+weberslv Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 Hi, I'm a newbie..I did find 5 caches yesterday for my first time out..Any how, I have this disk in front of my house and my husband said it's for the GPS. Is it a benchmark? Geocaching Pictures Thanks for looking. Lisa Quote
+Kewaneh & Shark Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 Hi! Welcome to Geocaching & Benchmarking. The item you found in front of your house is not a benchmark, but it is a survey mark. Possibly a property corner or reference monument. 'PLS 8662' is the identification of the setting surveyor, a Mr. Kevin E. Mott of Las Vegas. 'PLS' stands for Professional Land Surveyor. '8662' is his license number which is registered with the Nevada State Board of Engineers and Land Surveyors. A list of Nevada Land Surveyors can be found on this roster. I'm unsure what the '59 44' or 'RM' indicate. Most likely additional information about the point or project the point was used for. - Kewaneh Quote
+Muzikman Posted September 23, 2004 Posted September 23, 2004 (edited) I am still a noob when it comes to Benchmarking. Have you done a search to see if it's listed in the Geocaching or NGS database? Edited September 23, 2004 by Muzikman Quote
+weberslv Posted September 24, 2004 Author Posted September 24, 2004 (edited) Thanks for the info..I didn't look it up because I'm still not sure on where and how to do the benchmarks yet..I'm learning new stuff everyday. Thanks! Hey I'm from pittsburgh!! Mckees Rocks to be specif.. Not sure of the co-ordinates. Haven't been back with my new toy yet.. Lisa Edited September 24, 2004 by weberslv Quote
+Muzikman Posted September 24, 2004 Posted September 24, 2004 Cool, welcome to the geocaching and Benchmark hunting. I myself and kind of new here, although I joined back in 2001:) I am from Penn Hills to be exact (if you didn't already plot the coords on a map:)) Quote
+weberslv Posted September 24, 2004 Author Posted September 24, 2004 I'm so new, that I didn't even think of that...DUH!!! Quote
teamh3 Posted September 26, 2004 Posted September 26, 2004 Muzikman - PENN HILLS!! I grew up in penn hills and only moved away a few months ago. I live in east pittsburgh now. Glad to see somone from PH Quote
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