Broccili
Bronze Cacher
Vehicle TB212QR "Powerstroke"
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Nov 8, 2009 20:38:49 GMT -9
Post by Broccili on Nov 8, 2009 20:38:49 GMT -9
I was hunting on Raspberry island and came upon this little 'treasure'. Could someone help me figure out what this is? Thanks in advanced! Attachments:
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Nov 9, 2009 7:11:52 GMT -9
Post by ladybugkids on Nov 9, 2009 7:11:52 GMT -9
Can't see the "treasure." Can you try relinking/reposting?
Edit: Weird...couldn't see the image from the "30 most recent posts" list, but it popped right up when I went directly to the thread.
Regarding the treasure: I defer to NorthWes.
On a related note, I recently found a section marker in Anchorage that had a cross in the center with the four different sections stamped accordingly (with my favorite, Section 36, in the lower left corner). Photo to follow upon my return to the location on the north side of Heights Hill near the bank of Rabbit Creek.
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Nov 9, 2009 8:02:00 GMT -9
Post by NorthWes on Nov 9, 2009 8:02:00 GMT -9
Well... got coordinates? At first glance it looks like a cadastral monument (in part because of the corner mark stamped in the center of the disk), but with coords we could narrow the possibilities down in a heartbeat.
From my experience with this kind of marker elsewhere, it's a property corner marker from a state land sale. 'ASLS' means "Alaska State Land Survey"; 75-150 is a file or survey number; 1980 is the survey date (and probable monumentation date); 1638 is likely the disk/location number on the subdivision/plat survey map; C-3 (as marked here) usually would designate a parcel number in a subdivision, with the acute angle showing the outer corner (C-3 would be on the inside of the angle). The area outside of the acute angle would generally be a 'road easement' or public lands. With coordinates, I could find the survey and parcel online at the State of Alaska's DNR land ownership map.
(edited for more explanations)
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Broccili
Bronze Cacher
Vehicle TB212QR "Powerstroke"
Posts: 67
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Nov 10, 2009 20:15:58 GMT -9
Post by Broccili on Nov 10, 2009 20:15:58 GMT -9
I did not mark a waypoint, but this is the general location:
N58 02.345 W153 03.173
Kind of thought it might be a property marker; but was hoping for a benchmark of some sort.
Thanks for the help!
Rob
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Nov 11, 2009 8:41:51 GMT -9
Post by NorthWes on Nov 11, 2009 8:41:51 GMT -9
This is an example of why I like hunting benchmarks - they are markers of both space and time... Nearest benchmark on Raspberry Island is UW2998 - "YUK" - an adjusted triangulation station disk set in a rock outcrop. As an adjusted mark, its location of N 58° 02.338 W 153° 02.982 is more precise than our handheld GPS units will measure to. Your general location of N58 02.345 W153 03.173 is only a tenth of a mile west of "YUK" (which was set right on the waterline). That mark may not be visible today except at low tide, as parts of Raspberry Island subsided as much as six feet during the 1964 earthquake... A bit over a half mile north of your lat/long location is Port Wakefield, which in 1941 had two 'intersection stations' - UW2995 Wakefield Stack, and UW2994 Wakefield Tank. Those structures at the old cannery may or may not be present today. Would be interesting if you had photos of them, as there are no geocacher benchmark recoveries logged on Raspberry Island that I'm able to see at this time. Here's a photo (where the stack is clearly visible) of Port Wakefield from the late 1950s (from the Island Journeys website referenced below): To learn more about this intriguing part of Alaska's history, check out these two websites: Wikipeida's Port Wakefield entryIsland Journey with the Evangel 8On a personal note, I spent two weeks at Port Williams up on Shuyak Island... this jogs my memory into checking my own photos etc of the area!
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Broccili
Bronze Cacher
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Nov 14, 2009 14:43:18 GMT -9
Post by Broccili on Nov 14, 2009 14:43:18 GMT -9
Thank you! Lot's of interesting info - I shared your info with the lodge owner, may have turned him on to GeoCaching as well.
Thanks again!
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