FoolCircle Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 I stumbled upon this benchmark while on a cache in Battery Park in Old New Castle in Delaware. I tried to look it up, but don't see it on the list. Can anyone help? Am I retarded and it's there or it's not and it should be or is there a way to "register it"? Thanks, I'm new and stoopid - FoolCircle Quote
+Ernmark Posted July 27, 2006 Posted July 27, 2006 (edited) JU1903 ? Had some trouble making out the coords but the description sounds like it may be this one: (From the NGS datasheet:) JU1903 STATION DESCRIPTION JU1903 JU1903'DESCRIBED BY COAST AND GEODETIC SURVEY 1963 JU1903'AT NEW CASTLE. JU1903'AT NEW CASTLE, ALONG THE SOUTHEAST SIDE OF THE CITY PARK, NEAR JU1903'THE MUNICIPAL PIER WHICH IS AT THE SOUTHEAST END OF DELAWARE JU1903'STREET, 105 YARDS SOUTHWEST OF CENTER LINE OF THE STREET, SET ON JU1903'TOP CENTER OF AN ABANDONED 4-FOOT SQUARE CONCRETE FOUNDATION WITH JU1903'FLOUR 1 1/2 INCH IRON BOLTS IN THE TOP, 44.5 FEET SOUTHWEST OF A JU1903'CONCRETE PARK BENCH, 39 FEET NORTHEAST OF ANOTHER PARK BENCH, 41 JU1903'FEET NORTHEAST OF A LARGE TREE, AND ABOUT 2 FEET ABOVE LEVEL OF JU1903'GROUND. JU1903 It isn't in the GC databast but is listed in the NGS database as "855 1201 TIDAL 1" (thus the "NO 1" designation on the disk and the circle symbol in the center) I typed in "855 1201 TIDAL" on the "station name" page as others of similar designation were on the GC site in New Castle, ie: JU1900 ("NO 5), JU1901 ("NO 4") ..I also see in the NGS datasheet that JU1903 was recovered by a Geocacher in 2006 Since GC's database is "static" you could register it @ Waymarking.com's benchmark site if it isn't already.. Here's a link to a site which has some interesting info - especially if you're new to benchmark hunting: http://www.unm.edu/~creelbm/pages/benchmarks.html - check out the diagrams of some of the different types of markers Also there's a new wiki being set up which will probably be a valuable resource:http://www.holoscenes.com/cgi-bin/moin.cgi Good luck hunting ! Edited July 27, 2006 by Ernmark Quote
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