rescueseven

Theres lots of places to get triples but only one place to get a Quad, it is AD9256. I have been to this BM (just like a gazillion other folks), but that was a long time ago. I guess I could log this one retro, but that just isn't my style. Thanks for pointing out the multi-state facet of BMing. I now have my eyes on CO NE WY. Happy hunting, R7 [This message was edited by rescueseven on October 16, 2002 at 10:31 AM.]

First of all, a big thanks to those of you that replied! Second, after taking a closer look at the data sheet I noted that it said: LL0996_MARKER: I = METAL ROD LL0996_SETTING: 49 = STAINLESS STEEL ROD W/O SLEEVE (10 FT.+) LL0996_STAMPING: H 391 1983 LL0996_PROJECTION: FLUSH LL0996_STABILITY: B = PROBABLY HOLD POSITION/ELEVATION WELL LL0996_ROD/PIPE-DEPTH: 11.0 meters meaning that there is probably still a thirty something foot steel rod driven to refusal (embedded in bedrock). Soooo with that in mind I'm going to borrow a metal detector and go back and poke around a bit. I'm not going to get to carried away, as the last thing I want to do is whack a fiber optic line in half. If I don't find any thing I may then decide to file a "possible destruction .... Not recovered, not found" report. I will only report it as destroyed if I find the actual mark removed from it's setting, as stated on the Mark Recovery web page. Thanks again, R7 [This message was edited by rescueseven on October 03, 2002 at 10:50 PM.]

Last Sunday on my second day of benchmarking, I was looking for LL0996. Well I didn't find LL0996 but I did find this piece of cement at the base of milepost 38, some 3 feet from where LL0996 was supposed to be. The data sheet states that ACCESS TO THE DATUM POINT IS THROUGH A 5-INCH LOGO CAP. I think the piece of cement looks like it may have been around the top of the pipe that held the logo cap. There was no other cement in the area, I didn't see the witness post (no surprise there) but there were some new looking "don't dig: buried fiber optic cable" posts in the area. I suspect when the fiber was laid in the railroad right-of-way the datum point was destroyed or at least the survey box and logo cap were destroyed. Now my question: Should I report this to NGS as a possible destruction? Looking forward to your thoughts, R7