Originally Posted by
Buckleberry
Oh, just another thought - what sort of things/value do most people put in/take out of the caches? I'm guessing nothing expensive/offensive/dangerous/illegal...?!!
From GAGB's guidelines:
Only items that would be deemed safe and acceptable for an unaccompanied child to find should be placed in a cache.
No items of food or drink of any kind should be placed in the cache.
You'll find our guidelines here.
Generally, it's just common sense. Nothing dangerous or illegal, and nothing strong-smelling that could draw animals to the cache.
Most items placed in caches aren't high value, but they should be decent quality. If you've got a Poundland or something similar near you that could be a good source. Generally children are more likely to trade than adults.
One exception is that some cachers place one higher value item in a new cache as a reward for the first finder.
And if you're trading items yourself, remember the golden rule: trade even or trade up. In other words if you take something, leave something of equal or greater value. The contents of all too many caches quickly deteriorate when a decent item is taken, and nothing, or tat, is left to replace itl But of course one person's tat can be another's treasure, so as I said earlier, it's mainly just down to common sense.
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