+Klemmer Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 Catching up from earlier in the week: DX2212 / 1946 / N / N DY0959 / 1954 / N / N
+Geo Knot Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 Got a few when I went through the Austin area, plus one I found in Houston a while ago. AW0207 / 1918 / n / n BN0699 / 1956 / n / n BM0582/ 1872 / n / y - An oldest in County! BM0627 / 1911 / n / n - Right next to the above bolt. -Geo Knot
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 6/10/06 Two for nine today (Not Good!). Not to mention getting questioned by the Summit police. An erratic van driver, who didn't want to share the road with us, reported us to the police for walking on a narrow road! (Of course, when the police got there, we were walking down from the bridge.) It seems that they stop and question anyone carrying a camera in town. Has it really come to this??? But, anyway: KV0666/1935/Y/N KV0669/1935/N/N
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 11, 2006 Posted June 11, 2006 6/11/06 Ten for twenty today. Following holograph across Stillwater and Tranquility (old Mennonite towns). Thanks for the updated coordinates! Missed on that he found. Lady screamed from a few hundred feet away "Get off my property now!" Umm... Bridges on county roads over streams are owned by the county government. But after yesterday's run in with the Summit police for the terrorist crime of carrying a camera, we weren't taking any more chances! The Green police are a lot more rural, shall we say? What we did find today: KV1214/1935/N/N KV1242/1942/N/N KV3146/1942/N/N LY0769/1942/Y/N Don't knowhow hologaph missed this one! LY0770/1942/N/N LY0760/1942/N/N LY0773/1942/N/N LY0775/1942/N/N Well, it's only 1/4 of a benchmark, but you can identify it. LY0780/1942/N/N LY0806/1942/N/N
+Astro_D Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Logs have been checked. All validated finds have been entered into the database as of 11 June 06 @ 2010 hrs CT. The database is being uploaded as soon as this message gets posted. Katrina AstroD-team
+dirtfinder Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Our find for today 06/11/06 had a nice little run untill Mother Nature decided to interfere LL0374/1934/n/n LL0337/1906?/n/n LL0213/1934/n/n LL0218/1934/n/n LL0249/1951/n/n LL0188/1956/n/n
+Ernmark Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 Finds on 6/10: JV1943/1942/N/N JV1944/1942/N/N JV1964/1942/N/N JV1965/1942/N/N JV1966/1942/N/N JV1998/1906/N/N JV1997/1935/N/N JV1999/1935/N/N - E
+Klemmer Posted June 12, 2006 Posted June 12, 2006 (edited) Had a very fun & productive day over in Woody's area (East Moreno Valley & North from there toward Redlands). Unfortunately, our schedules didn't work out for a team effort. Anyway, Woody had already logged some of them (but not all!). I know there are 3 or 4 more marks I should be able to find out there as well. A couple highlights noted below. Got to try out my new metal detector, too. DX2721 (Z448) / 1949 / N / N DX3477 (Fault P RM2) / 1950 / N /N DX2675 (L403) / 1935 / N / N DX3748 (Fault N) / 1950 / N / N DX2668 (V447) / 1949 / N / N DX2658 (Y402) / 1935 / N / N DX2627 (Z401) / 1935 / N / N DX2620 (B447) / 1949 / N / N <--- Long story, lots of pics. DX3746 (Fault L) / 1950 / N / N <--- Why all these "Fault" Tri Stations? Info here. DX2595 (H401) / 1935 / N / N DX2564 (U374) / 1949 / N / N DX2566 (Z399 Reset) / 1958 / N / N DX3747 (Fault J) / 1950 / N / N DX2488 (R375) / 1949 / N / N Edited June 12, 2006 by Klemmer & TeddyBearMama
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 (edited) A good day in Brooklyn today: KU1279/1952/No/No <-- a very interesting mark - check this one KU1277/1952/No/No <-- a historic NYC mark KU1276/1952/No/No <-- a historic NYC mark KU1264/1952/No/No KU1260/1952/No/No KU1267/1952/Yes/No KU1256/1952/No/No Edited June 13, 2006 by Papa-Bear-NYC
+Ernmark Posted June 13, 2006 Posted June 13, 2006 Eligible finds for 6/12: JV2096/1942/N/N JV2097/1942/N/N JV2099/1942/N/N JV4198/1942/N/N - E
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 14, 2006 Posted June 14, 2006 I spent a long hot day yesterday in Queens with sore legs and not a lot of finds to show for it. But my first find of the day made everything worth while. Check that one out. And oh yeah, I got two FTFs. KU3315/1903/No/No <- although there are a number of recent recoveries, this one is unique! KU1215/1952/No/No KU1214/1952/No/No KU1217/1952/Yes/No KU1218/1952/Yes/No
+NorthWes Posted June 16, 2006 Posted June 16, 2006 Most logs this past week were from the 1964 post-earthquake surveys, or were 'destroyed' notations. I did get to walk the entire length of the 2.5 mile long Anton Anderson Memorial Rail/Car tunnel from Portage to Whittier AK, searching in vain for three marks destroyed in the 1998-2000 modification of the tunnel for car traffic use. Here's the only contest-qualified find from my June 11 journey along Turnagain Arm, south of Anchorage: TT0808 / 1923 / N / N The lupine were flowering in the verge between the highway and the rock bluff at this location - what a lovely time of year here!
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 17, 2006 Posted June 17, 2006 I spent a hot afternoon in Coney Island with not a lot to show for it. I didn't even get to go swimming. But there was one FTF! KU1263/1952/No/No KV0693/1952/Yes/No
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 18, 2006 Posted June 18, 2006 Well, I found myself with two hours to kill in Old Westbury, LI, NY. So I went geocaching and benchmarking. One for two on the geocaches, and three for six on the benchmarks. Oh, well. KU1612/1931/N/N Most cluttered disk I've run across yet. KU1609/1934/N/N On the other fin, this one has nothing inscribed, except the type of marker. KU1607/1932/N/N
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted June 18, 2006 Author Posted June 18, 2006 (edited) Just a few to log for the contest. 1 for 6/10/06 GQ0008 / 1934 / N / N 2 for today GP0233 / 1921 / N / N GP0603 / 1947 / N / N Can I get 1st to recover for this mark? The first person posted a picture for the RM & the 2nd person didn't post any pictures. John Edited June 19, 2006 by 2oldfarts (the rockhounders)
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 19, 2006 Posted June 19, 2006 (edited) Another hot day in Brooklyn. Finishing up the west end of Coney Island and then moving along Cropsey Avenue from Gravesend to Bensonhurst and Bath Beach. Just 3 for 10, but 2 were FTFs. KU1257/1952/No/No KV0625/1952/Yes/No KV0624/1952/Yes/No Edited June 19, 2006 by Papa-Bear-NYC
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 19, 2006 Posted June 19, 2006 Ah but working too hard can give you A heart attack, ack, ack, ack, ack, ack You ought-a know by now Who needs a house out in Hackensack? Is that all you get for your money? Billy Joel - Movin' On 6/18/2006 2oldfarts went to the Grand Canyon. Harry Dolphin and Andy Bear went to Hackensack! (Okay, we were four for twelve in Hackensack, Little Ferry, South Hackensack and Rochelle Park.) Temp hit 97º. KV0498/1956/N/N KV0142/1933/N/N KV0141/1933/N/N KV0148/1933/N/N
+Me & Bucky Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 More catching up. This is from a road trip last month from Las Vegas, NV to Page, AZ: May 8, 2006 HO0153/1931/N/N May 9, 2006 HO0121/1934/N/N HO0119/1934/N/N HO0112/1934/N/N GQ0066/1934/N/N GQ0064/1934/N/N GQ0040/1934/N/N GQ0284/1938/N/N GQ0039/1934/N/N GQ0034/1934/N/N GQ0028/1934/N/N GQ0027/1934/N/N GQ0026/1934/N/N GQ0023/1934/N/N GQ0016/1934/N/N GQ0011/1934/N/N GQ0009/1934/N/N GQ0008/1934/Y/N GP0326/1934/N/N GP0267/1934/N/N GP0266/1934/N/N GP0265/1934/N/N GP0262/1934/N/N GP0621/1934/N/N GP0620/1934/N/N GP0261/1934/N/N GP0260/1933/N/N GP0259/1934/N/N GP0258/1934/N/N GP0257/1934/N/N GP0255/1934/N/N GP0251/1934/N/N GP0245/1933/N/N GP0241/1933/N/N GP0614/1947/N/N GP0229/1933/N/N
+Ernmark Posted June 20, 2006 Posted June 20, 2006 Gosh I miss the desert.... Eligible finds from 6/14: JV1996/1935/N/N JV2046/1935/N/N - E
+cjf Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Finds from 6/11/2006: JF0960/1951/N/N JT2576/1951/N/N And this is one I found 5/6/06 but didn't log at the time (Note to self: Read contest rules more thoroughly!): DC0890/1944/N/N
+Me & Bucky Posted June 21, 2006 Posted June 21, 2006 Continuing last month's trip from Page, AZ to Meeker, CO: May 11, 2006 HM0084/1934/N/N HL0250/1928/N/N HL0284/1928/N/N May 12, 2006 JL0365/1928/N/N JL0364/1928/N/N JL0358/1928/N/N JL0348/1928/N/N
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 22, 2006 Posted June 22, 2006 (edited) KU1255/1952/No/No KU1250/1952/Yes/No Edited June 22, 2006 by Papa-Bear-NYC
+Me & Bucky Posted June 23, 2006 Posted June 23, 2006 Continuing with getting caught up from last month, these are from a work trip down near Tombstone, Arizona. May 14, 2006 CG0120/1934/Y/N CG0979/1946/N/N CG0125/1934/N/N May 18, 2006 CG0960/1946/N/N CG0164/1934/N/N CG0163/1935/N/N CG0948/1946/N/N
+Harry Dolphin Posted June 25, 2006 Posted June 25, 2006 Five for twelve today. We're running out of benchmarks to search for in Hudson, Bergen and southern Passaic! Thunderstorms, showers, and muggy. Let's hunt for more rivets! Seen one rivet, you've seen them all. KV0529/1933/N/N KV0528/1949/N/N KV0520/1933/N/N KV0516/1933/N/N KV0149/1933/N/N
+Astro_D Posted June 26, 2006 Posted June 26, 2006 Logs are being checked (a few more too do). All validated finds up to and including post 275 will be entered into the database as of 25 June 06 before I go to bed. Katrina AstroD-Team
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted June 26, 2006 Author Posted June 26, 2006 It's getting way too hot to be out there chasing those old benchmarks. Having to jump those right-of-way fences sure makes one appreciate those drive-by stations that are right next to the road! It only got up to 105° yesterday. Man, it must be great to have a cool ocean breeze blowing while you're out benchmarking. Only 2 FTR out of 14 finds. FQ0084 / 1934 / Y / N FQ0085 / 1934 / Y / N FQ0305 / 1958 / N / N FQ0115 / 1934 / N / N FQ0117 / 1934 / N / N FQ0119 / 1934 / N / N FQ0122 / 1934 / N / N FQ0123 / 1934 / N / N FQ0130 / 1934 / N / N FQ0138 / 1934 / N / N FQ0140 / 1934 / N / N FQ0146 / 1934 / N / N FQ0147 / 1934 / N / N FQ0151 / 1934 / N / N
+Ernmark Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 Eligible finds for 6/25: KW1398/1934/N/N KW1399/1934/N/N - E
Papa-Bear-NYC Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 4 for 14 today (plus 5 of 6 intersection stations). But all 4 were FTFs! KV0550/1952/Yes/No KV0551/1952/Yes/No KV0552/1952/Yes/No KV0553/1952/Yes/No
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 (edited) LG0831/1935/N/N KG0130/1934/N/N KG0640/1948/N/N EDIT ERRORS NEED SOME REST BEFORE TRYING TO LOG. Edited June 28, 2006 by GEO*Trailblazer 1
+Firefighter Skippy Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 Finally got back out to get a few. 3 for 5 today along with a few geocaches. LX0558/1935/n/n LX7249/1891/n/n LX2710/1923/n/n
+Me & Bucky Posted June 27, 2006 Posted June 27, 2006 Found down near Tucson while working near Benson: May 19, 2006 CZ0266/1935/N/N CZ0268/1935/N/N CZ0267/1935/N/N Finally getting into June, with a trip to Glenwood Springs, Colorado June 11, 2006 KL0494/1934/N/N
+cjf Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 Was only able to find time to log one benchmark while on a business trip to Santa Rosa. (It's a shame how work can interfere with one's hobbies.) JT0721/1932/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 28, 2006 Posted June 28, 2006 KM0292/1931/N/N AE4738/UNK/N/? ME0185/1953/N/N RD0026/1956/N/N RD0025/1956/N/N RD0027/1956/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 AE4738/UNK/N/? EDIT: AE4738/1847/N/? ACOORDING TO THE PLAQUE POSTED IN THE LOG OF MY RECOVERY THE POINT WAS FIXED ON AUG,3 1847 BY ORSON PRATT ASSITED BY G. SHERWOOD WHEN BEGGINING THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF SALT LAKE CITY. I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTY UPON FURTHER RESEARCH OF THE MARK.
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 RD3152/1903/N/N SC0550/1935/N/N TM0854/1956/Y/N TM0855/1956/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 29, 2006 Posted June 29, 2006 SS0726/1931/N/N PU1908/1962/N/N PU1907/1962/N/N PU2060/1962/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted June 30, 2006 Posted June 30, 2006 EDIT DARN ME. Both these should be 1963. So I got some for fun. TM0854/1956/Y/N TM0855/1956/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted July 1, 2006 Posted July 1, 2006 AE4738/UNK/N/? EDIT: AE4738/1847/N/? ACOORDING TO THE PLAQUE POSTED IN THE LOG OF MY RECOVERY THE POINT WAS FIXED ON AUG,3 1847 BY ORSON PRATT ASSITED BY G. SHERWOOD WHEN BEGGINING THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF SALT LAKE CITY. I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTY UPON FURTHER RESEARCH OF THE MARK. I went through a bunch of data sheets for that county and find that the dates are all UNKNOWN on the older marks. If this was the first one set for the laying out of the City it should be the Oldest so the ? would be yes. The only evidence is the Plaque set right in front of it. I would have to do a lot of digging on history to find out about all the UNKNOWNS.
+SLO Trekker Posted July 1, 2006 Posted July 1, 2006 Finally got out and did a little bench marking. FV0322 1938 N N FV0313 1940 N N FV0326 1957 N N FV0142 1957 N N FV0146 1939 N N FV0147 1942 N N FV0144 1927 N N
+Ernmark Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Eligible finds for 6/30: KW1000/1942/N/N JV1969/1942/N/N
CallawayMT Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 AE4738/UNK/N/? EDIT: AE4738/1847/N/? ACOORDING TO THE PLAQUE POSTED IN THE LOG OF MY RECOVERY THE POINT WAS FIXED ON AUG,3 1847 BY ORSON PRATT ASSITED BY G. SHERWOOD WHEN BEGGINING THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF SALT LAKE CITY. I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTY UPON FURTHER RESEARCH OF THE MARK. I went through a bunch of data sheets for that county and find that the dates are all UNKNOWN on the older marks. If this was the first one set for the laying out of the City it should be the Oldest so the ? would be yes. The only evidence is the Plaque set right in front of it. I would have to do a lot of digging on history to find out about all the UNKNOWNS. Geo, You won't find what you are looking for, because this is a very authentic and accurate replica of the original Initial Point stone. In the 1970's or 80's the Mormon Church had the original stone copied and replaced. The original stone is a block or two away in a Mormon church museum. Nice find on the Lewis and Clark mon in Montana, I never knew that one existed or I would have been to it by now. Here is one you would have enjoyed going to. Sacajawea CallawayMT
+wavector Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 (edited) moved Apologies Edited July 2, 2006 by wavector
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted July 2, 2006 Author Posted July 2, 2006 Please leave this thread for logging finds for the contest. Please start another thread for discussing other aspects of benchmark hunting. Thank you, John
+NorthWes Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Eligible find for July 1, 2006: UV4405 / 1941 / N / N
CallawayMT Posted July 2, 2006 Posted July 2, 2006 Please leave this thread for logging finds for the contest. Please start another thread for discussing other aspects of benchmark hunting. Thank you, John Sorry. CallawayMT
+Harry Dolphin Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 Five for eleven today, but we did see a heron, two herds of cows, four hawks, two deer and three turkeys. LY0566/1956/N/N LY0828/1942/N/N LY0827/1942/N/N LY0826/1942/N/N LY0822/1942/N/N
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted July 3, 2006 Posted July 3, 2006 (edited) AE4738/UNK/N/? EDIT: AE4738/1847/N/? ACOORDING TO THE PLAQUE POSTED IN THE LOG OF MY RECOVERY THE POINT WAS FIXED ON AUG,3 1847 BY ORSON PRATT ASSITED BY G. SHERWOOD WHEN BEGGINING THE ORIGINAL SURVEY OF SALT LAKE CITY. I NEED TO CHECK TO SEE IF IT IS THE OLDEST IN THE COUNTY UPON FURTHER RESEARCH OF THE MARK. I went through a bunch of data sheets for that county and find that the dates are all UNKNOWN on the older marks. If this was the first one set for the laying out of the City it should be the Oldest so the ? would be yes. The only evidence is the Plaque set right in front of it. I would have to do a lot of digging on history to find out about all the UNKNOWNS. Geo, You won't find what you are looking for, because this is a very authentic and accurate replica of the original Initial Point stone. In the 1970's or 80's the Mormon Church had the original stone copied and replaced. The original stone is a block or two away in a Mormon church museum. Nice find on the Lewis and Clark mon in Montana, I never knew that one existed or I would have been to it by now. Here is one you would have enjoyed going to. Sacajawea CallawayMT CallawayMT, Thank you I had been keeping quiet about it for a year. But if you do a search on the search page with Lewis and Clark it is the only one that comes up. Sacagawea was on the list to log but we just did not have the time or $$ to get there so it is on another list now. Klemmer and TeddyBearMama, Thankyou for the marco on the GSAK. I have not figured that all out yet,I am still learnig it. I finally got the full vesion just before we left and did not and still do not know how to use it that well. It helped with a Quick search on the Salt Lake Meridian Stone as being the oldest in the County. So again thanks And to you to John... I enjoy the great help I find here. Sorry for the long post in the logging thread. Edited July 3, 2006 by GEO*Trailblazer 1
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