Sometimes, the game of geocaching turns up treasures totally unrelated to the hobby. Two recent hunts yielded such treasures. Well, maybe "treasure" is not the best word.
While seaching for a cache near the old Goodyear Blimp hangar in Akron, I came across a purse near ground zero (in this game, "ground zero" refers to the GPS coordinates where I should begin my hunt for the cache). It kind of appeared to be rummaged through an discarded, and there was almost nothing in the purse. I recognized the Prada name on the logo, even though I'm a fashion ignoramus. I knew it had the potential to be worth a tidy sum. If it was indeed a $700 purse, it would be worth cleaning up a bit. Before I put any effort into cleaning it, however, I decided to research the authenticity of the purse. Everything checked out on the outside, but when I went inside to check for the metal badge, I noticed a "made in china" tag sewed into one of the seams. I tossed it. :-)
On Tuesday, I went hunting for a newly placed cache in some woods less than a mile from our house. I didn't find the cache (and as of yet, no one else has, either, so I suspect it is not there). I did find a nice piece of 6x8 pressure-treated lumber though! Brought it out and will cut it up to use as trailer blocking.
Note: I just did a search for "Prada" and "Made In China" together, and came up with some interesting pages that lead me to believe that the purse may have been a low-end authentic Prada, as they've been sourcing out some of their products to the Orient in the last few years... I don't know what "low end" means with Prada, but it probably was still not worth cleaning up. Oh well, the trash has ben taken away already!
