GC9GV0Z Hemingray 42
Type: Mystery | Size: Small | Difficulty: | Terrain:
By: cajrrman @ | Hide Date: 09/27/2021 | Status: Available
Country: United States | State: Colorado
Coordinates: N39° 32.863 W105° 01.570 | Last updated: 06/19/2022 | Fav points: 0
       

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Although it's a nice little pond, the listed coordinates for this geocache are not where the cache is. It is not far away though.  Solve the mystery below to find the actual location.

Hemingray was one of the largest producers of glass insulators and they are very commonly found in antique stores everywhere.  Many people have collections of them including me. Many of mine I found myself along railroad rights of way when the telegraph lines were taken down and the insulators were discarded.  This is one of the insulators I found along a railroad somewhere. It's a Hemingray 42 which is the most common style of all the Hemingrays.

Here is a photo of a Hemingray 43 which is much less common. The wire could be placed in the side groove or on top.  This one is also a much less common color.

And here is a much less common Hemingray 25 that could accommodate larger wires in the large side groove.  This one is nicknamed "door knob".

If you find any actual insulators by this cache, feel free to take one home with you!

How to find this geocache. Insulators come in many styles and many manufacturers.  This puzzle just involves Hemingray styles. Other manufacturers made insulators with these same styles but they didn't all number them the same way. The Consolidated Design numbers are unique for the size and shape.  Figure out the Hemingray style/model from the CD numbers below to determine the actual north coordinates.

N A BC.DE

A = CD 152  (minus 1)
B = CD 214  (last digit)
C = CD 154  (last digit)
D = CD 107
E = CD 164

From the years 1941 to 1967, Hemingray put some coded information on their insulators that indicated the mold number and the date it was manufactured.  Use this information to decode the date in the below codes. Use the last digit in the year in each case to determine the west coordinates.

W 105 FG.HIJ

F = 5 - 46::
G = 7 - 54:::.
H = 2 - 43.
I = 4 - 51:.
J = 9 - 59.

 

Additional Waypoints

P09GV0Z - Closest Parking
N 39° 32.819 W 105° 01.396

10/08/2021 By turtleboy29
I solved this a couple weeks ago but glad I waited do I could get 2 at once. Many decades ago in Girl Scouts we made some sort of craft in which we crackled insulators. My sister's and I walked along train tracks that ran between "the bottomless pond" the Tennessee River and some sort of medium security facilty with lots of fences. Bad news: never found any insulators. Good news; parents never knew and we never had any problems.
Thanks for the fun memories. I was successful in finding an insulator today!!! Now I need to figure out where to display it!

10/06/2021 By Bhob
Out and about on a fine fall day, with "animjason", collecting points for the ascent up Mount Elbrus - this was the third of six geocaches that I found along the way. TN-LN-SL. Thanks !

10/06/2021 By animjason
Another fun and quick find with Bhob. Left 2 trackables. Thanks.

Thanks cajrrman! Logged Hemingray 42 from a twentieth galaxy using c:geo!

~ Geocache Find #11982 ~

10/04/2021 By grizzlycacher
Solved over lunch today since I was also going for the new one down the path. Good puzzle! Picked up Diabetes Tag.

10/04/2021 By bunkies
Nice puzzle good hiding spot. TFTH