+Team Lyon Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 I'm ready to place my first cache and I'm fretting over my FTF prize. I know I don't have to put one in but I would like to put something nice in since I'm new to this and have never been even close to FTF I was woundering about what you you have found ? BYW thanks to everyone who replyed to my camera Q Quote
+evergreenhiker! Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 quote:Originally posted by Team Lyon:I'm ready to place my first cache and I'm fretting over my FTF prize. I know I don't have to put one in but I would like to put something nice in since I'm new to this and have never been even close to FTF I was woundering about what you you have found ? BYW thanks to everyone who replyed to my camera Q Well, I've found gift cards. 10-15 dollar values...e.g. Starbucks, REI, card good for a cluster of restuarants, etc. For my Gem Cache, I put ten bucks in for the first finder. A little folding stove that uses pellets in antoher one that was a very hard cache to reach. Anyhow, FTF prizes in my experience probably on average run about 10 bucks or so in value. The better FTF gifts are for the harder caches in my opinion. Your garden variety city caches...hit adn run types...maybe 5 bucks value. I try to have useful things in my caches and will have more than one item for the user to chose from. Geocoins are a great FTF items. Good way to get folks to chase dwon a hard mountain cache is to put one of Moun10bikes coins up there if you are lucky enough to lay hands on one. Hard to get signature items also make great FTF prizes. Anyhow, no hard fast rules here, just put out what you feel like and can afford. Quote
+BadAndy Posted November 2, 2003 Posted November 2, 2003 A pretty cool FTF prize is an unactivated new set of travel bug dogtags. "Me transmitte sursum, Caledoni!" Quote
+briansnat Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I rarely put FTF prizes in my cache, but when I do I've used new Geocaching.com hats. I've also placed decon boxes, complete with a logbook, pencil and laminated "geocaching letter", as a ready made hide yer own cache. The person just has to add some trinkets and find a good spot. "You can't make a man by standing a sheep on his hind legs. But by standing a flock of sheep in that position, you can make a crowd of men" - Max Beerbohm Quote
+Scott Johnson Posted November 3, 2003 Posted November 3, 2003 I like make my caches First To Find premium members only, and then open it up to the rest of the world. That way we support those who support us. Never underestimate the stupidity of people in large groups. Quote
Wintertime Posted November 5, 2003 Posted November 5, 2003 If your cache has a theme, it's great to offer an FTF prize that's related to the theme. For example, someone recently placed a cache in my area that required decoding Morse code to get the coordinates, and they put a pair of two-way radios in the box as the FTF prize. (Yeah, I know, they should have used straight keys, but they probably figured that few people would want those. :-)) A friend and I are working on a cache that's about a certain area of the Sierra Nevada, so when I was in that area recently, I found a nice pewter keychain that has a map of the area. Patty Quote
+gallahad Posted November 8, 2003 Posted November 8, 2003 FTF "prizes" are certainly a nice idea; and they seem to promote competition. A geocaching associate of mine recently offered free gold panning lessons for FTF. We hadn't met until I achieved FTF on his cache and the pleasure of meeting him personally, for the gold panning lesson, was a much greater "prize" than any material object I can imagine. Some of those who participate in our sport aren't financially able to lay out ten or fifteen bucks for a FTF award. In my opinion, just about anything that qualifies as being unique (even in a small way) or worthy of collecting as a trophy or souvenir of the activity, would prove to be quite satisfying. "Today's truth remains valid only as long as it withstands the test of tomorrow's discoveries" - George Hicks Quote
+Team Lyons Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 I see you placed you first cache. What did you end up using as a FTFP? Quote
+GIDEON-X Posted November 9, 2003 Posted November 9, 2003 The Last couple of caches that I put out I put a Lotto Scratcher in for a first finder's prize The last one was a chance to win $25,000 a year for life (cost me $3/00) I feel that this added a bit to the quest. ~~~ "And now where" ~~~ Quote
+Team Lyon Posted November 20, 2003 Author Posted November 20, 2003 woo hoo the forms are back !!! I got my 1st cache up and running 3 hits the first day I diceded to use some TB dog tags as it was something I had on hand. The guy the was FTF seemed to like them and once they get out into the wild I track the bug Quote
+joefrog Posted November 21, 2003 Posted November 21, 2003 Around here, it's actually being the FTF that's becoming the prize. However, i do leave some goodies. I've left teeshirts, a gift certificate for $10, and (more likely) one of Joefrog's Famous Marshmallow Guns. Check here for more info on them. Quote
Dosido Posted November 21, 2003 Posted November 21, 2003 For my last cache I hid, I created a logo for the cache (The Devil's Cache) and bought some buffalo wing hot sauce from the store. Took the labels off of those, put my own on, and used those for the first group of finders. FTF got a very large bottle, the others, small ones. So there were prizes for the first 6 people. Now people have a souvenier from the cache itself. Quote
+Night Stalker Posted November 26, 2003 Posted November 26, 2003 I placed a cache today and left a 1942 brilliant uncirculated mercury dime as a first to find prize. This is a micro cache so anything much larger would not fit. It also has a coin theme. The coin was reasonably priced and hopefully will be desirable to my fellow cachers. Quote
+Huntnlady Posted November 27, 2003 Posted November 27, 2003 Last week I was FTF on Anthony's Last Hurrah, and there was a GPSr in it! I was blown away. I'm going to give it to my dad for Christmas. Quote
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