Geocaching can bring you to many beautiful places and spaces, and help you discover the world around you in a whole new way. Speaking of new, it also can lead to new purchases of items you never thought you\u2019d need before geocaching. Invisible ink, ciphers, and more! How many items on this list do you own?<\/p>\n\n\n\n\n\n\n\n
Invisible ink<\/strong> ROT13 cipher<\/strong> Glow in the dark paint<\/strong> Snake-in-a-can<\/strong> Costumes<\/strong> Lock picking kit<\/strong> Zip ties<\/strong> What\u2019s the strangest item you\u2019ve purchased to support your love for geocaching? Share in the comments below!<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":" Geocaching can bring you to many beautiful places and spaces, and help you discover the world around you in a whole new way. Speaking of new, it also can lead to new purchases of items you never thought you\u2019d need before geocaching. Invisible ink, ciphers, and more! How many items on this list do you…<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":86408,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"episode_type":"","audio_file":"","cover_image":"","cover_image_id":"","duration":"","filesize":"","date_recorded":"","explicit":"","block":"","filesize_raw":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[134],"tags":[],"series":[],"class_list":["post-86410","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-community"],"episode_featured_image":"https:\/\/d3mo08i005h0zn.cloudfront.net\/blog\/uploads\/2021\/05\/MailerSuite_0601_Weird-things-weve-bought_cache_vFINAL_800x450.jpg","episode_player_image":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/wp-content\/plugins\/seriously-simple-podcasting\/assets\/images\/no-album-art.png","download_link":"","player_link":"","audio_player":false,"episode_data":{"playerMode":"dark","subscribeUrls":{"apple_podcasts":{"key":"apple_podcasts","url":"","label":"Apple Podcasts","class":"apple_podcasts","icon":"apple-podcasts.png"},"google_podcasts":{"key":"google_podcasts","url":"","label":"Google Podcasts","class":"google_podcasts","icon":"google-podcasts.png"},"spotify":{"key":"spotify","url":"","label":"Spotify","class":"spotify","icon":"spotify.png"},"stitcher":{"key":"stitcher","url":"","label":"Stitcher","class":"stitcher","icon":"stitcher.png"}},"rssFeedUrl":"https:\/\/www.geocaching.com\/blog\/feed\/podcast\/inside-geocaching-hq-podcast","embedCode":"
Would we have purchased this before we were geocachers? Probably not. But now? Writing secret messages is just another day of geocaching! After all, we didn\u2019t choose the geocacher life, the geocacher life chose us. Okay, maybe we chose it, but who doesn\u2019t love pretending to be a secret agent?!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
ROT13 was actually developed by Julius Caesar (or maybe someone he knew) in the 1st century BC, and rumor has it he loved geocaching. It is a simple letter substitution that replaces a letter of the alphabet with the letter that is 13 letters after it. It\u2019s also something we simply wouldn\u2019t need if we weren\u2019t geocachers!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Another item that while cool, doesn\u2019t tend to be something we found ourselves in need of pre-geocaching.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
This classic gift<\/s> prank involves a fake snake stuffed into a can that when opened, pops out to surprise the receiver. While we haven\u2019t come across too many of these, you may want to prepare yourself the next time you open a large enough geocache just in case!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
From pirates to steampunk, geocachers go all-in on themed events! It doesn\u2019t matter if the event is five people or 5,000 (back when we could safely gather in those numbers!), geocachers bring the fun in any form.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You don’t have to be up to no good to carry this advanced TOTT (tool of the trade) with you. Some criminally difficult caches require these tools to open and retrieve the logbook. Though lock pick kits may not be legal everywhere (make sure to check)\u2014there is continued interest in this type of cache among experienced cachers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
You might be wondering what zip ties have to do with geocaching. Turns out they are very handy for attaching caches to poles, columns, or other structures! Though it\u2019s probably best to purchase these separately from the lock picking kit so as to not cause any worry!<\/p>\n\n\n\nWeird things we’ve bought for geocaching<\/a><\/blockquote>