Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 You know what would be cool, although I don't know if it would work....... You know how people collect Olympic pins? Wonder if we could somehow have a thread here, where people could trade sig items. I'll send you one of mine, if you send me one of yours kind of thing? Of course, at the moment, I don't even HAVE a sig item..... Quote Link to comment
+Team PEZ Posted September 8, 2004 Author Share Posted September 8, 2004 You know what would be cool, although I don't know if it would work....... You know how people collect Olympic pins? Wonder if we could somehow have a thread here, where people could trade sig items. I'll send you one of mine, if you send me one of yours kind of thing? Of course, at the moment, I don't even HAVE a sig item..... i think thats a cool idea ... ive seen some really cool trademark items listed i would love to have! im game - anyone else? team PEZ Travel Bug Racer Quote Link to comment
+nfa Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I'd like that... nfa Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I'll start a new thread. Those that want to do this can use that thread (and PM's to exchange info). Those that don't want to do it, don't have to! Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 You could also revive the existing thread regarding signature item trading. (Yep, I'm testing your search skills, Pip.) Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 You could also revive the existing thread regarding signature item trading. (Yep, I'm testing your search skills, Pip.) Oh man, and I thought it was an original idea. I should have known better with this bunch!! Off to search now............ Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Okay, here are the search terms I used, and I came up with nothing: trade sig item sig items signature item signature items exchange I give up. Quote Link to comment
+CompuCash Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Okay, here are the search terms I used, and I came up with nothing: trade sig item sig items signature item signature items exchange I give up. Yo pip! try this page - http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...ghlite=sig+item I did a searche on sig item got back a whole page - Quote Link to comment
Keystone Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Okay, here are the search terms I used, and I came up with nothing: trade sig item sig items signature item signature items exchange I give up. Pip, I'm guessing you didn't search back more than 30 days, which is the default setting on the search page. This trips up many people. A search of the word "signature" in the topic title, going back farther, turned up this thread, which was the one I was thinking of. Quote Link to comment
+TroutGuy78 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I leave a hand-tied fishing fly. There are several caches where I'm from that are near where one can use them. -TroutGuy78 Quote Link to comment
+CompassCollector Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I leave these, and sometimes other items as well. Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Okay, here are the search terms I used, and I came up with nothing: trade sig item sig items signature item signature items exchange I give up. Yo pip! try this page - http://forums.Groundspeak.com/GC/index.php...ghlite=sig+item I did a searche on sig item got back a whole page - Yeah, I got that, too, but didn't see a thread about trading, other than the one I started... Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 Okay, here are the search terms I used, and I came up with nothing: trade sig item sig items signature item signature items exchange I give up. Pip, I'm guessing you didn't search back more than 30 days, which is the default setting on the search page. This trips up many people. A search of the word "signature" in the topic title, going back farther, turned up this thread, which was the one I was thinking of. Ahhhh........I didn't even know about changing it. I assumed it searched all threads from the beginning of time. Silly me. You know what they say about the word 'assume.' (Yeah, yeah, old joke.) Quote Link to comment
kayaker22589 Posted September 8, 2004 Share Posted September 8, 2004 I like that first one of yours CompassCollector. Quote Link to comment
+Nurse Dave Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I have sig buttons and a couple of different cards. Been playing around with printing see-thru cards with good luck, but still having trouble laminating those. We also made up some engraved carabiners. I'm one of those cachers Kaelia said had a book of sig items. Been growing my collection in the last couple of weeks and now it's a 2 volume set. I'm always looking for people to swap with, so shoot me an email if you're interested. I've even been known to send a geocoin for really good stuff. Quote Link to comment
Buzzygirl Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I often leave Mercury dimes (silver, from the 1920's-1940's) in my caches. Quote Link to comment
+Square Bear Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Right now we’re using signature cards with a flag pin on it (everyone has to start some were). We just ordered some wooden nickels, they couldn’t do our avatar so had a bear paw print put on them instead. Just got a few t-shirts made with our avatar on the back and a bear paw print on the front. They were kind of expensive so not sure if they will see the inside of a cache or not. Quote Link to comment
PatrickD Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I'm a n00b, but I've left rare promo Fluxx cards in almost every cache I've found. What's Fluxx? It's a great card game! Check it out! http://wunderland.com/LooneyLabs/Fluxx/Default.html (No, I don't work for Looney Labs and am in no way compensated for the cards. I'm just hoping to introduce more people to a great game! ...for when the weather's too miserable to go out and geocache.) When I run out of cards, I'll probably start leaving Anime Boston trinkets. Quote Link to comment
+Sgt Stitches Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 (edited) I use three different items depending on the situation... Normal cache gets a Green plastic army man with my avatar attached like a dog tag. Micro cache gets a mini green army man with avatar dog tag. This one will fit almost any micro cache Finally, I just got a bunch of german army surplus camo sewing kits (Sgt Stitches...get it?). These I place in a cache that I really enjoy, or am a FTF, or I leave as a FTF prize option in the caches I hide. Of course, my Kealia shot glass sig item is one of the coolest I've found... I had to go out a night and re-visit a cache in a pet cemetary to grab it though.... well worth it. Other favorite sig items I've collected: engraved spoon from Iron Chef metal dogtags from Team Dakiba an untral light alchohol burning camp stove by Rockman El Jeffe Rhino Pin Wintertime crystal snowflake Fishpoet/cachefan/stantastic casino chip "Invade San Jose" event item Marky and Joani Smashed Penny Kablooey Smashed coin oh... and almost forgot... my Touchstone Marshmellow gun Edited September 9, 2004 by Sgt Stitches Quote Link to comment
+reveritt Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 Because it is an election year, I leave a copy of "The U.S. Constitution and Fascinating Facts About it" (see http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/tg/detai...glance&s=books) Quote Link to comment
+PNWWizard Posted September 9, 2004 Share Posted September 9, 2004 I don't know if it's my siggy item, but I have a bunch of chunky froggy stamps. I usually leave another item as well, depends on what's on hand. Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Like I said, I don't have a signature item yet, but I've collected a few: Earthling's engraved aluminum medal (the coolest sig item I've seen yet!) RedSalmon's little glass fish Guidedawg's little plastic dalmation Team Tigger International's signature keyring Lord Padishar's handmade 'LP' medalion Good Dog's wooden dog bone with his username and location stamped on it Geo Jim's smashed penny with the St. Louis Gateway Arch on it See-through glass pebble with a smiley icon showing through it and a magnet attached to the back and various laminated sig cards and personalized pin-back buttons. Quote Link to comment
+Charles Street Gang Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Our sig items are on the way...red golf pencils with our team name. We thought you can always use a pencil if you're a geocacher. Quote Link to comment
+jamrasc Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I haven't come up with anything yet. I'm still thinking of something cool. I really like CompassCollector's sig item. Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Okay, I decided. I'm an avid reader, so I'm making 'book thongs.' They're bookmarks, with beads on both ends. This one has a silver charm that says, "Believe." Quote Link to comment
Black Mage Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Wow, there are a lot of great sig items, I especially like the shot glass, Kealia. As for me, I am a full time student, and am therefore perpetually broke. Thus I just use home printed sig cards. Once I manage to get a job, I plan to try some better items. Quote Link to comment
+Blue Man Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I got some neat buttons from Honeychile that I leave in every cache I visit. They may not be worth much now ... Quote Link to comment
+Team PEZ Posted September 10, 2004 Author Share Posted September 10, 2004 wow! looks like this thread i started has really taken off! i love seeing every ones trade items. i am so jealous! my trademark item is a PEZ dispenser with a sticker on it that says "team PEZ was here" and of course, i glue a magnet on the PEZ, place it in a small baggie to keep dry, and then find a great magnetic place to hide a new cache! i cant wait to swap with you all! -TP Quote Link to comment
+BlackBrownDog Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) I'm glad that when our team started geocaching earlier this year, we started collecting sig items around when we found our 20th cache. We went to a NWOGEO event cache, our monthly "meet and eat." Here we spoke with Team Hydnckr, who explained the sig item to us! We liked the idea of these unique, personal items!!! Since then, we have collected the Cinti Chili Magnet from Scook, the good dog bone, the 03 block and 04 domino from Serenity Now. One of the neatest is a "tree" quilted patch from Bobada. Team Soaring have sandblasted logo tiles and window decals that are cool, too. I have a shoebox full of keychains, wooden nickles and sig cards/patches/magnets! We'll post ours ASAP, we started using sig items at out 100th find (I guess we felt like "established" cachers at that point). Ours is a steel laser cut "BlackBrownDogBone"; you're pretty likely to find one currently in the Oak Openings region west of Toledo. I'd like to find one of Pipanella's "book thongs"... love them beads! Mrs. BBD Edited September 10, 2004 by BlackBrownDog Quote Link to comment
+Kealia Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Of course, my Kealia shot glass sig item is one of the coolest I've found... I had to go out a night and re-visit a cache in a pet cemetary to grab it though.... well worth it. oh... and almost forgot... my Touchstone Marshmellow gun (blushes) Butg i still haven't been invited over to drink the margaritas that he uses it for! I do have to say that the Marshmallwo guns are awesome as well! I think Touchstone credits Mudfrog (maybe someone else) for the idea. Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 I'm glad that when our team started geocaching earlier this year, we started collecting sig items around when we found our 20th cache. We went to a NWOGEO event cache, our monthly "meet and eat." Here we spoke with Team Hydnckr, who explained the sig item to us! We liked the idea of these unique, personal items!!! Since then, we have collected the Cinti Chili Magnet from Scook, the good dog bone, the 03 block and 04 domino from Serenity Now. One of the neatest is a "tree" quilted patch from Bobada. Team Soaring have sandblasted logo tiles and window decals that are cool, too. I have a shoebox full of keychains, wooden nickles and sig cards/patches/magnets! We'll post ours ASAP, we started using sig items at out 100th find (I guess we felt like "established" cachers at that point). Ours is a steel laser cut "BlackBrownDogBone"; you're pretty likely to find one currently in the Oak Openings region west of Toledo. I'd like to find one of Pipanella's "book thongs"... love them beads! Mrs. BBD I'm going to work on making more this weekend, and the weird thing is, I'm at 100 finds right now, too, and I'm just now starting to use my sig item! (I still have to log the 100th...) I hope you find one of my book thongs, too! And we're going to take a trip to Toledo one of these days to do a bunch of caches, so maybe we'll run across one of yours, too! Quote Link to comment
+Team Nardo Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 (edited) i personally leave small monkey fist knots around a glass marble. as sson as i remember to get some TB tags, there will be a few monkey fist TB's of a monkey fist knot over a golf ball. check out my geocaching profile for a picture of a monkey fist (or look left -- under my name) Edited September 10, 2004 by Team Nardo Quote Link to comment
+TotemLake Posted September 10, 2004 Share Posted September 10, 2004 Well here's my new sig item: Quote Link to comment
Rupert2 Posted September 11, 2004 Share Posted September 11, 2004 I am also an avid banknote collector. I typically leave a banknote with my handle stamped on it. It is definately a sig item, but the banknote changes daily. Here is one example. Quote Link to comment
+Rechercheuse Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I finally got my sig items made and received them a couple days ago. They are - a Compass with Chinese Characters (I also have Chinese Characters in my Avatar) that you can attach to a lanyard or a keychain, I plan to add a card explaining the characters - an expandable keychain that has a clip on the back, the key chain part can be pulled out (similar to a tape measure) on a wire Both have my Nick and an adapted round GC Logo on them. I was hesitant for a long time, as I was not sure if these were useful at all to other cachers. Also they were much more expensive than other (not personalised) items I could find, but I really wanted something personalised. I have a bag full of non personalized items and I trade very rarely, but I often leave something, without taking anything. I also had some additional stickers made, in case at a later point in time I come across other suitable items I could use those stickers to personalize them. I especially wanted to have those items to put something as little "thank you for this cache" in caches I find on vacations. As in my home area I can give back to the community by placing caches (although with expectations shifting to a higher level this has become much harder lately) but in other countries I can't do that. Anybody interested in one of these items, watch out for them in caches in Nevada in October! Happy Caching! Rechercheuse Quote Link to comment
+Du's Crew Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 (edited) We use these enamel hat pins with the old Astros Logo. Left nearly 80 so far. They're great because they fit into some micros. Edited September 18, 2004 by Du's Crew Quote Link to comment
Agent N. Posted September 18, 2004 Share Posted September 18, 2004 I'am working on some Staff Medallions for my sig item Quote Link to comment
Blazer2 Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 We'll trade by mail with others, we have a small draw string cloth bag with an iron on of a hiker and Blazer2 on it, insifde the bag is a small assortment of band aids and a laminated card. If interested. Email me, will exchange info. Quote Link to comment
+Family O Foxes Posted September 20, 2004 Share Posted September 20, 2004 (edited) Our sig item is Riggin. The logo on his chest is representative of the Arthritis Foundation logo. Our 8 year old daughter has Juvenile Rheumatoid Arthritis (diagnosed @ age 2). This is our way to help get the word out that "Kids Get Arthritis Too". Check out our profile or http://www.gotcache.com/jra for more info. Edited September 20, 2004 by Family O Foxes Quote Link to comment
+GreyingJay Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I am thinking of making something out of chain mail as my signature item, but I can't think of what would be a relatively small and quick thing to make. A lot of chainmailling stuff is very time consuming indeed. Quote Link to comment
+Bayonets4u Posted September 21, 2004 Share Posted September 21, 2004 I leave a patch with my logo crossed bayonets. Bayonets4u Quote Link to comment
+G'n,G Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 We just leave a bunch of drawings in our log. Quote Link to comment
The Hotdog Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 I am beginning to leave lanyard keychain things, and I am thinking about getting custom wooden nickels but for right now I am going stick with lanyard things as my sig. Quote Link to comment
FreeFloat Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 (edited) I've been leaving tiny ships in a bottle. I picked up a dozen or so at a knick knack store once upon a time. I'm an avid sailor and diver, and my (so far) only placed cache is a scuba (underwater) one so somehow the ship idea fit. Sorry, no digital camera - but these little items are about 2" long and an inch tall, made of real glass with a wooden stopper in the neck, and have a tiny fully-rigged wooden ship with paper sails contained within. I have two models; a square rigger in an oblong bottle (on its side, fitted to a little wooden black so it will stand on display) and a round bellied bottle sitting upright that contains a gaff schooner. That reminds me, I should hit the shop again and see if they have any more...... Edited September 22, 2004 by FreeFloat Quote Link to comment
+Rubeeslpr Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 (edited) Our sig item is a die cut Ruby Slipper magnet. We leave a sig card at every cache we visit, and our magnet at many. We have collected lots of interesting signature items, and many sig cards. Other than these things, we rarely take anything from caches. Our reward is the hunt! Edited September 22, 2004 by Rubeeslpr Quote Link to comment
Wyoming_Companion Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 (edited) Although we are new to Geocaching.....members of our "team"....including "Sue" and "Dakota Bazbo" plan to leave items which have the Wyoming trademark, the "bucking horse and rider." Our plan is to leave a variety of items....from a sticker on a card.....to a magnet....to a shot glass....etc., etc. , etc. So if you get something with this symbol....we hope it's from us. Team Bazbo Edited September 22, 2004 by Wyoming_Companion Quote Link to comment
+SixTen Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 Assimilated golf balls. I take used golf balls out of geocaches, clean them, stamp them, put them in a baggie with a special card and number, and use them as signature items. I hate just used golf balls (new ones aren't bad) so I figure this adds some kind of value to them. There will be a $9 million study next year to determine if my efforts have effected any change. I have yet to find one...hopefully soon though now that I am getting into a good flow (had some things holding me up on caching when I just started...) Trippy, UMC and VictoryMike all drove down to an event in Indiana together...Trippy offered one of his assimilated Golf Balls to me...I declined ecause I want to find one in a cache...I didn't want to take the easy way out I am starting to think I shoulda grabbed it and ran!...anyway, I wanted to say that VictoryMikes Chainmail Keychains are also a highly sought after Sig Item in Michigan...and I do have one of those! Quote Link to comment
Pipanella Posted September 22, 2004 Share Posted September 22, 2004 What are you trying to do, Six??? Make me feel guilty because I got both of those sig items directly? Well, it is not working. I love them and I don't care HOW I got them. Technically, I found them in the "Happy Birthday, Pip!" cache. Quote Link to comment
Acer0001 Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 (edited) Since I like to fish a lot, I leave a small bag with a fishing lure that I know will work in the area of the cache. I place my sig card in the bag with it. Fishing lures are fairly inexpensive and those who lose them fishing seem to appreciate it... kinda the same idea as TroutGuy78. Acer0001 Edited September 23, 2004 by Acer0001 Quote Link to comment
+Beta Test Posted September 23, 2004 Share Posted September 23, 2004 I have buisness type cards. I think theyre pretty neat. Quote Link to comment
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