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    Benchmarking

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    here here,

    Geocaching also led me to Benchmarking. before I even had a chance to go find a geocache I was signed up in a Benchmark contest. I had so much fun looking for these bits of history that I do not see the allure in looking for Tupperware, ammo cans and little pill bottles etc. that are littered all over the country.

    I am looking for real history of places marked with little disk with numbers, a drill hole or simply an X in a rock that has been placed for a real reason and mostly forgotten for up to 100+ years in my area. All this with nothing but a general area to start looking and a fine description of where the mark had been placed. A description that can turn into a puzzle because of subtle differences in an area due to brush growing, landslides or some other mind boggling change over a few years to a few decades. that is what makes this an interesting challenge and is all the more sweeter when you do find an elusive mark.

    All in all finding is cool, not finding but going back can be fun yet frustrating, however in the end understanding the why is the real treasure.

    This hunter don't need no stinking smiley faces. :)

    Before and After photos

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    I'm sure that it's not that uncommon, but I was going over my last couple of week's finds and found that someone had found NG0244 a few months ago. (For some reason I hadn't checked the GC.com log before I went out.) I went back today to get an "after photo" from the same angle:

     

    Before

    After

     

    I marked it destroyed for GC.com and I'm planning to log "Not Found" with the NGS. How often do you come across something like this?

     

    Shorelander,

    Are you sure it is gone? It could be under a thin layer of concrete. A chisel and hammer could bring out the mark and make it useable.

     

    A metal detector would tell you it if it was there or not.

    I agree with 68-eldo, that mark just might still be there. personally I would try to find out for sure before filing a report with Deb :lol:

    Strange Structures

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    IIRC that was an issue with the Alaska pipeline. There was the fear that the wildlife would not be able to commute between the two sides of the pipeline. So they built in underpasses. I have no idea if the wildlife use the underpasses or just jump over the pipe.

     

    LOL, jump over it thats a good one <_<:unsure::huh: in case you have not seen the pipeline here are a few pics. :)

     

    pipeline3.jpg

     

    pipeline2.jpg

     

    pipeline1.jpg

    What Has Happened To Garmin?

    in GPS technology and devices

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    It is amazing anyone would actually try to TROLL around these forums about Garmin's customer service. :laughing: My research on this site lead me to purchase a Garmin 76CSX that I am thrilled to own. :laughing: my calls into Garmin's customer support has always been handled in excellent fashion, Quick with the info I wanted and in English :laughing: In my experience they are a top notch company, one of the very best I have dealt with in any field and is the reason I have just ordered a second 76CSX from them. :laughing:

    Lewis And Clark Markers

    in Benchmarking

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    HELP!!!

    does anyone have an idea what is going on with the Lewiston/Lapwai signature event dedication of the 12" disk? ;)

    I have gone to the events, looked through all the schedules I could get my hands on, talked to lots of people in the park service and the USGS with NO results not one person knows anything about a Benchmark being placed in this area :blink: have they just forgotten us here? :blink:

    Metal Detectors On Sale

    in Benchmarking

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    A lot of the hardcore MDers think the Bounty Hunter line is junk or a toy because they are usually so much cheaper then the big names.

    The biggest thing about a MD is learning how to use it and use it well.

    Those Bounty Hunters should do a good job for you, just get familiar with them.

    And get a good set of earphones, not only will you hear the tones better it also saves battery life.

    Now a ? from me.Is there a way to mass load the waypoints for benchmarks yet, to your gps.

    I'm going to be in the Yuma area for a couple of months this summer and there aren't a lot of caches to do so I thought I'd do a bit of benchmarking.

    Plus I don't plan on doing anything except early mornings..

     

    PS yes I own a Bounty Hunter also.

    Hi vegabond, Welcome to Benchmarking! go to THIS site you can download info in MASS :anibad: go HERE for info on how to use the noaa site convert info for use from the site etc. I put my downloads into GSAK under their own data base for each county then cut and dice and throw them into my GPSr. I also make a copy for my PDA so I have the complete description, you will NEED these even if you just print them out, enjoy!! :)

    Disk Logo List

    in Benchmarking

    Posted · Edited by Intermountain Angler

    BuckBrooke,

    RZ0930 is in Idaho not Iowa looks like you had a typo :anibad:

    BTW i have added a photo for this disk. :)

     

    I cannot seem to link to your page. :)

    Metal Detectors On Sale

    in Benchmarking

    Posted

    Well, my luck has been 0 on finding any metal detectors at the Radio Shacks that are having sales/going out of business in Albuquerque (3-4). Does anyone have a 2200 or 3300 unit in one of their shops still available, or has one spare they'd be willing to sell?

     

    BuckBroke you have a PM from me check it ASAP. :anibad:

    Infill Benchmarking

    in Benchmarking

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    ...I've got one a few min. from my house I haven't been able to "occupy" and it's driving me crazy...just a little too far from the road (heck, ArtMan, YOU've even seen it from afar!).

     

    Boy, that one has me intrigued. I'm going to have to do some investigation to see which one Ernmark has in mind.

     

    The one I referred to in my earlier post has now been safely logged. It's UA0016 FREEDOM, The Statue of Freedom atop the U.S. Capitol dome. Whew!

     

    -ArtMan-

     

    Hmmm interesting, was there another PID # before 1993? or was this the first time it was designated as a mark?

    Also if I remember correctly wasn't the statue removed in the late eighty's to be refurbished at the same time the dome was worked on? :laughing:

    Lewis And Clark Bencmark Geocoins

    in Benchmarking

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    Boy, by the time I had a chance to check my e-mail and looked these up, they were gone! It seems the whole "benchmark club" thing is a sham. As I recall, club members were to have first dibs on ordering. Yet, it looks like these were made available to the general public with the chance to join the club upon purchase. I had expected some sort of advance, private sale for a week (or at least a few days) to give club members first shot. Never received any e-mail about advance ordering.

     

    I am very disappointed in how this was handled. The coin looks great, but the "club" has proven to be empty of any real value. Not a lot of point in collecting the series when you have already missed the first one. Count me out, thanks.

     

    I did get a SPECIAL NOTICE OUT.

    To all those in the Yahoo Benchmark club.

     

    And I no way did I ever expect it to sell out that fast.

    Geocoins have been sitting there for weeks and months here lately.

     

    This one is not the first BM Club geocoin,it was only a prelude to see if Benchmark coins would go.

    We held off on doing pins for the simple reason we did not want the added cost if all the coins did not sell.

     

    We are working on doing pins for the Lewis and Clark coins due to a response to that.

    How many of you are really interested?

     

    It is a lot of responsibility on my part to make this all happen.

     

    I Thank all of those that have helped us to see that we have a very Special group of People here that can make some awesome things happen once we learn how to work on it together.

     

    Remember this is the first time this has been done so there will be flukes and things that make us go WOW.

     

    SLO TREKKER send me an e-mail.

     

    FWIW I did get a notice by e-mail but found it here first.

    My order of 5 or MORE Lewis/Clark pins stands if you get them done. :lol:

    once again GEO THANKS for your hard work. :)

    Mapsource "full Install"

    in GPS technology and devices

    Posted

    As an FYI, you can just create a folder c:\Garmin\TopoUSA for example, then just copy the entire topo CD into that folder, and then simply run setup.exe from the hard-drive. That's it, you're done, no registry diddling needed.

     

    Just did the above I also copied the folders from the other two Cd's into the Topo folder I created and it works great. :) no messing around at all, BTW I did not delete the original map source files just ran setup again from the new topo folder it integrated everything :lol:

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