steinklatre:
horServo.attach(4); //horizontal servo on pin 8
vertServo.attach(5); //vertical servo on pin 9
It is generally a good idea for your comments to match what the code is actually doing. You say you are using pins 8 and 9 in the comments, but your code does not.
steinklatre:
I thought about that last night! It hit me that the servo requires only 6v's! Could adding 9v be causing the above indication? Essentially overpowering the servo?
Not "over power" but over voltage which can damage the servo.
steinklatre:
Also on the common ground issue. When I hooked the 9v wall wart with a plain black wire and a black wire with white stripe the $800.00 Fluke didn't see a difference in + or -!
Sounds like a mistake in measurement.
steinklatre:
Last Q I have is: Does the Arduino use a Java based programming language?
No. It is C++