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Thread: Etiquette for Signature Items

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maine-iac_Mom View Post
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    We did notice that some of the items in the caches weren't of, um, "value" and wondered why anyone would put something like that in there. Is there a reason why metal bottlecaps are in them? Am I missing something there? LOL
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    YOU FOUND A METAL BOTTLECAP!!! I've been looking all over for one of those . . . along with a piece of broken glass, non-descript rock and an old air freshener!

    On a serious note . . . ah, the great question . . . why would anyone feel compelled to drop in some of these questionable items??? Who knows? I don't know if people just feel compelled to put something, anything in the cache if and when they take anything (because I honestly don't think most folks consider dropping in a rock they found along the trail as an equal trade for a $1 bill . . . and if they do consider that a good trade I have several pieces of junk . . . I mean valuables . . . hanging around my house that I would love to sell to them at a very, very special deal )

    All I can say is that I try to maintain my caches and when I spy junk I pull it out . . . and for my part I try to leave things in caches (regardless of whether I trade or not) that I think others might like . . . or at least would not view as junk. Items in clean baggies or self-enclosed wrapping are always nice . . . I mean finding a new set of corn cob holders is great . . . but finding those same corn cob holders rusting away at the bottom of a cache and not knowing if those were once used by someone is not so great.

    In general I like to see tradeables that are either in their original wrapping or in a quality Ziplock-type plastic bag . . . if an item is used it should be clean and in good condition. To me even clean items that are just placed in a cache can get dirty pretty quickly . . . which is why the books, stuffed animals and even pencils with eraser tops that I sometimes place in caches are typically in plastic bags.

    I guess what I'm trying to say is that I feel one of the best ways to keep geocaches from being geo-junk is by trying to do the right thing and set an example . . . if folks see clean caches with items that are packaged and there is no junk they will come to believe that this is the way a cache should be . . . but if they see caches that are dirty, full of junk and have mildewing stuffed animals then they will come to believe that this is the way a typical cache should be.
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    Oh, man! We missed a signature item this morning! Grrr! Now we'll have to walk the 1 mile to it in the mud to get it! LOL I just looked at the links posted and saw that the one we were questioning WAS a sig item! We could've gotten 3 out of one cache this morning! (We have 4 altogher now.)

    I'm trying to keep the Lego kits under $2, but you're right the costs can add up. We've done 6 caches in 3 days. 5 were ammos and could hold a sig item. We would've spent $10 in kids just this week! (And my son wants to do 100 caches this year! LOL)

    Or we could just leave a sig item when we find one...or chose something else. Jake really wanted to do this though. We don't have much money - besides the GPS - into this hobby. Argh! LOL

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    Oh! Good point! I didn't put any of our cute crafts in baggies, but I think I will after this. They're wooden and painted and some have foam pieces and pompoms and wiggly eyes. They'll "survive" better in baggies to protect them. I didn't really think about that...and not having been to any caches until the last 3 days I wasn't even sure what others put in them.

    (Oops! I should've reread my last post....NOT $10 in KIDS....$10 in KITS. LOL)

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    Quote Originally Posted by Maine-iac_Mom View Post
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    (Oops! I should've reread my last post....NOT $10 in KIDS....$10 in KITS. LOL)
    I was wondering what the going price on kids was these days . . . you know with the whole cost of living price increases . . . and now I know.
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    LOL MY kids were interupting me as I was typing that. They wanted wanted Freez-Pops. LOL

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    hmm, The lest time I tired to sell my kid it was going to cost me too much.... But then she was a teen. From my experience the older they are the more they cost and more costly they are to get rid off..... I am just wondering if I will ever get anything back on the investment.

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    $ 10 kids Wooo Hooo, Where can I get one???LOL!!!!!
    I agree with FireFighterJake, I try to put cool things of good quality but not too much cost in my caches. It erks me when someone will clean out the cache and leave a nickle or penny or those dime store dinasoars. I clean the junk out too. Then I refill.
    I would much rather have a handmade signiture item from a child or adult or at least something that would make the next cacher say, "COOL"! This whole geocaching game was designed as a TREASURE HUNT !!!!
    COME TO CANAAN...7 caches within 2 miles of each other...still waiting for my ladder Jake!!!LOL!!!!
    Opalsns

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    Quote Originally Posted by Opalsns View Post
    $ 10 kids Wooo Hooo, Where can I get one???LOL!!!!!
    I agree with the Fireman, I try to put cool things of good quality but not too much cost in my caches. It erks me when someone will clean out the cache and leave a nickle or penny or those dime store dinasoars. I clean the junk out too. Then I refill.
    I would much rather have a handmade signiture item from a child or adult or at least something that would make the next cacher say, "COOL"! This whole geocaching game was designed as a TREASURE HUNT !!!!
    COME TO CANAAN...7 caches within 2 miles of each other...still waiting for my ladder Jake!!!LOL!!!!
    Opalsns
    HehHeh . . . I almost made it up your way this weekend Opalsns . . . going geocaching with Hiram and Medawislalalalalalala and we had some options . . . a trip to Vinalhaven and the mid-coast, a trip to Massachusetts to grab a map or two that we all need or a trip to Canaan and points north where you folks, Vicbiker and others have put out a slug of caches . . . in the end the trip to the sunny south won out . . . but there should be plenty of time between now and when the snow is deep enough to sled again.

    P.S. We prefer the term firefighter . . . fireman is a dated term that actually was used for some time to refer to the person on a coal-powered locomotive that shoveled coal into the boiler . . . plus we have women as well as men on board . . . plus firefighter sounds a lot cooler and tougher sounding than fireman.
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    Ooops, Your right ,sorry,Firefighter. I think I like the term Hero as well!!! You guys and gals ROCK !!!!!!!
    Opalsns

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    Quote Originally Posted by Opalsns View Post
    Ooops, Your right ,sorry,Firefighter. I think I like the term Hero as well!!! You guys and gals ROCK !!!!!!!
    Opalsns
    Hero doesn't work for me . . . it's just a career . . . or a hobby. Besides I've never done anything heroic.

    The real heroes in this world are the ones who you never hear about . . . the folks who work day in and day out without any of the limelight or praise . . . electric line workers who come out day or night to get the power switched back on in the heat of summer after a thunderstorm or in middle of a snowstorm in January . . . teachers who have huge college bills, but work at a job that may not pay a lot but a job that gives that person the potential chance to change a person's life forever . . . carpenters who can craft true works of beauty that will last a lifetime of memories . . . the true heroes of the world are all around us . . . most folks just don't realize that they are heroes . . .

    Thanks for the thought though.
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