Good afternoon,
I am an amatuer at surveying and have a question regarding our family property.?ÿ We own half an acre of land.?ÿ The survey states that all 4 corners are marked EIB (existing iron bar) or something to that effect.?ÿ We have located 3 with a metal detector.?ÿ The fourth one is a complete mystery but I am determined to locate it.?ÿ Know what you own!
Attached is a map (definitely not made by a professional surveyor) that I threw together discussing the situation.?ÿ In the image, the top left stob absolutely cannot be found.?ÿ Maybe my metal detector does not go deep enough.?ÿ What makes things very strange is the that the two corner stobs on the left side of the image are exactly 300 ft. apart.?ÿ Exactly 100 ft. above our lower left stob is another stob!?ÿ The property that adjoins us is a massive 50+ acre woodlot so there is no reason for a stob to be there.?ÿ No property corner exists there.?ÿ So why would this be there??ÿ And where is our missing stob?
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It would likely be most helpful if you included the actual survey.
I dont say that to be difficult, but having seen a number of these threads run their course, invariably the answer to the question is in the original document. All sorts of possibilities will be thrown out, but the greatest chance of you profiting from the experts on this site occurs with all the information available being shared.
That said, the first comment is usually to call the person that made the survey that you refer to.?ÿ
EIB = magnetic, Iron based
Stob = Wood (usually), Pine or Oak
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
Did the "extra" marker divide two properties adjacent to yours that are now combined? Was your property once two parcels now combined?
What did you actually find at each point marked??ÿ 3/4" iron bar, railroad spike, 60D nail, splined iron shaft, 1/2" iron bar with plastic cap or metal tag indicating the source?
The term Stob seems pretty rare.?ÿ?ÿ I haven't heard anyone use that in years.?ÿ?ÿ
Stob comes from Scottish, and in the US it is found mostly in the SE or Appalachian regions.?ÿ I had never heard of it until following this forum some years ago.
Stob is quite common in Arkansas and parts of Missouri.
N10,000, E7,000, Z100.00
PLS - IL, MO, AR, KS, MN, KY
if a stob is usually wood, as someone posted above, then it wouldn't show up with a metal detector.?ÿ?ÿ
If you go to this link below, you can hear how "stob" is pronounced:
https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/stob
A 'stob' in my experience refers to a picket hewn from a young straight tree sapling in the field and serves to extend flagging over a lath above the vegetation so as to make the lath or corner it references, easier to find. I make and use them all the time, but they aren't a corner and a lot of times I'll use them marking a property line or easement limits to get the flagging above tall grass and brush to save the end user from having to search high and low for my stakes.?ÿ
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
It's not at all unusual for corner monuments to have been destroyed. I find the typical find rate to be about 1 in 4, or fewer.?ÿ So you've done well to have found as many as you have.?ÿ
I second the request for you to post any survey maps and deeds that you may have. With those we may be able to make specific suggestions, without our comments can be only very general.?ÿ?ÿ
Maybe south of the equator, but not anywhere near my neighborhood. Bob, cob, fob, gob, job, lob, mob, rob, sob, stob.
@bill93
No and that is what is so perplexing! It is just there on the line. Survey added to original post.
?ÿHere is the survey.?ÿ Mystery stob marked with yellow dot.?ÿ Thank you all for taking a look at this.
@stlsurveyor
Right- the survey indicates EIB. We call them stobs around NC!
@holy-cow
3/4" iron bar. Little tiny circle of metal just underneath the grass.
@andy-j
Yep but fortunately they use 3/4" iron pipe. I am just concerned about why the stob is there? There is no way we were THAT far off when planting our trees on the border lol!