I have often preached that newcomers should find several caches before
they hide them, but I'm having second thoughts. Here's a team in Canada
that has zero finds and forty hides, but look at an example of what
they're doing, and what they're putting in their caches:
 
http://www.geocaching.com/seek/cache_details.aspx?ID=42951
 
Even if we factor in that they're talking Canadian money, that's a lot
of Loonies! (Log entry: "Took money, left used golf ball..."?)
 
Oh, well, I think I'll go out and find some McToys now... 

Steve
Team Tierra Buena
Making Geocaching harder than it ought to be...