TIDAL 2 STA 12

This was such an interesting mark! It was fun to find something obviously old (and to actually know what it was) and to find one that surveyor JRO didn’t find. I will admit, it took me a few minutes. Given the description, it wasn’t exactly clear what I was searching for or what it would look like. But the only likely location was the large ledge southeast of TIDAL 6, where JRO suspected that TIDAL 2 would be set. He was correct about that. There is so much gray and white lichen on this outcrop that the white-oxidized lead slug blends in and hides quite easily. It took me two passes over the outcrop to notice it, and even then, I wasn’t sure until I got down close to the mark and noticed the “X” cut in the center and the punch mark that I was sure I’d found a survey mark.

The mark is set on the top of the prominent rock outcrop, approximately 15 feet southeast of TIDAL 6. It is, as described, lead poured into a drill hole, with a punch mark and an “X” cut into the middle of it.