Yes, we still place aluminum round tags at cave entrances. (My experience with cave tags is from CBSP.) There are some that have an aluminum strip, similar in thickness to a beer/soda can , that is a temporary marker because you can quickly write on it with a ball-point pen on location. It can be replaced later with a round tag that has been stamped with the cave ID number. At CBSP, these IDs are either SABxxx or LAMxxx depending on which county the cave is in. For karst features, the ID is Kxxx, IIRC. The tags are usually nailed to the nearest tree, which at CBSP is most often a cedar tree. These ID numbers, GPS coordinates, and other info about the caves are kept in a database at TSS. For CBSP, I know that at least Crash Kennedy and Butch Fralia have copies of the database. In fact, Butch is the maintainer of the CBSP database, (maybe others too.)
A few years ago when the Maverick Grotto had a project going at a private ranch in San Saba County, we tagged the caves with a round metal tag. If you are looking for a specific cave at CBSP, and you know the ID number, and you have GPS coordinates that may or may not be accurate, once you come upon the cave entrance, look for the tag, and that will usually veriify whether you have found the right cave or not. Also - if you're out ridge-walking and you come upon a small cave with a tag, then you know for sure it's already been discovered previously. If it doesn't have a tag, well... maybe it has been discovered - maybe it hasn't... Scott --- On Sun, 6/13/10, David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> wrote: From: David <dlocklea...@gmail.com> Subject: [Texascavers] a cave question To: "Cavers Texas" <texascavers@texascavers.com> List-Post: texascavers@texascavers.com Date: Sunday, June 13, 2010, 11:07 PM I have a question, or questions. Do cavers still place numerical metal tags at caves? Do any caves still have the old metal tags around them ? My memory seems to recall seeing a round tag a little bigger than a quarter with a number on it at a cave I once went to. I can't remember if I saw that at CBSP or somewhere else where cavers were marking caves. Maybe out at Bandera ? If my memory is correct, was this a grotto thing, or a TSS thing, or some other group? --------------------------------------------------------------------- Visit our website: http://texascavers.com To unsubscribe, e-mail: texascavers-unsubscr...@texascavers.com For additional commands, e-mail: texascavers-h...@texascavers.com
