The Official Logging Thread

10.1k · April 17, 2006

Nothing instills more dread in even the most intrepid driver than the words Tonnele Avenue Traffic Circle!

Short time opportunity on Easter Sunday, before early afternoon dinner, so, we headed for a small group of available benchmarks. In Jersey City. Four for five today. (We didn't look for any clay tile pipes in the riverbanks!)

KV0288/1938/N/N

KV0289/1934/N/N

KV0279/1938/N/N

KV0276/1952/N/N

April 18, 2006

lc0872/1920/n/n

4.4k · April 18, 2006

OK I am finally on the board.

We got out today and had a blast.

More no finds than finds though.

GF0224 A 61 was a tough hike.

GF0224/1934/Y/N

GF0770/1928/Y/N

April 18, 2006

EV1487/1939/n/n

April 18, 2006

PP0960/1934/n/n

April 18, 2006

At last was able to find both time to go searching and ground clear of snow... AND Mrs NorthWes officially sanctioned this 'first recovery effort' of mine for this contest by agreeing to accompany me despite the cold wind and sleet. It was a grand view of Turnagain Arm and upper Cook Inlet from the station...

After a search of the rules, I believe 'DARK RESET' (UW7682) qualifies as a 1912 mark (drill hole) even though it had a disk cemented into the drill hole in 1964 as part of the 'monumental' resurveying effort in the wake of the Good Friday Earthquake that 'relocated' much of southcentral Alaska . Therefore (pending John's review and approval of course!) here's my first entry:

UW7862 / 1912 / N / N

April 18, 2006

Another nice afternoon in The Bronx.

1.6k · April 19, 2006

Another one found Easter Sunday, but I had to go back & get more pictures. I somehow managed to lose them in the process of transfer to my computer. Luckily, it was the easiest to access.

DX3262 / 1949 / No / No

April 19, 2006

HB1740 / 1938 / Y / N

HB0983 / 1932 / N / N

Slow, but sure, wins the race :anicute:

JohnTee

April 19, 2006

Two more today. Rippin' right along! :unsure:

FV0857/1942/N/N

FV0859/1942/N/N

April 20, 2006

Today's find.

EV1224/1956/no/no

I am finding this way tougher than I thought. So Cal + construction=no disks.

April 20, 2006

Eligible finds for 4/19:

KW2041/1942/N/N

KW2015/1942/N/N

April 20, 2006

AW0568 / 1954 / n / n

AW0588 / 1933 / n / n

AW0584 / 1933 / n / n

AW0583 / 1933 / n / n

AW0589 / 1942 / n / n

AW0587 / 1936 / n / n

AW0594 / 1936 / n / n

AW0591 / 1957 / n / n

AW0590 / 1936 / n / n

Well, I've almost exhausted anything nearby home or office.....

April 20, 2006

Another sunny day in the Bronx. It was 4 for 8 today, not too good. Those highway cloverleafs sure do wipe out a lot of stuff.

April 21, 2006

All logs have been checked, verified, and entered into the database 20 April 06 @ 2114 hrs CT

Katrina

AstroD-Team

April 21, 2006

pp0644/1950/n/n

PP0640/1955/n/n

Tried for 5 but due to time and conditions needing to cross to get to mark only got the two above.

April 21, 2006

Eligible finds for 4/20:

KW2077/1942/N/N

KW2078/1942/N/N

April 21, 2006

Finally getting in my marks thus far.

I'm on the board now :rolleyes:

Edited April 21, 2006 by MURedDawg

10.1k · April 21, 2006

It was a beautiful day, and they weekend looks like it's going to rain, so I needed a benchmarking fix! Looked for two, found one. On the Lackawanna Cutoff, one of the engineering wonders of the early 1900's.

KV1219/1935/N/N

April 22, 2006

On the way to the western slope of Colorado only found two here they are

KL0429/1951/y/n

KL0416/1933/n/n

KL0429 is on the bridge and has been covered with a sealent to seal the concrete. As I was tried to remove the sealent (so you could make out what it says) a local law enforcement agent stoped me and told me I had to leave or be ticketed so I took as many pics as could with out getting in trouble. I hope I scrached off enough to count

April 22, 2006

lc0665/1934/y/n

lc0909/1934/n/n

10.1k · April 23, 2006

April 22, 2006. It was raining today, so I couldn't perform the planned trail maintenance. I grabbed a few benchmarks instead. Thanks to holograph for the photos on LY0427!

Six for Twelve today (but I'll look for almost anything!)

(Do I get extra credit for that one, since the Power Squadron could not find it, twice, even though it's an easy find?)

Hmm... One four point find is more fun than four one point finds. :laughing:

April 23, 2006

Tried for more but due to growing construction loss of benchmarks seems to be a reoccuring problem. 5 benchmarks found but upon researching found that only 4 qualify as on mark I found was actually a 1981 placement not a 1931 placement :laughing: . Oh well, me and the boys had a great time getting out and being together, and like my son says, you always win because you had fun

KIDATHEART

April 24, 2006

Did a nice run of 1958 BMs today, managed quite a few FTRs as well! Some of the disks were hard to get good pics of, so if the pics I posted aren't good enough please let me know, I took 2-3 pics of several of the disks, so I have others that weren't posted.

Edit: ARRRRRGGGHHHH, why do I have to edit 14 times to make the links show up right?

Edited April 24, 2006 by rhelt100

10.1k · April 24, 2006

Ringwood, a riveting experience.

Or, Half Price Sale on rivets at Walmart. Even the frogs said "Rivet".

Twelve for twenty five today. Not a bad average for 64 year old rivets!

April 24, 2006

Took a few days off and been caching. Found this one while out caching.

DX2564/1949/n/n

April 24, 2006

UW7581 / 1912 / Y / N

Another prehistoric (i.e. pre-establishment of the city of Anchorage) find along Turnagain Arm, Anchorage AK.

1.6k · April 24, 2006

Found about 10 today, but several were not NGS (or GC), and several more were too new. So - only five for the contest:

DX3085 / 1949 / No / No

DX3086 / 1949 / No / No

DX2942 / 1933 / No / No

DX3084 / 1949 / No / No

DX2942 / 1949 / No / No

April 24, 2006

Found only one on the way back home

KM0436/1954/y/n

Edited April 24, 2006 by dirtfinder

April 24, 2006

Finds for 4/23 & 4/24:

KW2081/1942/N/N *

KW2082/1952/Y/N

* sorry about the stamping on this one..this was the best I could do !

April 25, 2006

DC1025/1933/N/N

DC0853/1944/N/N

DC0884/1917/N/N

And some non-contest worthy benchmarks also while exploring San Diego. <_<

April 26, 2006

And today's find:

DC0887/1926/N/N

One nice thing about business trips--new town and "new" benchmarks within walking distance of (temporary) office!

cjf

April 26, 2006

I had a good day today. Found all I looked for but 2. Here are the qualifying ones.

Now this Bm has been damaged. The pic is a clear pic. The designation is C 523 Reset. The damage is such that not all the stamping is readable. In the pic you can see the "5 3", the "Re" and the "59". If the approver disallows this recovery...so be it. No worries. All I ask is that you take a good look at the pic and you will see that it is a good recovery...but you have the final say.

EV1541/1959/Y/N

April 27, 2006

Me again! The 2oldfarts (the rockhounders) gave me the OK to log this one. (Thank you!)

DC1719/1923/N/N

April 27, 2006

A beautiful sunny day on Throgs Neck in the Bronx.

April 27, 2006

..eligible finds from last night's (4/26) sojurn:

KW2037/1942/N/N

KW2022/1942/N/N

April 28, 2006

Recent finds:

Not sure if my earlier post was entered correctly- please check:

That should be my entire list since the contest started.

Thanks!

April 28, 2006

Today's lunchtime walk find:

DC0898/1938/N/N

This is in the San Diego Civic Center - one of sixteen 1938 benchmarks on and around the building! More next week when I return.

April 28, 2006

EV0907/1956/n/n

April 28, 2006

PP0651/1950/n/n

PP1328/1950/n/n

Found two, need to check on another one to make sure I have the details right. Found that most the time the GC.Com cordinates are right on, but sometimes they are off. Kind of makes it a fun hobby to go and find history and discover if it still survives on.

10.1k · April 29, 2006

Short benchmarking/geocaching jaunt after work.

KV1269/1933/N/N

KV1221/1935/N/N

4.1k · April 29, 2006

It starts....

Sunday April 23rd.

FS1059 / 1948 / N / N

FS0558 / 1934 / N / N

Monday April 24th.

FS0508 / 1940 / N / N

FS0491 / 1935 / N / N

FS0493 / 1935 / N / N

FS0557 / 1935 / N / N

FS0495 / 1935 / N / N

FS0555 / 1935 / N / N

FS0497 / 1935 / N / N

FS0553 / 1935 / N / N

FS0551 / 1935 / N / N

FS0549 / 1935 / N / N

FS0547 / 1935 / N / N

FS0545 / 1935 / N / N

FS0494 / 1934 / N / N

FS0496 / 1934 / N / N

FS0554 / 1934 / N / N

FS0498 / 1934 / N / N

FS0552 / 1934 / N / N

FS0550 / 1934 / N / N

FS0548 / 1934 / N / N

FS0546 / 1934 / N / N

More to come if the fingers can hold out long enough to do all that typing! :lol:

John

April 30, 2006

DX0872/1931/n/n

April 30, 2006

Found only one today

LK0026/1926/n/n

4.1k · April 30, 2006

Finds for April 25th...

FS0484 / 1941 / N / N

FS0482 / 1941 / N / N

FS0480 / 1941 / N / N

FS0474 / 1941 / N / N

FS0442 / 1941 / N / N

FS0440 / 1940 / N / N

FS0479 / 1938 / N / N

FS0475 / 1938 / N / N

FS0444 / 1935 / N / N

FS0446 / 1935 / N / N

GR0369 / 1935 / N / N

FS0466 / 1935 / N / N

FS0453 / 1935 / N / N

FS0436 / 1935 / N / N

FS0437 / 1935 / N / N

FS0439 / 1935 / N / N

FR0672 / 1934 / N / N

FR0668 / 1934 / N / N

FR0664 / 1934 / N / N

FR0527 / 1934 / N / N

FS0456 / 1934 / N / N

FS0445 / 1934 / N / N

FR0677 / 1920 / N / N

FR0529 / 1920 / N / N

FS0434 / 1920 / N / N

Gettin' there,

John

April 30, 2006

Went 4 for 13 yesterday. Maybe 5, but LX7027isnt the same as described.

LX7060/1935/n/n

LX7033/1891/n/n

LX0489/1933/n/n/

LX1663/1978/dosn't count

Edited April 30, 2006 by Firefighter Skippy

April 30, 2006

finds for 4/29:

JW1385/1955/N/N *

JV3222/1878or1941/N/N **

JW0188/1957/N/N

JW0186/1957/N/N

* Not sure on qualification of disk stems - was tri-station & coords. dead-on

** Has date marked but is not a disk - monumentation 'unknown' ...hmmm

..I'm not tracking my score, so I'm not attempting to pull a fast-one here - just trying to keep on the 'up and up'..

1.6k · April 30, 2006

Had a great time at the March Air Reserve Base (ARB) Air Show near Riverside, CA. I was hoping that the open house would allow me to get to several old benchmarks that are on the base, but only managed to get to one, and it was an FTF! Woo-Hoo!

DX2729 / 1945 / Yes / No

Had a great time at the Air Show (nice Thunderbird pic on the above page), was able to log a few other newer marks, some Not Founds, and will be reporting a destroyed intersection station to Deb (the old control tower).

April 30, 2006

I spent a sunny mid day in College Point Queens, NY, and that, after running a half-marathon. There were plenty of marks missing, but I managed 7 for the contest including 3 FTFs. That includes 3 out of 5 Tidal Bench Marks, so I don't feel bad at all.