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    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

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    Erica, all you need do is pick one of the people who frequent this forum, send them a PM or an e-mail. Anyone of us would be willing to let you tag along with us or plan a day to show you what our hobby is all about.

     

    All you need do is to reply here or contact one of us. We are really a friendly group of people. And we all take wonderful pictures, just check out any of our profiles and check out our benchmark finds or gallery.

     

    You just need to make the first move.....

     

    Shirley~

     

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    Hi, I sent you a note earlier this week. Hopefully we can connect!

     

    Thanks,

    Erica

     

    I most certainly stand corrected and apologize for my disbelief. However, as a jaded New Yorker who saw the original posting dated April Fool's Day, my conclusion was not entirely unreasonable :) . Would love to see the story when it comes out.

     

    I chose the wrong day to reach out to you guys, haha! As a journalist, though, I fully understand and respect your skepticism! I'll let you know when the article is expected to run as soon as I know. Thanks!

    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

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    Would the Wall Street Journal really have a reporter assigned to cover a non-business topic like benchmark hunting, and be willing to send that reporter to anywhere in the US to watch someone find a benchmark?

     

    I have no idea if the query is legit or not, but it is entirely possible that the WSJ would dispatch a reporter on such a story. The Journal's quirky front-page feature story, known as the A-hed, has been a fixture of the paper since 1941. Recent topics have included the pigeons that roost in German train stations, competition among US counties named for George Washington, setting a Guinness record on bubble-wrap popping, and a dismaying report on making beer from sewage. I submit that a piece on benchmarks and those who seek them is not at all out of line.

     

    ArtMan

     

    Precisely!

    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

    in Benchmarking

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    Erica, all you need do is pick one of the people who frequent this forum, send them a PM or an e-mail. Anyone of us would be willing to let you tag along with us or plan a day to show you what our hobby is all about.

     

    All you need do is to reply here or contact one of us. We are really a friendly group of people. And we all take wonderful pictures, just check out any of our profiles and check out our benchmark finds or gallery.

     

    You just need to make the first move.....

     

    Shirley~

     

    ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

     

    Hi, I sent you a note earlier this week. Hopefully we can connect!

     

    Thanks,

    Erica

    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

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    Hi everyone! Sorry for my silence -- I actually spoke to a number of you in the past couple weeks. Shorbird and I went out bench mark hunting last Saturday in Erie County, New York. And I just got off the phone with Dave Doyle.

     

    This has been a really fun story to report. I really admire all the enthusiasm around finding the artifacts and contributing recovery reports to NGS. Very impressive.

     

    Regarding that "bench mark" that I thought I found. I was wrong -- see my reply to 68-eldo above.

     

    Thank you all so much for your input! I'll post the story when it runs.

     

    All the best,

    Erica Phillips

    erica.phillips@wsj.com

    (424) 204-4827

    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

    in Benchmarking

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    eephillipswsj

     

    If the mark you found is exactly in the middle of the intersection it is most likely a street monument. Street monuments are markers that define the streets. Monuments are located on the center line at intersections and the end of straight a ways and beginning of a curve. The ones near my house are under a cover often called a hand hole.

     

    Yes! I think that was it. I am extremely inexperienced when it comes to all this, so I really appreciate your pointing this out. I will have to go back out and look in a more accurate spot. I'll check the datasheet again :)

    Is anyone going benchmark hunting this month?

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    Hello everyone,

     

    I'm a reporter working on a story about bench marks (and horizontal control marks), and I'd love to shadow anyone who has plans to go searching for any type of marks this month. Any part of the country is fine.

     

    I'm also interested in speaking to folks with a serious interest in this. I'd love to hear about your latest finds and how you got started doing it.

     

    I just went out today to track down my first benchmark, which I found in the middle of the intersection of Santa Monica Blvd. and Palm Drive in Beverly Hills! It took me a while to find it... and to be honest, I'm not so sure it's the right one. I'm certainly no expert yet!

     

    If you'd like to discuss, or if you know someone who's planning a trip to track down some survey markers, please contact me--either here or via email: erica.phillips@wsj.com.

     

    Looking forward to hearing from you!

    Erica E. Phillips (a.k.a. eephillipswsj)

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