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Greetings o wise group of experienced searchers. Quick question for the group. When looking at my bio, at the cute lil rectangle graphic with the GC logo on the left, and lists your caches found/hidden on the right. My question... how come it doesn't list benchmarks found? Just curious. Mostly since I figured out how to link said logo to my livejournal, and it looks really dumb since I have 0/0 even though I've logged two benchmark finds. I know I know, just search for a couple caches instead of dwelling on BM's. Thanks.

OO, do I feel like a newbie. Thanks BDT for the valuable information. I suspected this marking was not cool to mark as "found", hence the post. Cool to know it's called a "chiseled cross". Yes, I'm learning there are all sorts of survey marks. So far I've come across the Reference disk, the chiseled cross and a half dozen City of Long Beach markers. So, I know *not* to list it as a find. Would it be appropriate to log as a not found with the note about the chiseled cross and pictures? Or would that just be a waste? As for the errored reporting of DY0385, not DY2421. I confess, I was a little confused by this one. I saw the picture from user Flipsican, and thought, "Oh, then this is what I found". So is it safe to say Flipsican suffers the same error as me? I need to get better at reading those long descriptions. I'm thinking it might not be a bad idea to sketch out the descriptions to get a better fix on the location, rather than just eyeballing/stepping off the area. Seems logical, since these descriptions are for surveyors who do just that, no? OK, so I logged a find on the wrong PID (since been corrected), and I was correct to NOT log the chiseled cross as a find. Did I at least do an ok job of documenting the recovery? Thanks for your patience and helping to break me in. Not only am I learning interesting things about surveying, I've also learned several interesting facts about my adopted city!

Hi gang, First off, thanks to all those who offered advice on my first post. I'm happy to say I've found my first marker! Dy2421! My question is regarding a sister marker to that one, DY0384. It's described as being in the curb. At that location, the curb has been painted red many times (a no parking zone). It looks like recently there was a survey crew there. Spray paint marking the ground, and a white circle on the curb about where the marker should be. Here is a picture of the marking Here is a shot of the area, the marking on the curb to the right What do you folks think? Can I mark as found? Or should cool my engines and be happy with the one find? Thanks.

holograph Posted on Jun 12 2005, 07:45 AM Thanks Holograph! Some of them I guessed (and pretty accurate), others were great information. I've saved to my HD to access as needed. vagabond Posted on Jun 12 2005, 08:38 AM Cool! Good to know. The more I get into this, the more I think benchmark hunting will appeal to my history-buff side... and it's only my 1st week! PFF Posted on Jun 12 2005, 02:47 AM I was hoping to find a disk. But following PFF's advice, I went for an easier one. Since DY2485 is within walking distance, I went for it. Since there were some posts about bad log's for sightings, I was curious if my log was ok? Tomorrow, I think I'll hit the bluffs. There is one BM and a dozen GC's over a couple blocks. Sure beats daytime TV!

Hi PFF, Ah, I overlooked the below part. So by that, it is physically 18" below the surface. But wouldn't I find the cast iron cover marked LBBM? Would that be on the surface? And to think, I thought I was lucky having all these BM near by... who knew they were all subterranian!

Hi River_Lime, Just as I suspected. Glad I wasn't over zealous and logged a sighting. So then, what did I find? Clearly it's a benchmark of some sort, but not the one listed. While hunting a few blocks away for another (which I didn't find either) on the way home I spied across the street another lil one similiar to the one described. I'm guessing the city installed a bunch. While hunting, I did see a perforated cylinder of green steel with yellow number stickers on it. It stood about 3' tall or so. I've always assumed they were something to do with the natural gas. Could they house the bench mark? The description noted a 'monument', but I saw none. Somehow, I'm starting to think my logic was flawed in thinking benchmarks would be easier to find then geocache's. ;-) I suppose if it was too easy to find, it wouldn't be nearly as much fun. Yes, I would tend to agree with you. The technical side is very appealing. Is there a primer somewhere on benchmarks? Maybe one that explains the details of the listings? Thanks

Hi gang, I am brand spanking new to all of this. Each summer I am layed off from work. This summer I wanted to do something that gets me out of the house. I purchased a GPS reciever, and decided to start Geocaching. Being on crutches, I thought I would start out searching for benchmarks first, since it seemed some of the GC's were well hidden and hard to get to. So I found a few BM listings near where I live. Today I went out to find my first one. Based on the picture at http://www.geocaching.com/mark/, I was looking for a 6" or so disk with a lot of writing. I took the info listed from http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=DY0388 I think I found it, but not sure. Here is why. The discription is a bit outdated. There is no America Blvd. It's now Alamitos (I guess, since I've only lived here for a few years). The location part of the description seems way off too. What I found was a small disk about the size of a silver dollar centered in an 8" square of concrete. It was located on the north curb of Ocean Blvd about 12.5 feet east of Falcon. It was right on the curb, not centered in the lawn as described. The disk it self had very little text on it. Around the top left it read: C.L.B. On the top right: B.M. 154 Along the bottom centered: 1998 It's location was N 33° 45.913 W 118° 10.414 (+/- 16 feet) I assume the markings mean "City of Long Beach Bench Mark 154" Is the "1998" the year it was installed?? If so, then it's not the one from the listings. Would the city put it's own markers in? So close to a NDS benchmark? The picture I took was with my PDA. It doesn't really show much but a round blob in a cement square. You can't read any text at all. Tomorrow I'll bring my digital camera. I was trying to pack light so I didn't bring it today. Did I find it? Can I officially log it? Or should I resume my search? Or is it not there since there is a posting: 1/1/1964 by NGS (GOOD) RECOVERY NOTE BY NATIONAL GEODETIC SURVEY 1964 RECOVERED IN GOOD CONDITION. Does "Revovery" mean it was taken away? Or just 'observed'? Sorry for such a long post full of newbie questions. I suppose I should have done more research before heading out. I suppose I just wanted to get outside. TIA!