The Contest Logging Thread

Only 3 recovered today. I spent most of my half day on the RR tracks. Found several poles that I believe are/were telegraph poles? Most were destroyed, a few standing. Of all the poles, only one pole had glass insulators on it in good condition. I was lucky there was a climable tree right next to it...

http://www.flickr.com/photos/50971836@N00/487474493/

Now, on to my recoveries...

BM0405, REG

BM0406, REG

BM0413, REG

May 7, 2007

5/5:

KW2887, ???

..not sure how to classify this one - a "NF" & 2 "See Descriptions" in the official NGS logs

- E

May 7, 2007

5/4 Recoveries:

5/5 Recoveries:

The following two are intersection stations, the remains of which were found in destroyed condition. I believe the evidence and the remains will prove that I found a portion of the correct stations, which have now been removed. PM if desired, but it's up to the judge's discretion.

QL0459 REG

Link to the NGS datasheet for D.M.S. coordinates as shown on GPSr

QL0455 REG

Link to NGS datasheet with coordinates in D.M.S. format.

Link to the ASR search result for the registration number visible in the photo for the newly constructed (1997) tower. Coordinates for the new tower are within .2 seconds of the published coordinates for QL0455, the remains of which are also visible in the photos.

May 7, 2007

5/6 Recoveries:

RK0213 REG

RK0215 REG

RK0216 REG

May 7, 2007

And just one from today:

RK0214 REG

May 8, 2007

Recoveries from 05/06/07, trying to finish off my 2OLDFARTS bonus, so far, just missing the 2

7.9k · May 8, 2007

A frustrating day, with highway improvements making for a lot of non-recoveries. The scenery up near Lake Roosevelt at the end of the day made up for all the difficulties.

Recoveries for 5 6 2007:

DU0477, REG

DU0470, REG

DU0463, REG NGS datasheet*

DU0463 Geocaching .com

* I must beg the judges indulgence for this one. I quite understand if it is unacceptable.

Edited May 8, 2007 by AZcachemeister

May 9, 2007

Pretty pathetic batch for the last couple of days but better than nothing, I guess.

May 9, 2007

Took a 60 mile trip out on the "lone prairie" today.No snow there!

May 9, 2007

Almost forgot this one.

KB1348, REG

May 9, 2007

May 9, 2007

MB2388, REG

Not sure about this one as far as the contest. The disk is in fine shape, but the entire concrete post is uprooted and on its side, thus rendering the mark useless for surveyors. I have logged it on gc.com as destroyed(with pictures) and have sent an email to Deb with pictures.

7.9k · May 9, 2007

WHOOPSIE!

Corrected link:

DU2381, DNF

May 9, 2007

May 10, 2007

LC0506, DNF*

KB0530, DNF

*The previous logger indicated that they had found the benchmark. However, they also said they had only found the witness post and they thought that counted. So, technically, since they admitted they didnt find the mark, this could be a DNF.

May 10, 2007

7.9k · May 10, 2007

I managed to grab a few yesterday, out near Florence, AZ.

Recoveries for 5 9 2007:

May 10, 2007

AE4270REG

Found this BM right at the edge of a Forest Service Rd. This road, with a creek right

next to it, was one area where firefighters were able to stop the spread of the Hayman

fire. This fire ended up being the largest wildfire in Colorado history. It started on 6/8/2002

and burned 137,760 acres.

May 11, 2007

May 12, 2007

Had to search for at least 30 to get these 9. Getting pretty slim pickings around here.

1k · May 12, 2007

Here are my finds for yesterday.

2OLDFARTS COUNTER, only one more for the bonus.

May 14, 2007

Spent part of Mother's Day looking for benchmarks....

May 14, 2007

Had a pretty successful day hunting on Saturday 05/12

The rest of these are judges discretion. I am 100% confident of the finds, but dang it all, I could not get these disks cleaned off. Many were 1-2 feet deep in their tubes, and most were covered with a 3 inch layer of mud I had to scoop out. Photographs were tough into the pipes, mud was tough to get off. I tried water, but it filled the pipe up. I tried powder, but it combined with the dust. Also tough when they paint the marks because then its tough to get any definition with the numbers. And no thanks to Monroe County for not stamping the designation in the covers either.

May 14, 2007

LC1679, REG I couldn't get a better shot of this one. The number seems to have been mostly worn off. The cords were very close and the description was right on but I just couldn't get the numbers to pop up. So, I leave it to the discretion of the judges to decide and fully understand if it doesn't qualify.

May 15, 2007

Not a real productive day. Ended up finding several I couldn't use and being beaten by the very high weeds. Should have done more searching while it was still winter.

10.1k · May 15, 2007

My brother from the left coast is visiting on a marathon caching trip. He paused log enough to allow me to log this one:

KU2643 REG

(I wish I'd known about KU2642 beforehand, and brought my digging gear!) Oh, well.

7.9k · May 15, 2007

Saturday was a good day out on the Apache Trail, but Sunday was not so good as the radiator in the JEEP blew out and we had to abort the mission to Prescott. :rolleyes:

Recoveries for 5 12 2007:

*This one is at the judges discretion. I found the mark coated with some rubbery substance, and tried to clean it off to get a good shot of the stamping, but the results were not as good as I hoped for.

In retrospect I wish I had just left well enough alone.

**This one probably won't fly either, as all that remains is the stem. Can't hurt to ask though!

Edited to add notes.

Edited May 15, 2007 by AZcachemeister

May 16, 2007

7.9k · May 16, 2007

Had some free time yesterday, and headed up South Mountain to test the new radiator in the JEEP.

Recoveries for 5 15 2007:

DV2089, REG

DV0419, REG

I doubt the next one will qualify, but considering there is a disk there with a date on it (but no designation stamping), perhaps I can squeeze it through the wringer. In any case, it's interesting that I easily found what the DOD couldn't.

DV0418, DNF

Edited May 16, 2007 by AZcachemeister

May 16, 2007

5/11:

KW2886, REG

5/12:

KW3236, REG

May 16, 2007

May 17, 2007

Recoveries from the last few days:

May 17, 2007

Recoveries from 05/16/07

With OF1872, that "D" gives me 2OLDFARTS bonus.

Reference these previous recoveries:

1k · May 17, 2007

Only two this time.

DX3795, REG

DX2756, REG

Still need an "O" for the bonus.

May 17, 2007

A good 40 mile BM run, to a rivet (my first) at the end.

May 17, 2007

Found last weekend:

AW5484, REG

AW4646, REG

AW5501, REG

AW4476, REG

AX2539, REG

AX0277, REG

AX0011, REG

AX0194, REG

AX2653, REG

AX0117, REG

AX0065, REG

AX2645, REG

AX2648, REG

AX0243, REG

AX0238, REG

AX0236, REG

AX0200, REG

BM0994, REG

AW5487, REG

AW5485, REG

BM0182, REG

BM0184, REG

AX2649, REG

BM0164, REG

BM0162, REG

BM0166, REG

BM0986, REG

BL1503, REG

BL1502, REG

BL1506, REG

BL1542, REG

BL1857, REG

BL1858, REG

BL1859, REG

BL1860, REG

BL1547, REG

BL1861, REG

BL1989, REG

BL1573, REG

BL1840, REG

BL1615, REG

BL1841, REG

BL1853, REG

BL1851, REG

BM0154, REG

AX0221, REG

AX0218, REG

AW4633, REG

AW6984, REG

Are we done yet? Gas money is breaking me....

May 18, 2007

No way I can compete with some of you folk. Gas is just too darn high these days and there just isn't enough daylight. But, have a few to add to the bunch.

May 18, 2007

JJ0584REG

Correcting an error on my last post.Must have been thinking about how many BM's per gallon I got!!

10.1k · May 19, 2007

My brother, FunnyNose, kindly let me stop for a few drive by benchmarks on a cache trip down the shore.

KV5025 REG

KV5057 REG

KV5994 REG

KV4993 REG Another 'O' !

May 19, 2007

May 19, 2007

10.1k · May 20, 2007

5/19/2007

My brother, FunnyNose, is a numbers ho'.! His vacation is over and he's headed back to Seattle. He logged 159 caches in eight days in New Jersey, New York and Pennsylvania. He graciously allowed me to log five benchmarks during his trip. So, I needed a fix badly! Geocachers can get their fix with cheap parking lot micros. Here are my cheap, drive-by benchmarks for 5/19: