wvnewbie Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Looking for some info - What is the deal with benchmarks and looking for them - is it just another thing to hunt - or does it serve a purpose? Any and all info on this topic would be greatly appreciated. Thank in advance! Quote Link to comment
+gnbrotz Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 This thread should be moved to the Benchmarking Forum. Quote Link to comment
+Miragee Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Some people are really into Benchmarks and enjoy the extreme challenge involved in finding some of them. I think they are cool when I run across them as I am hiking or caching, but I learned early on it wasn't for me . . . at least not without getting a metal detector . . . or going with someone else better at finding them than I was. Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 I like the historical connections. I don't hunt them specifically, but when I find one near a cache I think of the day it was placed and the people and things that have passed by. I acutally get a bit depressed when I see one vandalized. This article talks about some of the survey benchmarks that exist today along the U.S.-Mexico border. Quote Link to comment
+WRITE SHOP ROBERT Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 (edited) Just another thing to hunt. Sometimes there is a puzzle cache that involves finding one. I've always noticed them around since I was a kid, but those are just the ones you spot while walking down the sidewalk or trail. Knowing that there are others that I actually have to look for is a little more fun. Sometimes you can hunt for them when there are no Caches in an area, or when you've already found all the nearby caches. Definitly bring a compass with you!!! Oh, and by the way, don't go out using only the GPS to search, the coordinates for most are only estimates and many can be off by a few hundred feet, use the descriptions provided. It's a whole new challenge to decript those descriptions. Edited May 22, 2007 by WRITE SHOP ROBERT Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 What is the deal with benchmarks and looking for them - is it just another thing to hunt - or does it serve a purpose? Yes. They're another thing to hunt. They can be quite a bit more challenging to find, with no guarantee that they are still there. It can be very satisfying to find a disk that was last reported seventy years ago! Some of benchmarkers report their finds to the National Geodetic Survey. This helps the NGS to update its data bank. Quote Link to comment
bogleman Posted May 22, 2007 Share Posted May 22, 2007 Very fun to find (as long as nothing has changed), just something else to look for. MA1512 is the oldest I've found (from 1899) Quote Link to comment
+Team Crime Scene Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 Why are Benchmarks listed as finds but don't count toward your total? Quote Link to comment
+Chuy! Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 No log. Kinda the reason Virtuals are no longer allowed. Quote Link to comment
wvnewbie Posted May 23, 2007 Author Share Posted May 23, 2007 thanks to all who responded. My one other question is - can benchmarks be easily/simply downloaded to google earth like traditional caches can? If they can - how? Quote Link to comment
vtmtnman Posted May 23, 2007 Share Posted May 23, 2007 thanks to all who responded. My one other question is - can benchmarks be easily/simply downloaded to google earth like traditional caches can? If they can - how? Cut and paste the coords.Someone else probably knows an easier way.Try the benchmarking forum. Quote Link to comment
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