+Okiebryan Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 (edited) Check this out. I think you benchmark hunter types might find this very interesting. Edited October 24, 2008 by Okiebryan Quote Link to comment
CoyoteTrust Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 This was a good story, thanks for sharing. I think it'd be cool if these same fellas would go to ME2997 to do the same thing (and I wouldn't mind being a witness, of course). Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Benchmark Hunter / Geocacher on vacation found one of them. My story is not quite as good though. But it was an awesome find for me. PT0130 MORC Quote Link to comment
foxtrot_xray Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Neat story. I envy those guys. Quote Link to comment
+Okiebryan Posted October 24, 2008 Author Share Posted October 24, 2008 Benchmark Hunter / Geocacher on vacation found one of them. My story is not quite as good though. But it was an awesome find for me. PT0130 MORC Now you know what the stone under the pipe looks like! Quote Link to comment
+GEO*Trailblazer 1 Posted October 24, 2008 Share Posted October 24, 2008 Yepper thats what I thought it looked like. Quote Link to comment
TillaMurphs Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 Check this out. I think you benchmark hunter types might find this very interesting. Thanks for posting this great story. It would have been great to be involved in that find. An excerpt from the story: "On October 17, 2008, a group of surveyors and other interested people consisting of Rex Heiden, David Hoffart, Erik Hubl, Kurt Luebke, Jerry Penry and Gene Thomsen determined to find triangulation station “Ward” and see if a discrepancy actually existed on the ground." Do you know if any of these people were geocaching.com members? Quote Link to comment
Wintertime Posted October 25, 2008 Share Posted October 25, 2008 An excerpt from the story: "On October 17, 2008, a group of surveyors and other interested people consisting of Rex Heiden, David Hoffart, Erik Hubl, Kurt Luebke, Jerry Penry and Gene Thomsen determined to find triangulation station “Ward” and see if a discrepancy actually existed on the ground." Do you know if any of these people were geocaching.com members? Kurt posts here occasionally. Patty Quote Link to comment
CallawayMT Posted October 26, 2008 Share Posted October 26, 2008 I left from work on October 16 with Fort Wayne, Indiana being my destination; but I had to make a few stops along the journey. I can't believe that I made the forums before I was able to even log any adventures. I returned last night and logged 3945 miles on my Ford Expedition(luckily the fuel costs went down), stopped at one new Initial Point in the Black Hills, found 12 state boundary monuments, 2 1880's Missouri River Commission monuments, a few other monuments in 12 different states, one new Lewis and Clark Corps of Discovery monument and as you have read I met up with a group in Nebraska for a very fulfilling Missouri River Commission mystery solving. I had a great trip, saw some fall colors, made new friends and got to see some historical and geographically exciting monuments. I had to put this trip on hold two other times due to my heavy workload and now I will have to try to find the time to log my visits. I was lucky enough to follow one snow storm in Eastern Montana and miss another in Nebraska. I had great weather and perfect conditions. Kurt Quote Link to comment
+PFF Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I can't believe that I made the forums before I was able to even log any adventures. And not just the forums, Kurt. Over the weekend, I sent the article to Gary Thompson, the head of NCGS. He responded that it is great to find a stone like that! -Paul- Quote Link to comment
CallawayMT Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 I can't believe that I made the forums before I was able to even log any adventures. And not just the forums, Kurt. Over the weekend, I sent the article to Gary Thompson, the head of NCGS. He responded that it is great to find a stone like that! -Paul- Thanks Paul, These kind of recoveries are very exciting. For any of you who enjoyed reading Jerry's description of this recovery, you might want to consider buying his book: Nebraska's Early Geodetic Survey's It may be about Nebraska control survey's, but Jerry does an excellent job of writing about the history and techniques of the Missouri River Commission, the USGS and the US Coast and Geodetic Survey organizations. The book is very reasonable and has some really great photos of various types of survey monuments, most of which pertain to all parts of the US. Kurt Quote Link to comment
+Okiebryan Posted October 27, 2008 Author Share Posted October 27, 2008 Hope I didn't take away your thunder by posting that. I saw it on the POB board, and figured the benchmark hunters here would enjoy reading that. I had no idea any of your party were cachers! Quote Link to comment
+Klemmer Posted October 27, 2008 Share Posted October 27, 2008 Enjoyable read. Traveling on business in Australia (Brisbane). Nice to read about something from back home. Thanks! Quote Link to comment
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