Benchmark, Proof of destroyed

[+Ham What Am]

Benchmark Recovery pays off.

 

I have a NGS Benchmark DataSheet in hand, I remember it being there as a kid.

 

PID search on GS says "not found", but it has been destroyed (removed for new construction usage).

 

At 13:30 on July 28, 1987 a series of 16 color photos were taken of the toppling of the South Water Tank in town. I have a cell phone camera picture of the framed sequence. I believe the photographer was the town mayor at the time.

 

The tanks removal was part of a land clearing deal that resulted in the construction of the town mall.

 

The question now is, with the documentation in hand, how do I go about logging the Recovery and detailing its destruction?

 

Finding, documenting, and preserving a history of "Destroyed" Benchmarks is an interesting sideline to the hobby.

[+WRITE SHOP ROBERT]

As far as an official NGS recovery, I thing it's a No go, but if you want to log it as found through GS, that would be a fine place to detail the story, especially if you can backdate the log to when you aw it as a kid.

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[holograph]

Benchmark Recovery pays off.

 

I have a NGS Benchmark DataSheet in hand, I remember it being there as a kid.

 

PID search on GS says "not found", but it has been destroyed (removed for new construction usage).

 

At 13:30 on July 28, 1987 a series of 16 color photos were taken of the toppling of the South Water Tank in town. I have a cell phone camera picture of the framed sequence. I believe the photographer was the town mayor at the time.

 

The tanks removal was part of a land clearing deal that resulted in the construction of the town mall.

 

The question now is, with the documentation in hand, how do I go about logging the Recovery and detailing its destruction?

 

Finding, documenting, and preserving a history of "Destroyed" Benchmarks is an interesting sideline to the hobby.

 

A water tower would be what is called an "intersection station", and the NGS has indicated that it is no longer interested in reports for them. Also, if you succeed in convincing the NGS that the station is destroyed, then the datasheet becomes inaccessible. Some of us who use datasheets for historical purposes prefer that the datasheets remain accessible, and one way to do that is to simply submit a "not found" report and state that the tower was removed in 1987.

[+Ham What Am]

Benchmark Recovery pays off.

 

I have a NGS Benchmark DataSheet in hand, I remember it being there as a kid.

 

PID search on GS says "not found", but it has been destroyed (removed for new construction usage).

 

I guess it is just a matter of understanding the terms used to classify the end of the search. Found is fairly straight forward. Destroyed could mean intentionally, accidentally or naturally, which would be nice to know. Preserving the history on the GC Log Page would be nice. Removing the NGS Datasheet is not what I intended by any stretch of the imagination. The rich history involved in some of the Benchmarks is worth preserving and documenting before the witnesses pass on or the physical evidence is lost forever. Lumping everything under Not Found leaves a lot of serious questions unanswered.

 

However, I am new to Benchmark Recovery, and will follow the established practices. I maintain a folder on each "Recovery" I start by printing the NGS Datasheet, GC Log, old photos if available, and new photos taken in the Recovery effort. Building the file step by step. I have found out more about the City and County history than I remembered from junior and senior high school classes required for graduation. Interviewing some of the really senior senior citizens is a very enlightening experience.

 

Thread closed.

 

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At 13:30 on July 28, 1987 a series of 16 color photos were taken of the toppling of the South Water Tank in town. I have a cell phone camera picture of the framed sequence. I believe the photographer was the town mayor at the time.

 

The tanks removal was part of a land clearing deal that resulted in the construction of the town mall.

 

The question now is, with the documentation in hand, how do I go about logging the Recovery and detailing its destruction?

 

Finding, documenting, and preserving a history of "Destroyed" Benchmarks is an interesting sideline to the hobby.

 

A water tower would be what is called an "intersection station", and the NGS has indicated that it is no longer interested in reports for them. Also, if you succeed in convincing the NGS that the station is destroyed, then the datasheet becomes inaccessible. Some of us who use datasheets for historical purposes prefer that the datasheets remain accessible, and one way to do that is to simply submit a "not found" report and state that the tower was removed in 1987.