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Questions after a survey disagreement
Hi, We have purchased a 5 acre lot inside a professional and recorded subdivision from 1984. All neighbors gathered and compared each corner to have a rough draft of an idea where each lot was situated prior to an ordered survey. We all understood this would be a rough draft only and can vary within reason.
After the survey was completed we found that 2 pins didn’t move and 2 others moved significantly changing not only the lot I purchased, but it changed the whole sub division diagonally cutting each parcel about 125 feet. I’ve included a pic for reference.
The surveyor states that he used True North vs Magnetic.
Found several pieces of metal that they ( felt ) would be a starting point for a corner pin on stream side of land.
Could not produce coordinates and or degrees of angle or formula to show how they came to the position of pins with the exception of the starting point that matches perfectly.
We as the lot owners will be challenging the surveyors findings based on no explanation of how they found each pin, coordinates, degree, and should have been done using magnetic with declination.
Can anyone recommend a tool or hand held electronic device to use in the field that would help with magnetic and degree of angle vs just using a compass? Looking to use tool that wont be quickly dismissed and holds some clout. We have used 6 different location apps from IPhone, Android, and GPS and all fall in line perfectly to the sub division map.
Also, if anyone can give advise on what questions I can use to challenge without sounding like a moron…
Thank you in advance for the help! Jason
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