it really helps. One cache was said to have a Gameboy, but it wasn't there. Rock Pile is also one of our favorites. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 The things I remember most are signature items. Fergus chainmail balls and pouches, and Spitwinkle keychains are among the coveted finds in these here parts. Quote Link to comment
ucmike Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 i found a 1969 mets championship rheingold beer coaster and a 1986 Dwight Gooden "Dr. K" sticker. probably not worth too much but cool baseball memorabilia. i've also collected plastic army men, including a 6" guy with a flamethrower that are now hiding behind plants in my fishtanks. Quote Link to comment
quimbly Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I found a cool camoflague material GPSr case in one cache, with a pocket for spare batteries. Not a huge value item, but one which I have found very useful for keeping my GPSr free from scratches when it's in my handbag (it pays to keep the GPSr handy, never know when someone places a new cache which might be doable from your current location!). Didn't have anything of equal value to swap, so left a couple of lesser value things. I like to find things like small torches, carabiners etc. It's nice to have things for kids, but I would like to find more things for us bigger kids too. Games are cool, I found Chess in a Tin for a pound at a bargain store and left that in a cache, I love to find things like that in caches. Quote Link to comment
+Imajika Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 I found one the other day and the cache had the CUTEST little stuffed bear inside. It was holding a heart. Not really unique but it was so cute I had to do a trade. I have a shelf in my bedroom for knick-knacks. That little bear is proudly sitting on my shelf as I type this. I looked through the log and didn't see where anyone mentioned leaving it there. So whoever put that bear in the Colorado "Enjoy some shade" cache, THANKS! Quote Link to comment
+Chance Encounter Posted January 4, 2004 Share Posted January 4, 2004 Our very first FTF (Gobble-Gobble) had a pair of nice FRS radios inside. We had been contemplating purchasing a set anyway, so we took off right away when we spotted the new cache listing. We fought through a pouring thunderstorm, rapidly dropping temperatures and a final hike of roughly two miles roundtrip to finish the three stages. It still ranks as our favorite find, both for the cool prize and for the pride of having overcome adversity. Quote Link to comment
+BoredKitty Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 The neatest item I found was a brand new leather travel document wallet. I travel a lot so this was a wonderful find! -BK Quote Link to comment
umc Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 The things I remember most are signature items. Fergus chainmail balls and pouches, and Spitwinkle keychains are among the coveted finds in these here parts. A good friend of mine makes my favorite sig item and its similar. Here is a link to the pics of his handmade keychains. Do you have any pics Mr.K? Quote Link to comment
kingsmen26 Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 Stainless steel hip flask as a FTF prize. I will engrave cache name and coords on it as soon as possible. Quote Link to comment
+WebbyCat Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 My best item found was a digital camera that was in a members only cache. The most fun item was a really cute plastic bobble head tan dog. Ever since we got it, it sits on the dashboard of our vehicle and has accompanied us as a mascot for a lot of miles. Every so often, we comment that we are so glad we got it. Quote Link to comment
+El Diablo Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 I was doing cache maintenance one time and found a .999 silver medallion in the cache. I liked it and took it. The following day the cache was stolen. Wish I had taken the log book and camera instead. El Diablo Quote Link to comment
+WalruZ Posted January 5, 2004 Share Posted January 5, 2004 One of my son's first finds contained a telephone, an "iEgg" - this fully working phone was the shape and size of an egg. an angled portion swivels away to expose buttons. An earphone/microphone set (included) plugs in, as does a phone cord (also included). It works great. Needless to say this has never been equaled. My favorite finds; a Johnny Bravo doll I found yesterday, mint and so cool. A BART ticket I found in chicago, of all places (until I tried to use it and found it had become unmagnetized), necklaces & stuff I have given to females (still working that angle). My really favorite cache finds are all kept in my minds eye. Flag Hill in the afternoon light. The slopes of McGuire peak after everything has sprouted. An egret nesting ground. An FTF in my flashlight beam. I could go on and on. These I get to take and keep, diminishing noone else. Quote Link to comment
+GEM's Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 I found a $100 bill in a cache in Redmond last year! Quote Link to comment
+Snoogans Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 A bolo tie made with a large piece of rare jasper. A rock & gem dealer offered me $100 for it, but said it was worth more, since the particular source is now gone. A $20 Best Buy gift card. (GQ's Abducted Santa Claus) A cool handmade cane. (Bosun's Cane Cache) Many interesting handmade sig items. (Team Kender & LaMudbug's are awesome.) A Homer Kong toy. (Burger King toy) Lot's of interesting rocks. Most of what I tade for goes right back in another cache. There are about a dozen items (other than sig items) that I plan to keep so far. Sn gans Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 A really cool pencil and a notebook with a bunch of cacher's signatures in it. Looks great with my collection of ammo boxes and tupperware containers I've found at other cache locations! Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 A really cool pencil and a notebook with a bunch of cacher's signatures in it. Looks great with my collection of ammo boxes and tupperware containers I've found at other cache locations! Yeah I was thinking about opening a $1 store. I have the inventory now. Quote Link to comment
+Renegade Knight Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 I've left a gameboy color. Used but the advance wasn't out yet so it was still 'state of the art' The trade was never noted online (as to who took it). My best find was a roman coin. Quote Link to comment
+Tprints Posted January 6, 2004 Share Posted January 6, 2004 The weirdest thing I ever found was a Scalp Massager. It's made of thick copper wire and I had no idea what it was when I first looked at it. Just had to take it once I read what it was. Strange contraption! Here's a picture of one that I found at The Happy Company... http://www.thehappycompany.com/product_lin...ge_headtrip.htm I also found a Remote Finder in a cache. The only thing is, what happens if you lose the Remote Finder? A friend of mine took Pork Chops from a cache that we found together. I don't think I'd ever eat anything found in a cache (Shouldn't be food in a cache anyway) but he thought it was wild. Quote Link to comment
+robert Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 The things I remember most are signature items. Fergus chainmail balls and pouches, and Spitwinkle keychains are among the coveted finds in these here parts. A good friend of mine makes my favorite sig item and its similar. Here is a link to the pics of his handmade keychains. Do you have any pics Mr.K? As you requested! For scale, it's about 1.75" long. Quote Link to comment
+Sparky-Watts Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 As you requested! For scale, it's about 1.75" long. Very nice! Do I detect Walnut and Curly Maple? Hard to tell from the pic. Quote Link to comment
+ChrisCindy Posted January 7, 2004 Share Posted January 7, 2004 Do I detect Walnut and Curly Maple? Hard to tell from the pic. No that is Walnut and Straight Grain Alpine Hemlock, found around the upper NE. Quote Link to comment
+maleki Posted January 20, 2004 Share Posted January 20, 2004 a 377 A.D.(give or take a generation) roman bronze coin from a coin exchange cache in IDaho Quote Link to comment
+Bozz Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 I found a $100 bill in a cache in Redmond last year! Musta been a BILL GATE$ cache????? Bozz Quote Link to comment
+bigredmed Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 A CD with a digital audio file of the original radio broadcast of War of the Worlds. Quote Link to comment
+crzycrzy Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 That's sooooo cool. I want a copy ! Quote Link to comment
+vds Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 A brand new golf shirt that was the right size, still wear it once in a while. Quote Link to comment
+Zartimus Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 A Gumby! I seem to have lost it though (sad face). Quote Link to comment
+Cacheola Crew Posted January 21, 2004 Share Posted January 21, 2004 Our favorite thing to find so far was a spitwinkle key chain. (shown above) A lot of care went in to making it. Have one hanging from my key chain and it always reminds me that I should be caching. Cacheola Crew Mom Quote Link to comment
+programmer64 Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 A geocaching pokerchip thing, I liked it so much I'll keep it forever and ever. Quote Link to comment
+2qwerqE Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 A 1 inch pearlized turban seashell pendant, edged in 24 kt gold; exquisite. And I've been a shell collector for many years. I wear it often. Quote Link to comment
+Team Fegel Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 (edited) My favorite so far was a Lanyard for my GPSr. Its the one sold on the Groundspeak shops. The only thing useful that I have found too. Edited January 22, 2004 by jfegel Quote Link to comment
+Wacka Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 SnoWake's signature thermometer/compass/keychain. I have it clipped to my mini MagLight. Quote Link to comment
+joefrog Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 As you requested! For scale, it's about 1.75" long. Very nice! Do I detect Walnut and Curly Maple? Hard to tell from the pic. My guess would have been fiddleback or curly maple... thanks for the info! And now it's official... I WANT one! Gonna look for one o'them someday... I'm an amateur woodworker myself!! Quote Link to comment
+rover-r-us Posted January 22, 2004 Share Posted January 22, 2004 a G.W. doller Quote Link to comment
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