mike's all over that stuff, gots himself a rainbird wire sorter, by golly 
i gave russ a pro 48 (similar to the station master) and would like to see you guys wait5 on buying a locator , you can use mine till i need it. all that i see you needing is a TDR under $300.00 and a DM20 multimeter $30.Thanks to Jimbo, we need another couple of toys.
mike, please call me when you find the valve, i'm vested and would like to see this through.Thanks Jim, we're going to use the locator this morning.
nice..........This was a different site where we're locating for drainage work. We found all the valves (buried under tons of mulch) except one. If we'd had a TDR, it would have been a slam dunk. We'll go out to the RM site on Thurs. and use your locator to find our last missing valve.