Hello all,
cscm and I are zipping around Delaware this week and are having a mediocre
success rate. Here's what we have so far...
20030520:
Serendipity's Sister: not found. While the structures still appear to be
abandoned, or at least in ill repair, the "overgrown field" has been neatly
trimmed and the vegetation around the "sister" in question has been cleared. No
box in sight.
20030521:
Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Ducky at Assawoman: in place, intact, and
dry.
Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Assawoman Tower: in place, intact, and
dry. The log is almost full.
Fenwick Island: in place, intact, and dry.
The Owl & The Pussycat: not found. The area is apparently used as an outdoor
classroom. The place where the box should have been looks like it was gone
over with a fine toothed comb, and there are little survey flags all over the
place. Rustypuff thinks that students may have been doing soil testing and
plant inventories as followup to a fire that swept the area a few years ago.
Gordon's Pond: not found. We'd like to note that 232 paces is too many to be
consistantly useful. Everyone's stride is different, and the higher the
number, the farther off a hunter may find him/herself. Nevertheless, we're pretty
sure we found the correct root ball. We searched a number of others, as
well, but to no avail.
Sound of Sirens: in place, intact, and dry.
20030522:
Cape Henlopen Tower: in place, intact, and dry. The instructions explicitely
say to "follow these [railroad] tracks." No. If you follow the tracks, your
search will be fruitless. Better you should take the prescribed number of
steps *past* the railroad tracks.
Cape Henlopen: not found. Much of the Point is closed off to protect nesting
birds. Our limited search did not turn up any evidence of "buried metal."
Should we have brought a metal detector? There is, however a number of piled up
pvc poles that look like they were in place before they put up all the snow
fencing.
Cape Henlopen Devil: in place, intact, and dry. A very cool stamp.
That's it so far. We head up to New York tomorrow, and I suspect we will not
have time to get any more Delaware boxes.
CSCM & Rustypuff
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DE: boxes found and not found
2 messages in this thread |
Started on 2003-05-22
DE: boxes found and not found
From: (HANNAHKAT@aol.com) |
Date: 2003-05-22 21:25:12 UTC-04:00
Re: DE: boxes found and not found
From: rooindie (rooindie@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2003-05-23 12:00:20 UTC
Cape Henlopen was there about two months ago; when you're in the
right area, the buried metal will be obvious!
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, HANNAHKAT@a... wrote:
> Hello all,
> cscm and I are zipping around Delaware this week and are having a
mediocre
> success rate. Here's what we have so far...
>
> 20030520:
>
> Serendipity's Sister: not found. While the structures still appear
to be
> abandoned, or at least in ill repair, the "overgrown field" has
been neatly
> trimmed and the vegetation around the "sister" in question has been
cleared. No
> box in sight.
>
> 20030521:
>
> Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Ducky at Assawoman: in place,
intact, and
> dry.
>
> Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Assawoman Tower: in place,
intact, and
> dry. The log is almost full.
>
> Fenwick Island: in place, intact, and dry.
>
> The Owl & The Pussycat: not found. The area is apparently used as
an outdoor
> classroom. The place where the box should have been looks like it
was gone
> over with a fine toothed comb, and there are little survey flags
all over the
> place. Rustypuff thinks that students may have been doing soil
testing and
> plant inventories as followup to a fire that swept the area a few
years ago.
>
> Gordon's Pond: not found. We'd like to note that 232 paces is too
many to be
> consistantly useful. Everyone's stride is different, and the
higher the
> number, the farther off a hunter may find him/herself.
Nevertheless, we're pretty
> sure we found the correct root ball. We searched a number of
others, as
> well, but to no avail.
>
> Sound of Sirens: in place, intact, and dry.
>
> 20030522:
>
> Cape Henlopen Tower: in place, intact, and dry. The instructions
explicitely
> say to "follow these [railroad] tracks." No. If you follow the
tracks, your
> search will be fruitless. Better you should take the prescribed
number of
> steps *past* the railroad tracks.
>
> Cape Henlopen: not found. Much of the Point is closed off to
protect nesting
> birds. Our limited search did not turn up any evidence of "buried
metal."
> Should we have brought a metal detector? There is, however a number
of piled up
> pvc poles that look like they were in place before they put up all
the snow
> fencing.
>
> Cape Henlopen Devil: in place, intact, and dry. A very cool stamp.
>
> That's it so far. We head up to New York tomorrow, and I suspect
we will not
> have time to get any more Delaware boxes.
>
> CSCM & Rustypuff
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
right area, the buried metal will be obvious!
--- In letterbox-usa@yahoogroups.com, HANNAHKAT@a... wrote:
> Hello all,
> cscm and I are zipping around Delaware this week and are having a
mediocre
> success rate. Here's what we have so far...
>
> 20030520:
>
> Serendipity's Sister: not found. While the structures still appear
to be
> abandoned, or at least in ill repair, the "overgrown field" has
been neatly
> trimmed and the vegetation around the "sister" in question has been
cleared. No
> box in sight.
>
> 20030521:
>
> Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Ducky at Assawoman: in place,
intact, and
> dry.
>
> Assawoman Wildlife Management Area: Assawoman Tower: in place,
intact, and
> dry. The log is almost full.
>
> Fenwick Island: in place, intact, and dry.
>
> The Owl & The Pussycat: not found. The area is apparently used as
an outdoor
> classroom. The place where the box should have been looks like it
was gone
> over with a fine toothed comb, and there are little survey flags
all over the
> place. Rustypuff thinks that students may have been doing soil
testing and
> plant inventories as followup to a fire that swept the area a few
years ago.
>
> Gordon's Pond: not found. We'd like to note that 232 paces is too
many to be
> consistantly useful. Everyone's stride is different, and the
higher the
> number, the farther off a hunter may find him/herself.
Nevertheless, we're pretty
> sure we found the correct root ball. We searched a number of
others, as
> well, but to no avail.
>
> Sound of Sirens: in place, intact, and dry.
>
> 20030522:
>
> Cape Henlopen Tower: in place, intact, and dry. The instructions
explicitely
> say to "follow these [railroad] tracks." No. If you follow the
tracks, your
> search will be fruitless. Better you should take the prescribed
number of
> steps *past* the railroad tracks.
>
> Cape Henlopen: not found. Much of the Point is closed off to
protect nesting
> birds. Our limited search did not turn up any evidence of "buried
metal."
> Should we have brought a metal detector? There is, however a number
of piled up
> pvc poles that look like they were in place before they put up all
the snow
> fencing.
>
> Cape Henlopen Devil: in place, intact, and dry. A very cool stamp.
>
> That's it so far. We head up to New York tomorrow, and I suspect
we will not
> have time to get any more Delaware boxes.
>
> CSCM & Rustypuff
>
>
> [Non-text portions of this message have been removed]