Maybe a couple books, like One Second After and the SAS survival handbook. This should leave you enough money for a good flashlight, maybe a first aid kit, parachute cord, etc.

 

Maybe a small battery/solar/hand-cranked charge emergency radio. Midland makes some good ones....I got one on Amazon that is no bigger than a roll of toilet paper...

 

Those tins Altoids mints come in are great for carrying fire starters. Cotton balls with vaseline soaked into them is what I mean by fire starters. That and a very good lighter or some strike anywhere matches for fire starting would be quite handy and not take up much space.

 

I'd recommend a good topo map of the area they live in. Great for starting discussions about foraging, defense, terrain, etc. Also, maybe some packs of vegetable seeds, appropriate for the area they live in.

 

All good suggestions, i guess i should have posted what i was thinking as well. I was thinking a water filter, paracord, survival guide, flashlight, and the hand cranked radio.

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Corona folding saw,Mora knife and fire steel as well as the books and cotton balls.

 

Agree with these already mentioned:
One second after
Adventure medical 0.5 kit.
Couple bic lighters.
Sawyer mini filter.
MSA 1/2 mask P-100 respirator.
https://www.amazon.com/3M-6391-P100...=sr_1_fkmr1_2?ie=UTF8&qid=1493822283&sr=8-2-fkmr1&keywords=msa+p-100+respirator

SS round canteen cup and SS water bottle.
NOAA radio
Mini fishing kit.
Old spare knife you had laying around.

 

You guys are big help thanks abunch!

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A nice thing to add might be a printed list of your favorite/best websites that have helped you learn about prep/survival. This one at the top of the list of course

If they live close to you maybe a pair of handheld radios to keep you two in touch during an emergency.

A decent med kit, flashlights, small radio, poncho, fishing kit, leatherman, cordage, fire starting kit (homemade), write in the rain pad + space pen and a small Bible (depends on your faiths obviously).

Have fun with it....

 

This one at the top of the list of course

Well of course!


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I've brought this up on a couple of other threads, so forgive me if you've seen it (I'm not selling these things I promise)- but this would be perfect for your ammo can "starter Kit".

(I just cut and pasted this from my other post.)

https://www.amazon.com/Flashlight-Re...ght+waterproof

Solar, dynamo, rechargeable waterproof flashlights. I've purchased several of these over the past decade and give them out to family and friends as a way to plant a seed of preparedness (especially in my kids, I often ask them if they have their flashlight with them and they most often do). I also try to keep one of these in every bag, drawer, vehicle, outbuilding, and gun case. Of the 2 dozen or so I've purchased without regard to brand name, I've never had one fail yet, and the oldest in my stock still holds a good charge, stays charged if left in a sunny spot, and is able to be charged up with a quick crank. They are submersible for at least a short time, and needless to say I find them about the best thing since sliced bread.

I've experimented with other similar flashlights and greatly prefer the ones that look like this one, but have seen them sold under several brand names and colors.

I usually paint them with an earth tone texture paint that dries to create a bed-liner type protective coating that further waterproofs them, and I attach QD molle clips using a braided paracord thong making them even more handy. I have one of these hanging on every backpack and hunting pack, and they always seem to be charged up when I need them.

https://www.amazon.com/dp/B018B0JMOK?psc=1


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Since part of the goal is to start a conversation... I like the inclusion of a book. For me, one of the first books I read was "Lights Out', many since that one.
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Possibly add in one of those ~3600 calorie three day life boat ration things. Then tell him to eat some of it. Now he will understand that he needs to start a strategy for food so he isn't stuck eating stuff like that for long periods of time.

Those decks of playing cards with different knot types, or local edible vegetation are neat to have and don't take up near the ammo can space those sugar bars listed above do.

 

For me, reading "One Second After" resulted in 3 shelving units full of food and supplies magically appearing in my house within a week. Sam's club must have thought I opened a restaurant.

 

I did the same thing, even bought a pig lol

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Please make thread titles that indicate what the thread is about.

 

I am looking to spend aroun a hundred dollars, allready have the ammo can.

A copy of One Second After and a hundred dollar bill.
Maybe toss in a copy of The Road.
Let him decide where to go after that.

 

Windup/solar lantern, flint and steel, good basic first aid kit, emergency blanket and a book on how to survive in the wild.

 

Actually I was thinking same things you were, life straw, 550 cord, book on skills-traps, edibles, 1st aid etc... , flyer from sportsmans guide? They got all kinds of good stuff.

 

Box of Band-Aids, 3 Fragmentation grenades, 1 Termite grenade, 1 smoke grenade, oh ya some beef jerky....

 

What no bacon?

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Tightly compressed toilet paper.
That, or a small spatula!

 

Think your original ideas are a great thing. As a prepper/survivalist, you know already what the needed basics are, so share those basics as the contents. And a good survival manual and survival fiction book like those mentioned would be a great addition as well.

 

Sawyer Mini Filter, a copy of One Second After and three ounces of .999% silver.

 

I know its old fashioned but how about a lensatic compass.

SGLTRK

 

I would probably include small waterproof package of matches, good second hand Buck or Leatherman knife, fifty or a hundred feet of para cord, and a 'luminum foil wrapped pack of those coast guard survival food bricks that will feed you for a week, with one of those water filter straws, and a couple rolls of quarters or twenty ones. Pends on how good a friend. Perhaps a box of twenty or fifty of his favorite bullets.

 

IDK, um, AMMO?

 

I have one each of these in my GHB and my wifes. Love it, is a survival sewing kit, very small and compact. Have already used it twice to sew buttons back on.

https://www.amazon.com/gp/product/B004IAEFXQ/ref=oh_aui_detailpage_o00_s00?ie=UTF8&psc=1

A magnifying glass can come in handy for fires, and tiny print. Extra pair of reading glasses if he/she nees them.

Sounds like a fun little project. When you get it all together, let us know what you got stuffed in there!