kayakbird Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 OK, it is too much fun stumbling onto one like this! Again not scouted, but found a wide spot on US 95 south of Needles wanting to get to Vidal Jct before dark. Fired up the laptop to see what was pinned on DeLorme close by. Almost decided to not turn back the mile of heavy truck traffic for EU0274 until I saw that the name and year set of this USGS mark were both 1933. First thing that I noticed on site was that pipe has been encased in an eight inch by eight inch concrete post which protrudes 10 inches (no DS documentation). Then I whacked a way-point and discovered that I had achieved one of my very long term goals: rounded to the nearest second, the N MMSS equals the W MMSS! (3811.1 & 3810.8) Anybody else with a found that close to the diagonal line? kayakbird Quote Link to comment
foxtrot_xray Posted December 8, 2011 Share Posted December 8, 2011 Then I whacked a way-point and discovered that I had achieved one of my very long term goals: rounded to the nearest second, the N MMSS equals the W MMSS! (3811.1 & 3810.8) Anybody else with a found that close to the diagonal line? kayakbird :blink: Jees, I'm going to have to go thru my finds now... just to tell. Quote Link to comment
+Harry Dolphin Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 I've always been fascinated by meaningless numbers. Coordinates are artificial, and invented by mankind. And I loved the Degree Confluence cache that I found in New Hampshire, and hid one in New Jersey. At N 41 W 74. With lots of zeroes! Unfortunately, I had to archive it due to being a bit out of the way, and the hide decomposed. Oh, well. I shall have to see if I found any benchmarks that fit your question. Quote Link to comment
TillaMurphs Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) kayakbird, Is that disk concave, or is the photo some type of optical illusion? Edited December 9, 2011 by TillaMurphs Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 OK, it is too much fun stumbling onto one like this! Again not scouted, but found a wide spot on US 95 south of Needles wanting to get to Vidal Jct before dark. Fired up the laptop to see what was pinned on DeLorme close by. Almost decided to not turn back the mile of heavy truck traffic for EU0274 until I saw that the name and year set of this USGS mark were both 1933. First thing that I noticed on site was that pipe has been encased in an eight inch by eight inch concrete post which protrudes 10 inches (no DS documentation). Then I whacked a way-point and discovered that I had achieved one of my very long term goals: rounded to the nearest second, the N MMSS equals the W MMSS! (3811.1 & 3810.8) Anybody else with a found that close to the diagonal line? kayakbird From the NGS datasheet FS0809* NAD 83(1986)- 35 12 07. (N) 115 12 07. (W) SCALED FS0809* NAVD 88 - 1326.37 (+/-2cm) 4351.6 (feet) VERTCON And from the GC.com page N 35° 12.100 W 115° 12.100 (NAD 83) And the Actual coordinates from our GPSr 35° 12.1180' & 115° 12.1391' FS0809 - Y 732 that we recovered in April 2010. Kayakbird - Does this one qualify? John Quote Link to comment
kayakbird Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 From the NGS datasheet FS0809* NAD 83(1986)- 35 12 07. (N) 115 12 07. (W) SCALED FS0809* NAVD 88 - 1326.37 (+/-2cm) 4351.6 (feet) VERTCON / Kayakbird - Does this one qualify? John John, You have a winner - did you get the prize that I mailed you a week ago? And had you noticed the match prior to finding it? Now, has anyone done the math to check for the pairs on the other diagonal? MEL Quote Link to comment
2oldfarts (the rockhounders) Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 From the NGS datasheet FS0809* NAD 83(1986)- 35 12 07. (N) 115 12 07. (W) SCALED FS0809* NAVD 88 - 1326.37 (+/-2cm) 4351.6 (feet) VERTCON / Kayakbird - Does this one qualify? John John, You have a winner - did you get the prize that I mailed you a week ago? And had you noticed the match prior to finding it? Now, has anyone done the math to check for the pairs on the other diagonal? MEL We didn't know it was a match until we checked our finds. I will need to check with the Post Office to see if they mis-placed the package. Quote Link to comment
foxtrot_xray Posted December 9, 2011 Share Posted December 9, 2011 Well, after going through my numbers, I'm not surprised to see I don't have one. However, I *was* surprised to see that I have quite a few on 0 mins - i.e. W104 0 x.xx. Quite a few. More than I would think is average for me. Since I don't plan this, I wonder if something is trying to tell me something. ??? Quote Link to comment
kayakbird Posted December 9, 2011 Author Share Posted December 9, 2011 (edited) kayakbird, Is that disk concave, or is the photo some type of optical illusion? Sorry, TillaMurphs, didn't notice this last question night; but, Yes, it as been beat on a bit. Circumference should be within 0.11 +/-. HH2 IS MINUS 107.000 FT! MEL Edited December 9, 2011 by kayakbird Quote Link to comment
kayakbird Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 more frivolous numbers - break the below code for a useless prize: E24977 >>>> W83126 = 1,536,591.61 kayakbird Quote Link to comment
kayakbird Posted October 14, 2012 Author Share Posted October 14, 2012 (edited) Double post of above - unk error - don't think that it was fat thumbs! MEL Edited October 14, 2012 by kayakbird Quote Link to comment
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