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Milo Jacks

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  1. Thanks ArtMan. What I thought but just wanted to make sure I wasn't suffering from benchmarking brain flatulence.
  2. Anyone having trouble posting a pic in a reply? Tried to add one to a post and the pop-up asks for a URL.
  3. I still use my 7+ year old Emap and it works great. But then I also drive a near mint condition 1986 Dodge Ram pick-up. Guess I wouldn't be into this if I wasn't fond of old stuff!
  4. Looks like I didn’t make too many mistakes, JUST THE BIGGEST ONE I COULD. My bad! Thanks for the correction mloser. I emailed Deb some pics and will make the correction on geocaching.com when I get her reply. Hope I didn’t get the condition wrong on another, PID NH0400. Submitted a recovery to NGS listing condition as “Good”. It’s solid in position but not exactly “health and happy”. http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=NH0400 Thanks to all for the help.
  5. Hello all, Did my first benchmark dig on 10-17-2006, NH0399. An updated NGS data sheet showed a "Mark Not Found" on 3/31/2001 by the US Powers Squadrons. Last recovery was 1943. Okay, this could be a challenge. I've found a few other BM's but recovering a lost marker just seemed more worthwhile. Used the GPS coordinates and got within 100'. Found a Western Union manhole cover but it looked to new. Decided to do some rough measuring and paced out an arch 30' SW from the manhole. Paced out another line 20' from the W rail. X marks the spot right? Don't we all wish? Started by clearing away all the under growth and brush, then about 6" of dirt. At this point I realized I was already more than 1' below rail top (per NGS data sheet). Decided to do some probing and about 2' S of X I started hitting something. Cleared more dirt away and could see it was concrete. I kept brushing dirt away, looking for the edges and with a few more swipes of dirt I saw some brass. There it was, on its side about 2' deep. What a rush! Note to self: Probe first, and then dig! Submitted it to the NGS. This is my 1st post here, hope I didn't make too many mistakes. Not sure how to post a photo here but did post some on http://www.geocaching.com/mark/details.aspx?PID=NH0399 Thanks, Milo Jacks
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