Yup! All set. I found all the buried valves and will be rebuilding a new manifold, nice n' neat, in a better spot ...score!
I started with the cheapest fix and swapped out a solenoid to make sure. That wasn't it. Magnet was intact. Then, since I only had one module( a three zoner) I swapped that out with one of the zapped modules and bingo! Two of the zones on the old module still worked but it's nice to have the system fire in sequence(9 was firing on 7-8-9 module[Pro C]). For now I disconnected the other burnt out zone, zone 3, on the base module until I have time to pick up a new one of those. I could have moved zones around and made it work since zones 1 and 2 (and ground-"C") were fine but that would have caused a few "gaps" in the firing order. I'm psyched! So is the homeowner. Thanks Bet Woots-I mean, Wet Boots