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13th Dec 2023  09:30  by Earby Rambler

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Visited whilst on day out with Painterman61, easily found with screwdriver but unable to bale out water to flooding.

Berntsen

13th Dec 2023  09:30  by painterman61

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Surprisingly an easy find but not so to photograph, measured out and the metallic sound as the screwdriver hit the lid soon rang out. Tried digging out but the hole soon filled with over 12 inches of water but managed to touch the lid by hand. The whole area is flooded at present.

Dug out ©painterman61
Flooded out ©painterman61

10th Nov 2021  16:00  by sheepsocks

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 2/10

Found the surface block fine, but no luck with this. Hostile vegetation didn't make it easy.

30th May 2021  16:15  by COVID Trig Point Challenge

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 7/10

The brambles are really taking hold at this one and TP0167. Way too overgrown for us to attempt without serious gardening equipment today. We did some approx measuring at both but couldn't get far at ground level. Secateurs very much required.

19th Apr 2018  14:30  by trigging on an island

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Had a little root around for it, but wasn't totally sure whether I was actually looking in the right place.

27th Jan 2018  09:05  by eon

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 6/10

(441) Another relatively easy find - thanks to the last visitors handiwork. The ground was incredibly waterlogged though, and the Berntsen was pretty much submerged. As fast as I could drain enough of the water away to then be able to take a photo, the hole almost immediately filled back up. But a good one to tick off the list.

South Cave FBM Aux 1 ©eon

7th Dec 2017  14:23  by jonglew

Gridref: SE 91297 32098   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Damaged  Score: 5/10

Bit more tricky to locate than the North Cave surface block due to the ditch, consequent wet ground and no OS sketch. Counter-intuitively the ditch runs at right-angles to the road, with the Berntsen being located at its NE edge (RHS looking from the road). It's slightly at an angle and so the position is almost certainly compromised from the original installation, hence 'damaged'. Measured at 4.2m from verge/road boundary.

Somewhere in there TP0601©jonglew
Berntsen TP0601©jonglew
Berntsen - Detail TP0601©jonglew

14th Apr 2017  10:55  by dugswell2

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Grass is growing well.

10th Mar 2017  17:18  by Ant1974

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

18th Feb 2016  15:55  by sleepwalker

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 1/10

No joy, too much vegetation even at this time of year, I'll be back!

30th Jun 2015  11:13  by fitzydan

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Quite overgrown here but not too much drama.

The trigpoint

12th Apr 2015  14:25  by Pritch227

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didn't need tape measure for this,parked in large opening to field,stepped out of the car and found within seconds,no vegetation over it at the moment,nice and open!

©Pritch227

14th Feb 2015  17:22  by peregrinus

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R bank of ditch as viewed from road, at water's edge, 4.5m from road edge although edge of road damaged and poorly defined.

14th Jun 2014  10:04  by Whats the Point

Gridref: SE 91292 32086   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 4/10

Cleared by drainage ditch.

South Cave FBM Aux 1

14th Apr 2014  17:39  by Griefmiester

Gridref: SE 91297 32093   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

This has had a lucky escape as a draining gully has been cut along side and it looks like it might of been hit although condition still looks good.

FBM

18th Jan 2014  15:30  by Father Ted

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Having met up with Brisey on the south side of the humber and visited a trig point the question arose as to what to tackle next. There wern't any pillars in that area left for me or him so it was either an afternoon of intersected stations and alike or this, a visit to his nemasis. The reduction in the Humber Bridge toll charges made it bareable and 30 minutes later we both arrived. The good news that greeted us was that the bramble bushes had been cleared. The bad news was that there was signs that farm vehicles and alike had been driving over the area making it muddy and compact. It was under there somewhere but how far down we didn't know. We took a measurment from the roadside using previously posted meanurments and a best guess at where the roadside actually was. There was no sign of the gate post, cairn or anything so we took a guess at that too. It was then a cace of getting down and dirty in the mud. Our tools weren't ideal. I had a relativly ineefective trowel and Brisey a paint scraper. We both however had long handled scewdrivers - Perengrinus would be proud of us! We proded around for a long time. One hole we dug looked promising but after ten minutes digging through the roots all we found was stones. I wandered around a bit wondering whether we had got the measurments right and when I looked around Brisey looked to be on to something. A shout of success soon went up thogh it took another ten minutes digging to excavate it properly. How fitting that it should have been Brisey who found it after the challenges he had faced on previous visits. A final wash with some water from a bottle and a polish with a towel left it in fine condition to be photographed. the measurments we had made were surprisingly accurate, only 9" out in fact. I'm so glad we found it.

Brisey celebrating the find. ©Father Ted
Brisey giving it a final polish before photographs. ©Father Ted
The dedicated trig pointer in action. ©Father Ted

18th Jan 2014  15:25  by Brisey

Gridref: SE 91297 32096   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 7/10

A joint effort with Father Ted, and success for me at last after the unfortunate episode in 2006. The ground was very soft with water standing in patches and had recently been worked over by a vehicle that had pressed a number of stones into the ground and investigation holes tended to fill with water quite quickly so prospects were not initially good. However, prodding around the rough measurements made by Ted eventually bore fruit. The Berntsen was about 3-4 inches down and was left uncovered and marked by a stick stuck in the ground.

TP0601 Very muddy ground!
TP0601 Close-up.

7th Nov 2013  07:30  by PeteBoggs

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 1/10

Had all measurements kindly provided by CJO then found had left tape measure at home - had prod but to no avail

11th Oct 2012  15:45  by Mickandkim

Gridref: SE 91297 32093   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 0/10

Forgot our trowel

23rd Sep 2012  10:40  by CJO

Gridref: SE 91299 32094   FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Good  Score: 5/10

Due to the amount of vegetation on site this took some finding. Cleared the site previous evening but it became to dark to explore fully. Returning the next day with information gleaned from Ted's log, the importance of which we did not recognise before visiting the site, and downloading the "correct" sketch, we discovered that we had already found the location of the Bernsten but as it was covered in several layers of stones we had not dug through all the layers the previous evening. Bernsten is 15cm deep, 4.5 m from the road edge, 7.25m from the missing gatepost. We marked the location of the gatepost with a small cairn and a salvaged 2inch post. Thanks to Ted for recognising the misfiled sketch on the OS database.

South Cave FBM Aux 1
South Cave FBM Aux 1 dense brambles cover the whole site, non existant gate post and road edge are the key to finding this one. Screwdriver marks the spot, just in front of my right foot.

18th Aug 2010  14:37  by wrose

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

Visted the FBM at South Cave so thought I would have a look at this one. No chance - see photo.

South Cave FBM Aux 1 It\'s in there somewhere.

8th Mar 2008  10:00  by ted

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Station record is at H1SE9132 but this seems to correspond to the sketch at H2SE9031. Using the sketch, I probed along a line offset from the road by 4.50m and at the correct location eventually found a Berntsen hidden under soil, grass, roots and stones. Would guess this replaced the original bolt.

South Cave FBM Aux 1 site
South Cave FBM Aux 1 site
South Cave FBM Aux 1 Berntsen
South Cave FBM Aux 1 detail

13th Oct 2006  15:29  by Brisey

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I'm back, but even more overgrown with brambles, so no chance. The gate has gone since my last visit.

TP0601 location Not even a gate post for reference now.

22nd Apr 2006  18:33  by Brisey

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Without an OS diagram, this was more in hope of an accidental find with the aid of my GPS than a serious dig. In the end, the accident was to me - a sharp dry grass stalk poked me in the eye as I was searching, causing my eyeball to bleed. Fortunately the bleed stopped fairly quickly, otherwise I would not been able to see well enough to drive home. I'll be back...

TP0601 location? My GPS pointed me to the area to the right of the picture where I had several false finds because of large stones!

28th Dec 2004  12:00  by iainmac

FB Number: Not logged  Condition: Couldn't find it  Score: 5/10

May be reduced to strings and tape measure to find.

27th Sep 2004  12:00  by iainmac

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In a jungle of nettles and brambles. Will return in deepest winter.