when I found this. Judging by the lack of a path in, I'd say it had been a few years since man had been here.
Did you go to the trig monument? Is it still there?
It's not the PINE "1963" that I'm aware of. You could get lost gittin there on the one I'm thinkin of. Got a big cat just north of there 3 years ago.
Pablo
No.
This is a 1st order Vertical BM. I was recovering them for a project. This one was not suited for GPS.
What state is it in? I tried tracking down a tri station designated PINE 1963, and came up empty. If this is a vertical control station, it might have some other designation, like PINE 1963 AZ MK. Just interested. Thanks.
Henry
The PID is GY0923
Thank you. Goodness. Haven't been in those parts for years. Had a good friend in Grundy.
Best,
Henry
Searching the data bases for it may have been complicated because the triangulation station is in Kentucky but its azimuth mark is in Virginia, just over a mile away. It is also unusual in that the original triangulation station is a poorer horizontal order than one of its reference marks.
GY3204 PINE Letcher Co, KY. Horizontal 3rd order, vertical VERTCON. Last recovery logged at NGS 1974. No geocaching logs.
http://www.ngs.noaa.gov/cgi-bin/ds_mark.prl?PidBox=GY320 5">GY3205 PINE 1963 RM 2 Letcher Co, KY. Horizontal 2nd order, vertical scaled. Last recovery logged at NGS 1963. Logged on Geocaching (last 2012)
GY0923 PINE AZ Wise Co, VA. Horizontal scaled, vertical 1st order. Last NGS log 1967, no Geocaching logs