AZcachemeister Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I'll admit it, I've been holding off doing any Benchmark Hunting lately. Gotta save those new finds for the contest, right? On an outing yesterday, I 'just had to' find a few marks...I needed a fix real bad! No problem, just giving up a few points, big deal. As it turned out, two of the four marks were noted 'Not Found' by the NGS in 1982! W 27 / DU0388 P 20 / DU0387 If that weren't bad enough, the other two marks' designations started with a '2', and an 'R'! Anyone else out there shooting themselves in the foot? Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted February 18, 2007 Share Posted February 18, 2007 I'll admit it, I've been holding off doing any Benchmark Hunting lately. Gotta save those new finds for the contest, right? On an outing yesterday, I 'just had to' find a few marks...I needed a fix real bad! No problem, just giving up a few points, big deal. As it turned out, two of the four marks were noted 'Not Found' by the NGS in 1982! W 27 / DU0388 P 20 / DU0387 If that weren't bad enough, the other two marks' designations started with a '2', and an 'R'! Anyone else out there shooting themselves in the foot? Giving the Noobies a break, are you? (Nice finds anyway!) Quote Link to comment
+Ernmark Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 '2's are gonna be tough for me, too ! Quote Link to comment
+The Fossillady Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I been looking and mapping and can't wait to start (drool running down my chin). Two more weeks, please hurry. I went power caching instead over the weekend. Help. The Fossillady Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 I didn't have that problem. The ground is frozen, and the two inches of precipitation is a solid, impenetrable mass. Hopefully, things will thaw for the contest. Got a few promising 2's lined up. I wonder if 'R' should be for Rockaway, instead of for Rivet. Hmm... Might have to call in a politcal debt to get an appointment with the Rockaway Borough Clerk to see if the steps behnid the original building are incorporated within the addition. Hmmm.... Quote Link to comment
+2/3 Marine Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 Going to have to go about 40 miles for a 2 and at least that far for a O, maybe farther if I can't find either one.I've been wanting to branch out a little anyway. Quote Link to comment
AZcachemeister Posted February 20, 2007 Author Share Posted February 20, 2007 '2's are gonna be tough for me, too ! Shouldn't be a problem, really. Got one picked out, the designation is '2', nothing more, and no ambiguity! Quote Link to comment
+NorthWes Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 When the contest was announced I had already planned a four-day power-caching trip centered around GeoCoinfest in Temecula CA... and had planned to pretty much ignore benchmarks (as my partners on the trip weren't big on that segment of the game...). Couldn't resist loading the county benchmark lists into my system, recovered a few marks (haven't logged them yet, as we just flew in this morning), and suffered from near-uncontrollable twitches every time we passed a mark location. Flying home to snowbound Anchorage, all I could think of were all those marks I'd left behind... On the flip side, I got to meet Me 'n' Bucky face to face at the Geocoinfest and Temecula Valley Mega-Event 3; what a blast to chat with one of the West's premier benchmark retrievers! Quote Link to comment
+shorbird Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 I was out all last week in the snow and cold. Found quite a few, even a DNF by the USPS, and I'll have to return for some since the ice was so thick in places. Nevertheless, I'm out there whenever I can be, contest or no. It's just too much fun!! Quote Link to comment
+The Fossillady Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 When the contest was announced I had already planned a four-day power-caching trip centered around GeoCoinfest in Temecula CA... and had planned to pretty much ignore benchmarks (as my partners on the trip weren't big on that segment of the game...). Couldn't resist loading the county benchmark lists into my system, recovered a few marks (haven't logged them yet, as we just flew in this morning), and suffered from near-uncontrollable twitches every time we passed a mark location. Flying home to snowbound Anchorage, all I could think of were all those marks I'd left behind... On the flip side, I got to meet Me 'n' Bucky face to face at the Geocoinfest and Temecula Valley Mega-Event 3; what a blast to chat with one of the West's premier benchmark retrievers! Were you one of the Alaskan cachers to pick up my wooden nickel. I was also at the Temecula events and had to come back to work today. BIG BUMMER. Quote Link to comment
+chadleo10 Posted February 21, 2007 Share Posted February 21, 2007 I'll have to go about 15 miles for the "2", which is the only one around and about 40 miles for the "O", as I've already got both of the ones around here. Would have been alot easier if it was 8OLDFARTS! Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted February 24, 2007 Share Posted February 24, 2007 Okay. I couldn't stop myself. LY2081 Note with DNF by Patw. Would have been good for five points. Oh, well. Quote Link to comment
+TheBeanTeam Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Not a I couldn't help myself but a case of if I don't now I never will. I "found" two over the weekend because the overpass that is there will be destroyed on Feb 28th. I documented them and will get more photos after the marks are gone then submit a destroyed to NGS. I toyed with reporting a find to NGS but don't see the need if they will not be there in two more days. Quote Link to comment
mloser Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 Don't forget to ask the demolition crews if you can have the disks! They are great souvenirs and the NGS will not want them returned. Quote Link to comment
+Ernmark Posted February 26, 2007 Share Posted February 26, 2007 ...I would've loved to gotten ahold of this one: KW1084 The bridge holding up this one was destroyed just a few months after I visited...I hope this one made it to SOMEone's desk - it's the only one of this type I've run across.. Quote Link to comment
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