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Quick one about BM Finds


LisaAS36

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I'm confused if it is OK or standard practice to log a BM that someone else has already logged. I noticed that there is a BM at the school I go to and thought it would be a good one to start with, however someone found it about 6 months ago (as with most in this area)Are BMs a one time find?

 

TIA,

Lisa

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There are many benchmarks that have multiple found logs, especially on mountain tops and occasionally near caches. It's your find, you should be able to log even if someone else has been there. I think there will be general agreement on this point. icon_smile.gif

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It is not unusual to have multiple postings, both on markers that have been found, and on misses. One reason for this is that you may know something about the mark that the person before you does not know. You may want to post a clearer picture, or you may want to confirm that you made a best effort to find the mark and were not able to either.

 

It is also not unusual to find that a mark contains several components. One PID may include a transit station, a couple of reference marks, and an azimuth mark. Or more components. If you find the transit station, but decide not to go after the remaining marks, someone coming along after you may decide to take a couple extra hours to locate the rest of the markers.

 

Personally one of the things I like to do is read about personal observations about the mark. You may have chosen a day with bad weather, or decided to trudge out in some snow, and found marks that would have otherwise been no adventure at all. Or you may decide to see if there are any marks that might be interesting on a trip you are taking. I don't think that the fact that someone else has found the mark should in any way disuade you.

 

-Rusty

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I have followed rogbarn to several benchmarks. Also he & I went out together to reach our latest benchmarking milestones (100 finds for each of us). rogbarn had noticed SL-100 listed in our area and we did that one for for our 100th! So we have several that we both have logged.

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quote:
Originally posted by Cape Cod Cacher:

I have a couple 'founds' that don't show up on the lists, gives a 'last found' and 'user found', but bumped me off the lists. Any input? The skulls are a drag too...


 

Examples, examples. Give us a PID and tell us what list they aren't on.

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EG; LW3931 Last Found: 09/27/02, user found 11/14/2002.

 

Stragely it's listed twice on my found list, that may have something to do with it. How to delete the extra one I may have overlooked. I wrote about the history of the building, there are already pictures of it.

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OK, Cape Cod Cacher, I'm convinced there is something wrong here.

 

Going straight in to LW3931 looks OK, but when I check your list of finds (409...oh my!) and WaldenRun, I see duplicate entries and incorrect information (such as the last found date that you list being earlier than the user found date.)

 

Sounds like a job for the data base guy, whoever that is.

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