Cholo

What we need here is someone who really knows their doot.

You did say this was in the woods. You are in Colorado. There are bears in Colorado. So what's the mystery?

quote:Originally posted by pssweeney:While at an undisclosed location in Maine, I went to find the 'BM' that was listed on the topo map of the area. Silly me. I thought I was looking for a standard disk. After a short time, of looking around the intersection of two rural roads, an elderly lady came out to see what I and my family was up to. When told about the benchmark, she asked if perhaps I was looking for the carved stone. What we found was an amazing stone something like a gravestone. It was a census marker. Every 10 years, some guy came through the area, took down the number of residents in the area, and carved the year into the stone to let other cencus taker know the are had already been done. The 1/2 hour talking to this lady was wonderful. She recounted the time when some one "from away" tried to steal the stone. That is why the location must be left as undisclosed Maine....hmmm?! Did the old lady say what happened to someone "from away"? I'll bet Stephen King knows what probably happened to this someone "from away". You were lucky, I suggest that you never return to that stone.

How about putting one of those tourist telescopes up there with a $5 slot in it? It would be set so all they could see was you mooning them, or at least a photo of said subject. No showing the johnsonz tho, that might be illegal. Hey, this sounds like a good idea for a Far Side cartoon!

I recently found a new horizontal control marker. I notified the state advisor and he congratulated me and said it probably wouldn't be in the database for a couple of years. This is an NGS marker but was set by the state dnr. He gave me no tech. data on it. Of course it has no PID,but I found a 4-char ID at the state FBN site. I have info on its location and two photos. Can I post this info and pics here? And if so, how do I get the pics in here? This disk is located in a scenic area (easy to find) and I'm sure alot of people would like to see it. Yes, this is copy and paste from a previous post, but I haven't gotten an answer. I do think there should be a way to enter this stuff somewhere. This is from a post of Aug 13, 2002. It was suggested that I make a virtual cache. I did that, but haven't gotten a reply yet. I still haven't learned how to insert photos here as you've done. I suggest you contact the state advisor about your find.

Wasn't George Washington a surveyor? I wonder if anyone has ever found anything that he put in the ground. I was also wondering about that tree where Daniel Boone was supposed to have carved "Dan'l Boone kilt a bar here". If anyone ever found that, there's probably a McDonalds there now.

New marker-not in database I recently found a new horizontal control marker. I notified the state advisor and he congratulated me and said it probably wouldn't be in the database for a couple of years. This is an NGS marker but was set by the state dnr. He gave me no tech. data on it. Of course it has no PID,but I found a 4-char ID at the state FBN site. I have info on its location and two photos. Can I post this info and pics here? And if so, how do I get the pics in here? This disk is located in a scenic area (easy to find) and I'm sure alot of people would like to see it. Yes, this is copy and paste from a previous post, but I haven't gotten an answer. I do think there should be a way to enter this stuff somewhere.

I recently found a new horizontal control marker. I notified the state advisor and he congratulated me and said it probably wouldn't be in the database for a couple of years. This is an NGS marker but was set by the state dnr. He gave me no tech. data on it. Of course it has no PID,but I found a 4-char ID at the state FBN site. I have info on its location and two photos. Can I post this info and pics here? And if so, how do I get the pics in here? This disk is located in a scenic area (easy to find) and I'm sure alot of people would like to see it.