Share your money saving caching tips! – Wisconsin Geocaching Association

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09/01/2009 at 4:05 am #1728780
Joey_Skywalker
Please share, we could all use a few more dollars 🙂

My tips:

Pill bottles make good micro containers, the pharmacy in Algoma sells them for 25 cents each. Couldn’t hurt to check other pharmacies.

Fleet Farm on the east side of Green Bay sells ammo boxes for 7 dollars. Some are so rusted that they have holes, others are in nice shape.

Coinsandpins.com sells some geocoins for cheaper then travel bugs, they clip onto an object just like a travel bug does.

The Burger King on the West Side on Green Bay on Mason street next to Sears sells 5 gallon tubs for a dollar each.
09/01/2009 at 11:42 am #1913367
PCFrog
I canâ€™t resist

Donâ€™t do geocachingâ€¦.

Solves all the expense problems associated with it.
09/01/2009 at 12:40 pm #1913368
Timberline Echoes
Are you referring only to placing caches or do you want ideas on days of caching also?
TE
09/01/2009 at 2:41 pm #1913369
RSplash40
@PCFrog wrote:

I canâ€™t resist

Donâ€™t do geocachingâ€¦.

Solves all the expense problems associated with it.

ditto…

but on a serious note, don’t bother spending 25 cents each, call the grand parents, inlaws or elderly neighbor, I just picked up about 40 for free I’ll sell them to you for 24 cents each though.. :>
09/01/2009 at 2:44 pm #1913370
bartrod
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I found some lock n lock containers at the Dollar Store last week on sale for 2 bucks apiece…good place for swag too 😀

Oconto...the birthplace of western civilization:)
09/01/2009 at 5:56 pm #1913371
Joey_Skywalker
@Timberline Echoes wrote:

Are you referring only to placing caches or do you want ideas on days of caching also?
TE

Anything. If you have any good recipes for cheap food to eat while caching share ’em. Time to save the money!
09/01/2009 at 5:58 pm #1913372
Joey_Skywalker
@RSplash40 wrote:

but on a serious note, don’t bother spending 25 cents each, call the grand parents, inlaws or elderly neighbor, I just picked up about 40 for free I’ll sell them to you for 24 cents each though.. :>

Ooooh, good idea!
09/01/2009 at 6:02 pm #1913373
greyhounder
If you do go the film cannister route, be aware that they are not waterproof. Be prepared to replace wet logs from time to time.

Bec
09/01/2009 at 10:44 pm #1913374
Ray
Get a Mobil Platinum MasterCard. Charge your Mobil Gas on it and get a 15 cent rebate on every gallon.
09/02/2009 at 1:27 am #1913375
Timberline Echoes
We usually carry a box filled with food, loaf of bread, PB, paper towels, granola bars, meat sticks, water, fruit etc. Less meals in restaurants that way.

Cache with others and share the gas cost.
09/02/2009 at 1:57 am #1913376
gotta run
Do cache rescue missions to get free containers! Thus far we’ve recycled three rescued ammo cans, one 50-cal plastic ammo can, matchstick containers, and various odds and ends containers.

Other than that, the power-caching lunch of choice is 2 McChicken sandwiches, hold the mayo, and a large diet coke. $3.15. What a deal.

Oh, and leave the kids with grandma…somehow they always seem to make the trip more expensive…

On the Left Side of the Road...
09/02/2009 at 2:13 am #1913377
Team Black-Cat
@gotta run wrote:

Oh, and leave the kids with grandma…somehow they always seem to make the trip more expensive…

Only if you feed ’em…
09/02/2009 at 5:19 pm #1913378
Astro_D
@gotta run wrote:

Do cache rescue missions to get free containers! Thus far we’ve recycled three rescued ammo cans, one 50-cal plastic ammo can, matchstick containers, and various odds and ends containers.

Other than that, the power-caching lunch of choice is 2 McChicken sandwiches, hold the mayo, and a large diet coke. $3.15. What a deal.

Oh, and leave the kids with grandma…somehow they always seem to make the trip more expensive..

LOL Isn’t that the truth!!! Without them (Jacob usually brings a friend along) I don’t need to stop every two hours for “more snacks”. Even though I packed a bag full before we left!
09/02/2009 at 5:34 pm #1913379
gotta run
I’m hungry. I’m thirsty. Blah blah blah. Geez, we fed you this morning.

Not to mention that small bladders really cut into lonely caching time. Come on! We just stopped four hours ago! Can’t you just use the port-a-tree?

On the Left Side of the Road...
09/02/2009 at 5:36 pm #1913380
TheBalks
When caching on your lunch hour, change your clothes or keep a pair of overalls in your car…. I found this out the hardway today, I’m pretty sure these grass and mud stains arent coming out.
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