Linda wrote:

>> What sorts
>> of things are left for people to find?

Best "trinket" I have found so far was the troll guarding Mitch Klink's
troll letterbox. His location was appropriate and he had a good home. We
hope to visit him again.

Geocache boxes often contain disposable
cameras for the finder to take a snapshot
of him/herself and leave in the box. Some
other items you might consider are playing
cards, money (gold dollar coins would be
fun), toys (like you get with happy meals),
compasses, pocketknives, disposable
handwarmers, keychains, gift certificates,
handmade art/craft items, seashells,
pretty rocks, postcards, etc. If your
box has a "theme", it might be fun to
add a trinket that ties in with the theme.
Don't leave food or scented items for
obvious reasons. Leave a note about
your trinket cache for those who are not
familiar with the concept.

Michelle

Eric Mings wrote:

> >Thank you for this message, Susan. Also, to Eric,
> >thank you for the clarification. I feel a great sense
> >of relief. Heck, maybe after awhile we will feel the
> >need to get into the electronics and give 'er a go! I
> >have another question. I have read a couple of times
> >about "trinkets" found in some letterboxes. I know
> >that I should "wait and see what I find," but I am ADD
> >and have such a hard time with that! ;-) What sorts
> >of things are left for people to find?

There is cold, hard cash in one of the letterboxes I
have placed :-)

Also, in a Minnesota letterbox, I found a gift certificate
to a restaurant in Indiana (which I left for the next person
to enjoy).

FWIW, these ideas also predate geocaching :-) Does that
mean anything? I don't think so. I guess I feel that,
and perhaps I am in the minority, that despite the fact
that a few boxes have used geo coordinates as part of their
clues, and some others have contained trinkets, that the
geocachers (Dave Ulmer in particular) have invented geocaching,
and any attempt to claim (partially) otherwise here, in not my
words, may actually be a bit on the "petty" side (and I've
been a spectator of geocaching since it was invented, and been
a spectator of letterboxing since about a month after the
Smithsonian Article). Just my opinion anyway, does it really
matter? -- what happened happened.

Of course, the idea of using geo coordinates to describe the
location of something for people to find is older than dirt
anyway, as is the idea of leaving trinkets for people to find.

In other news, I'll chime into the chorus that geo coordinates
are legitimate letterbox clues. Anything is a legitimate letterbox
clue, as the prospective hunter can ignore boxes with clues they
dislike.

Cheers

Folks,

I haven't found many boxes, however two of them I was the first
finder. In one of those the box the planter left a $2 bill which has
a picture of the signing of the Declaration of Independence on the
back. It was appropriate because the box was planted on the 4th of
July. That was the Ken Lockwood gorge box.

I myself have left coupons for fat-free ice cream for the first
finder in a couple of the boxes I planted.

Wingfoot

P11F15X0

What sorts of things are left for people to find?

This thread reminds me of something I've been curious about. During
a recent visit to Long Island, I checked on my Jayne's Hill letterbox
on the Walt Whitman trail in Huntington. I was pleasantly surprised
to find that it had been visited several times. Left inside the box,
but not mentioned in the log were a single cigarette and a package of
mints...with several of the mints missing from their foil sealed
pockets. If someone knows the reason for these odd surprises, I'd
like to hear about it. One theory is that a "closet smoker" has
found a place to hide their stash....hiking up the hill for a smoke
and returning home with fresh breath?

Kathy
Ladybug in Virginia

This is hysterical!! Cowpost
----- Original Message -----
From: Kathy
To:
Sent: Tuesday, July 17, 2001 7:39 PM
Subject: [LbNA] Re: Trinkets


> What sorts of things are left for people to find?
>
> This thread reminds me of something I've been curious about. During
> a recent visit to Long Island, I checked on my Jayne's Hill letterbox
> on the Walt Whitman trail in Huntington. I was pleasantly surprised
> to find that it had been visited several times. Left inside the box,
> but not mentioned in the log were a single cigarette and a package of
> mints...with several of the mints missing from their foil sealed
> pockets. If someone knows the reason for these odd surprises, I'd
> like to hear about it. One theory is that a "closet smoker" has
> found a place to hide their stash....hiking up the hill for a smoke
> and returning home with fresh breath?
>
> Kathy
> Ladybug in Virginia
>
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Everyone should take a look back on this thread and remember how much
fun it is and how so many people look at things. Remember this thread
when the talk turns to a difficult and blood-foaming topic. They are
really all the same - different slants- and they all resolve themselves!

Good morning,
Susan

We made one of our boxes a "PostcardCache" meaning if you take the
postcard, leave another pertaining the area being visited. On the
back is our stamps. Those who leave a postcard for the next finder
should stamp their postcard too. In this way, you have a print of
someone's stamp.

Karen
http://www.paperdance.com/letterboxing.php

All of these trinkets posts have been interesting. Coupons for food
are a nice idea! I've left trinkets in some of my boxes. For example,
I put little plastic pigs in the "This Little Pig" box in Amherst,
Mass. (to make it fun for kids--the box/clue are designed for young
children). One day recently a letterboxer emailed me to say she and
her kids had found the box and were delighted by the pigs. She said
lots of people had already been there and the supply of pigs was
running low, so she purchased more pigs and added them to the box!

It's nice to see that a box can develop a life of its own.

Bonnie
in green and charming Massachusetts
(PF numbers not coming to mind at the moment)