Archaeologist-PA

You're right. National Park Service = Dept. of the Interior U.S. Forest Service - Dept. of Agriculture Two very different animals. I work for the latter...

You might want to try coordinating a cache event at an upcoming Jeep Rally. My husband and I used to participate in essentially the same thing at Florida Land Rover Club rallies in the Ocala and Osceola National Forests. Almost everyone's Land Rover was outfitted with some sort of a GPS (whether it was a dash mount or a handheld). The club organizer would hand out a list of coordinates to each team (each in a different order - although inevitably we would end up sometimes looking for the same point). Teams would strike out, and those who didn't have a GPS would tag along for fun. Usually each GPS coordinate was located at some kind of natural feature that had to be described for verification. This was a bit tricky, as the event always happened at night, so we found ourselves driving hundreds of miles through the dark on backwoods Forest Service trails. Occasionally we had Jeep owners visiting at the rallies, and everyone always enjoyed the event. The club would give out prizes to the teams that came in first, second and third - usually stuff like tools (much appreciated as many of us own antique Land Rovers), goods donated by sponsors, or club merchandise. Anyway, good luck with your site!

Perhaps someone was looting an archaeological site?? I stumbled upon a site in Florida that was in the process of being looted, and from the trash strewn around, it was likely that it was an ongoing job of several months' time. In addition to a lot of holes dug in the ground, we found several empty cases of Arizona iced tea bottles, beer bottles, candle lanterns, spent batteries, and porno mags.

'Matilda', 1976 Land Rover 101 Forward Control (decommissioned British military) This is our primary geocaching vehicle as it has the nice dashmount Garmin, but there are 3 other Land Rovers we may be out in as well.

I use a GPS to mark the locations of archaeological sites and finds within a national forest I work at. One of the nice things about working for the govt. is having access to all kinds of GIS applications, data files particular to the area we're working in, etc. I wish I could have this kind of stuff at home!

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I always run into weird signs while out working. These are all from Florida. This sign reads: "For Sale: 2 'Extra Crispy' Acres." We could not figure out what this might mean, unless it is a reference to the site of a future Kentucky Fried Chicken franchise ? On the side of Interstate 75 And in the category of not a sign, but nevertheless, a bizarre roadside site, the 'Our Lady of Clearwater' shrine. I've been told that this image appeared after someone had painted what were supposed to be pictures of Santa Claus and Christmas scenes on the glass. Whatever was used to paint the 'temporary' images had a reaction with the glass, and after Christmas when they were wiped off, this image appeared and suddenly the devout were flocking to the scene... Sorry, I couldn't resist. I would've paid to see this VW camper on the road!

I work outdoors, and am always dealing with ticks. I've recently taken to wearing a pair of small leather gaiters over the tops of my boots, with my pant legs covered (some of my co-workers make fun of my appearance, but at least I don't have creepy crawlies in my pant legs and boots!). Additionally, I wear long sleeves and long pants all the time, but I can't seem to keep ticks off the back of my neck, so matter what kind of insect repellent I apply.

Hi everyone. My username isn't very complicated... I work professionally as an archaeologist in Pennsylvania, hence 'Archaeologist-PA'.

LOL One of ours is a 2003 Discovery SE, which could sometimes be mistaken for the soccer mom vehicle, though it has a fair amount of mud on it right now. The other 3 Land Rovers probably predate even the term yuppie itself by at least 20 or 25 years: Spencer, a 1969 Series IIa 88 (North American import) Happy, a 1972 Series III 109 (ex-British military, NATO vehicle) and Matilda, a 1976 Forward Control 101 (ex-British military troop carrier, used to tow howitzers up a 60 degree incline)

My husband first introduced me to GPS 'scavenger hunts' at a Florida Land Rover Club rally in the Ocala National Forest a few years ago. The club organizers would hand out a sheet of coordinates to different teams, who would then drive over forest roads in the middle of the night to find the locations, where were documented with Polaroid pictures. Those who found the most caches received some sort of prize. I thought it was fun, but wondered if there was something more to this... So I did a little research on google and found geocaching.com. Thus far we've only done a few official geocaches, but this is something I'd really like to get into.

I have a seasonal job at a national forest, and we were warned about stumbling upon potential meth labs and booby-trapped marijuana plots in the woods. Haven't found anything yet, though, nor do I wish to!

I stumbled upon two girls a few years ago at a state park. Just pretended that I didn't see anything, and continued on my way...

Hmm, I could always use another Land Rover. Shame there's not a free LR contest. But I wouldn't turn down a Jeep either!

So I shouldn't feel bad that all of our old GPS units aren't WAAS enabled?

That's great!!!

Sure I guess I'll test this too...

testing mine too