i, and others, searched for the ned's point lighthouse
letterbox yesterday, and we're afraid it might be
missing.
however, the clues had us confused: 35 paces from the
south side of the lighthouse at 130 degrees placed us
still IN the parking lot--not yet on the seawall (and
at 6'-5" my paces are really big!). but we searched a
large section of the seawall in the 35-pace range and
found... a geocache! it was my first geocache and we
left a precious bauble (a kittansett golf course
greens pick that i found in my father-in-laws car) and
had fun--too bad gc-ing requires an expensive gps
gizzmo.
is the ned's point lighthouse letterbox missing, or am
i just a dunce with a compass? (what IS the magnetic
declination in massachusetts, anyway?)
trey
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ned's point, MA
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ned's point, MA
From: trey klein (ehkiii@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-05-13 06:56:54 UTC-07:00
Re: [LbNA] ned's point, MA
From: A.D. (alwayschaos@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-05-13 08:14:51 UTC-07:00
Hey Trey, you are not a dunce with a compass unless
Tig and I also are! You found as we did back in
March, that the box is apparently missing. Someone
had said earlier that they thought the sea wall had
been reworked and perhaps there lies our problem with
being in the parking lot rather than the wall? We
also found the geocache, our first, but took and left
nothing. Not sure if geocaching is for me, yet. :o)
A.D.
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Tig and I also are! You found as we did back in
March, that the box is apparently missing. Someone
had said earlier that they thought the sea wall had
been reworked and perhaps there lies our problem with
being in the parking lot rather than the wall? We
also found the geocache, our first, but took and left
nothing. Not sure if geocaching is for me, yet. :o)
A.D.
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Re: ned's point, MA
From: ironman_bb (ironman_bb@yahoo.com) |
Date: 2002-05-13 15:34:19 UTC
The magnetic deviation in Massachusetts is 16 degrees West. That
means that if your compass reads due north (zero degrees), it's
actually pointing toward 16 degrees WEST (344 degrees).
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., trey klein wrote:
> i, and others, searched for the ned's point lighthouse
> letterbox yesterday, and we're afraid it might be
> missing.
>
> however, the clues had us confused: 35 paces from the
> south side of the lighthouse at 130 degrees placed us
> still IN the parking lot--not yet on the seawall (and
> at 6'-5" my paces are really big!). but we searched a
> large section of the seawall in the 35-pace range and
> found... a geocache! it was my first geocache and we
> left a precious bauble (a kittansett golf course
> greens pick that i found in my father-in-laws car) and
> had fun--too bad gc-ing requires an expensive gps
> gizzmo.
>
> is the ned's point lighthouse letterbox missing, or am
> i just a dunce with a compass? (what IS the magnetic
> declination in massachusetts, anyway?)
>
> trey
>
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means that if your compass reads due north (zero degrees), it's
actually pointing toward 16 degrees WEST (344 degrees).
--- In letterbox-usa@y..., trey klein
> i, and others, searched for the ned's point lighthouse
> letterbox yesterday, and we're afraid it might be
> missing.
>
> however, the clues had us confused: 35 paces from the
> south side of the lighthouse at 130 degrees placed us
> still IN the parking lot--not yet on the seawall (and
> at 6'-5" my paces are really big!). but we searched a
> large section of the seawall in the 35-pace range and
> found... a geocache! it was my first geocache and we
> left a precious bauble (a kittansett golf course
> greens pick that i found in my father-in-laws car) and
> had fun--too bad gc-ing requires an expensive gps
> gizzmo.
>
> is the ned's point lighthouse letterbox missing, or am
> i just a dunce with a compass? (what IS the magnetic
> declination in massachusetts, anyway?)
>
> trey
>
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