What Was The Wierdest Thing You Found In A Cach

[cherrychick55]

i know i found some wierd things before like eyeliner and a movie.i bet u people found a lot more wierd thins than eyeliner and a movie.oh i almoste forgot i found a pair of pants next to the cach with the eyeliner in it.

 

cherrychick55

 

 

tell me what the wierdes thing you found in a cach was!!!!!!yamahamelissa@yahoo.com

[+hedberg]

beer, cigarettes, alcohol bottles, knife, gun bullit, condom...

 

Just the regular stuff

 

But I will get suprised the day I find a dead body in a cache...!

[+epeli]

Nothing strange with these individual items, but they were IN THE SAME BOX: two condoms and a fishing hook!!

[+hedberg]

Nothing strange with these individual items, but they were IN THE SAME BOX: two condoms and a fishing hook!!

Is that some kind of finnish party trick?

[+epeli]

Is that some kind of finnish party trick?

Or perhaps it is to support the reproduction of tourists - this cache is less than 10 km from harbour of Turku (Åbo).

[Cholo]

Nothing strange with these individual items, but they were IN THE SAME BOX: two condoms and a fishing hook!!

Is that some kind of finnish party trick?

I heard that they're in there so that Swedes can practice "safe trolling".

[+Tervas]

Tried to find a previous thread about this issue but failed so I'll tell again:

A feminine leakage plug (unused, someone told he found used one near another cache box).

I guess it was not placed there to absorb moisture because the plastic wrapping wasn't opened.

[+Divine]

Tried to find a previous thread about this issue but failed

It was this thread, but its in Finnish and basically it was just one of those many discussions about what kind of stuff is suitable to leave in a cache.

 

Myself, I really haven't found anything really weird in a cache. But one of the weirdest things I've heard someone finding was a ball portion of a titanium hip implant, which was later made into a Travel Bug.

[+mtlbiker]

I found once a set of stink bombs!

[virtato]

Earplugs (used?), a condom (unused).

[+Tervas]

Earplugs (used?), a condom (unused).

I have left unused earplugs in some caches and got very positive feedback of those, one caher collected them for her personal use (snoring husband???)

How about an empty candy box, more like trash than a trade item.

[+epeli]

A feminine leakage plug (unused, someone told he found used one near another cache box).

Yap! I met a used one next to a box. I had a plastic bag with me to remove it. Later I have found one unused in the box, too. This one I did not remove.

[+Captain Morgan]

Small regular stones and pine cones.

[uperdooper]

beer bottle caps, parking tickets, used ferry tickets.

[+Robespierre]

Nothing strange with these individual items, but they were IN THE SAME BOX: two condoms and a fishing hook!!

All I can think of is...OUCH!!.

 

Recently just the head of a small troll doll, very dirty.

[+nfa]

I recently found a cache with 4 plastic spiders in it...when I brushed them aside, one of them ran up my arm...a big hairy spider hanging out with 3 poor conversationalists!

 

nfa

[+carleenp]

An unpaid parking ticket.

[+Planet]

Not in, but on the way to a cache, I found a 9 foot long dead and dessicated shark. Its teeth were already gone.

[+2qwerqE]

Q: What smell worse than death?

 

A: A dead skunk, on an 85* day.

 

It wasn't in the cache, but it was less than 20 feet away. Yowza! Logged that puppy in a furry hurry!

[Pantalaimon]

Q: What smell worse than death?

 

A: A dead skunk, on an 85* day.

 

It wasn't in the cache, but it was less than 20 feet away. Yowza! Logged that puppy in a furry hurry!

Wait, a dead skunk smells worse than death?

 

Isn't that death smelling worse than death?

 

I'm confused.

[dsandbro]

Cremains of someone's dog, with a note to continue carrying the jar to your next cache, sorta like a travel bug. It seems the dog really liked geocaching...

 

I passed on moving it along...

[+Team Perks]

Q: What smell worse than death?

 

A: A dead skunk, on an 85* day.

 

It wasn't in the cache, but it was less than 20 feet away. Yowza! Logged that puppy in a furry hurry!

Try a dead 400-pound pig on a 105° day at this cache...

 

Yecch.

[+Team Flying Dachshund]

A thong.

[+CompuCash]

A thong.

used?

[+Dan-oh]

A thong.

When I said "Who's thongs are these?", my daughter nearly puked.

Apparently we were talking about different types of clothing. (I'm guessing you meant the other type too)

 

[+Ms_Behaving]

The strangest thing I found in a cache was an adult toy inflatable sheep (including a sample of spanish fly). I had taken my 20 yr old nephew on his first geocache when we found this and he declined it, so I left it in the cache.... I had no use for it I thought it was funny....

[+Team Rock Hound]

Found a mouse trap in a cache. (It was not set, thankfully)

[+Planet]

Q: What smell worse than death?

 

A: A dead skunk, on an 85* day.

 

It wasn't in the cache, but it was less than 20 feet away. Yowza! Logged that puppy in a furry hurry!

Try a dead 400-pound pig on a 105° day at this cache...

 

Yecch.

I think the guy beating up the refigerator was a bit strange too, and all dem bones!

[+AtlantaGal]

Part of a small animal's jawbone with teeth intact, expired coupons and newspaper clippings.

[+GeoJews]

The weirdest thing I found in a cache has been some fish flavored candy. As for ourside of a cache, I have found a bong, a dead squirl, and some other dead, large animal when caching in a mountainous area of Vail.

[Cholo]

Found a mouse trap in a cache. (It was not set, thankfully)

Well, let's hope it wasn't set....food is not allowed in caches!!

[Shoobie & the Sand Crabs]

I know a guy whose trademark is a vacuum tube!!!

[+2qwerqE]

For a time, there was a cacher who would put a live hamster in their caches. They expected it would be FTF'd quickly, I guess. Might've been the Cheesheads, but I could be wrong. I tried doing a search for the word 'hamster' on the forums, but it only brought up recent logs, within the last month, and I remember a thread or two about this quite awhile back.

[+Kit Fox]

Just today while caching, I came upon dog biscuits in a cache. I assume it's because several people cache with their dogs.

 

Bill,

[+NoClue-Opp]

I found a coax cable tee. It was in a small cache. I removed it and replaced it with a small compass.

[+jeff35080]

For a time, there was a cacher who would put a live hamster in their caches.

 

Doesn't everyone?

[+rrules]

I found a fully charged cell phone.

[WH]

I once found some sphincterine.

 

Its a specially scented wipe meant to keep your nether region fresh and sweet smelling.

[+AuntieWeasel]

I once found some sphincterine.

Wow! That gets my vote. Glad you explained, though -- I was trying to put it together in my head with "nectarine" or "tangerine" and it just wasn't coming out well at all.

 

I found a soggy cigarette, with a note in the log saying "Sorry, this was all we had." Which was so incredibly lame that I had a good laugh about it. That was the same cache that had the sterile eye bandage in it. A laff riot for the kiddies, that one.

 

I found a copy of Silence of the Lambs way, way back in a creepy woodsy cache.

 

But my favorite was a large, live ant that came flying out of a screw-top mayonnaise jar. Per the logs, nobody had been there for over twelve days so, unless somebody made an unlogged stop, that was one unhappy bug.

[+Anonymous']

On a San Juan island we found a cache with a bag of pinecones and rocks in it along with the usual junk trade items.

[+AtlantaGal]

I once found some sphincterine.

 

Its a specially scented wipe meant to keep your nether region fresh and sweet smelling.

LOL, I only knew what this stuff was because it was a freebie offer online about 2 years ago. You filled out the form and got a free 2 oz sample bottle or something. All of us were cracking up laughing at the website because it's just such an odd concept for a product. After reading their site, it actually made a lot of sense.

[+2qwerqE]

For a time, there was a cacher who would put a live hamster in their caches.

 

Doesn't everyone?

 

OK, I found it; It's The Leprechauns, and though I've found some early references to it being a joke, it's clear that if it was in the beginning, it's not anymore. They actually leave live hamsters as their signature item.

[WH]

I once found some sphincterine.

Wow! That gets my vote. Glad you explained, though -- I was trying to put it together in my head with "nectarine" or "tangerine" and it just wasn't coming out well at all.

That a diifcult one to explain in a family-friendly environment.

[FisherBear]

We found a bunch of german drink mixes (note, we're in B.C., Canada). All the directions were in german and the only recognizable words were Vitamin C.

[uperdooper]

For a time, there was a cacher who would put a live hamster in their caches.

 

Doesn't everyone?

 

OK, I found it; It's The Leprechauns, and though I've found some early references to it being a joke, it's clear that if it was in the beginning, it's not anymore. They actually leave live hamsters as their signature item.

this person is not leaving live or dead hamsters in caches. it is a joke. this person is very cool and a nice guy, who would never do anything like that. if anyone really believes this, i have some ocean front property in kansas to sell.

Edited August 31, 2004 by uperdooper

[+mogolloyd]

Earplugs (used?), a condom (unused).

I have left unused earplugs in some caches and got very positive feedback of those, one caher collected them for her personal use (snoring husband???)

How about an empty candy box, more like trash than a trade item.

What?

[+fly46]

Cremains of someone's dog, with a note to continue carrying the jar to your next cache, sorta like a travel bug. It seems the dog really liked geocaching...

 

I passed on moving it along...

Well, if that bothered you, Then I guess I'll have to find someone else to past Uncle Elwyn the Travel Bug on to. I had been waiting for that dude for months before I finally got him.

[+fly46]

But my favorite was a large, live ant that came flying out of a screw-top mayonnaise jar. Per the logs, nobody had been there for over twelve days so, unless somebody made an unlogged stop, that was one unhappy bug.

That gives new meaning to a Travel Bug, doesn't it?

[+The Leprechauns]

For a time, there was a cacher who would put a live hamster in their caches.

 

Doesn't everyone?

 

OK, I found it; It's The Leprechauns, and though I've found some early references to it being a joke, it's clear that if it was in the beginning, it's not anymore. They actually leave live hamsters as their signature item.

this person is not leaving live or dead hamsters in caches. it is a joke. this person is very cool and a nice guy, who would never do anything like that. if anyone really believes this, i have some ocean front property in kansas to sell.

Thanks, uperdooper, for the helpful clarification. The Leprechauns no longer leave live or dead hamsters in caches. Since the earliest days of hamstercaching, the whole concept has been fraught with problems. See this photo from early pre-launch testing:

 

 

Container size is obviously an issue, as shown here. With the proliferation of microcaches and "mini" caches, we've taken to leaving mice in the caches instead of hamsters. So, it is true that we are no longer leaving live or dead hamsters in caches.

 

For larger-sized caches, such as ammo boxes and full-size Rubbermaid type containers, hamsters are still a viable signature item. The remaining constraints are air supply, food supply, water supply, freezing temperatures, protection from predators, and the foul smells/general unpleasantness that greet the next finder if the foregoing constraints operate to the hamster's detriment.

 

To manage these risks, our lab experiments concluded that flash-freezing the hamsters will usually do the trick, provided that the hamster is placed in a cache that is relatively new or otherwise receives high traffic because it's near a Wal-Mart rather than a mountaintop. Viability rates are now consistently in the 7 to 10 day range, which I've judged acceptable. Flash-freezing also has worked well for me when caching out of town. I ship a box of signature items by UPS to my destination, thereby avoiding any more unpleasant "interviews" with the TSA folks at the airport.

 

So, flash frozen = neither alive nor dead, just like uperdooper stated. It's somewhere in between. In closing, just remember this helpful tip in case you're lucky enough to come across one of our sig items:

 

[Pantalaimon]

A most excellent post.