Discovered it in a cache whose owner's message read: "TBs Not Considered Trade Items". We were going to swap it with another TB in our swag bag, but decided to leave it for others to enjoy. In retrospect, I think the cache owner's intent also was to discourage swapping trinkets for TBs.
Clever idea with the mini-version of the real "THANG". Thanks for sharing GeoPoe, and good luck with the 2008 restoration . . . should be pretty far along by this time, out "thar" in the barn.