Hello, everyone!
I was out and about in the recent heat looking for the old Erie Extension Canal remnants (which I found) when I thought 'd look up the nearest benchmarks and do some hunting.
As a GIS analyst for a county gov't, I use ArcGIS everyday, and was able to create a map of all the benchmarks in a two county area, which i carry around with me at all times of travel throughout the two counties ( i live in one county and work in another).
Anyway, the closet benchmark to me at the time, according to my map was MB0030. Looking it up on my phone I saw this in the description:
Well, curiosity got the best of me, since I was a mere 400ft away, so i decided to look anyway.
Amazingly, I found it! Right where the description said it would be! Of course, it was under about 4 inches of dirt, but it was there.
There are pics and a description on the gc page: http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=MB0030
This is problem a regular occurrence for all of you, but its the first time for me. Definitely something for the 'win' column.