Per Dan Robisons request I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Daniel and I'm 25 years old. I'm from the unique town of Paragould, Arkansas. It's just about an hour and a half NW from Memphis. I work for my fathers business. He's been in buisness since 1992. We specialize in boundary surveys in our area.
I believe I started to tag along on the survey crew at a young age of 7 or 8 years old during the summer months. I was the designated water boy. Everywhere I went the water jug went. I was running a total station for for the crew at about 15 and became party chief at 18 years old.
I would say my favorite part of surveying would be retracing GLO retracement surveys from the early 1900s. There was surveyor who didn't want to get his feet wet and drew up a lot of maps in his tent when the original surveyors came through NE Arkansas. So it was resurveyed in the early 1900s. So finding those beautiful brass caps bring joy to me. Speaking of finding them... The highlight would have to be summer of 2010. My dad and me finding the SW corner of the boot heal of Missouri. buried about 3 feet below the ground and broke into 3 parts. The main shaft being vertical and intact. It was on an island in the St. Francis River. Pretty cool stuff.
And more about me. My number one goal is getting the LSIT passed in the next six months. I can honestly say this forum is a big help. I've learned tons from it. Especially from the GPS talk. Everything I've learned about SPC came from this forum. Y'all have been a big help. Thanks
Daniel.
Good friends of mine have a tie to your part of Arkansas. They have relatives around both Paragould and Jonesboro. The Burress family has roots going waaaaaay back there. I think Tom Burress was Mayor of Jonesboro about 90 years ago. I think their Crockett ancestors were from the same area.
Daniel,
Welcome to the good ship BeerLeg!
Who was Para and who was Gould?
DDSM:beer:
Very rich people back in the day.
Dan B. Robison, post: 346759, member: 34 wrote: Daniel,
Welcome to the good ship BeerLeg!Who was Para and who was Gould?
DDSM:beer:
J. W. Paramore and https://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Jay_Gould&apos ;">Jay Gould
Welcome!
Surveyor In Training, post: 346750, member: 10308 wrote: Per Dan Robisons request I would like to introduce myself.
My name is Daniel and I'm 25 years old. I'm from the unique town of Paragould, Arkansas. It's just about an hour and a half NW from Memphis. I work for my fathers business. He's been in buisness since 1992. We specialize in boundary surveys in our area.
I believe I started to tag along on the survey crew at a young age of 7 or 8 years old during the summer months. I was the designated water boy. Everywhere I went the water jug went. I was running a total station for for the crew at about 15 and became party chief at 18 years old.
Welcome young man. Speak your mind here please....there's plenty of old goats here. We need a younger point of view to keep us honest.
I think a lot of us are "legacy" cases; coming by our profession through a parent.
At about 9 or 10 I got interested in astronomy and wanted to look at the moon and stars at night with the instrument (an old "Singer Sewing Machine" K&E). My father wouldn't let me use the gun unless I could set it up, leveled over a point, and zeroed. I can still do it faster than anybody I know...
http://m.encyclopediaofarkansas.net/entries/detail/?entryID=3716
Paragould meteorite!
Wasn't Nearly Normal's first name Daniel?
DDSM:good:
paden cash, post: 346769, member: 20 wrote: .... I can still do it faster than anybody I know...
Easy there cowboy
Welcome
Roadhand, post: 346793, member: 61 wrote: Easy there cowboy
...no brag, jes' facts.....(big inhale to make my chest look big..B-))
Welcome to the "jungle". 😉
You will love it here!
"Wasn't Nearly Normal's first name Daniel?"
I always thought it was too. But one time on another site Deral Paulk referred to him as "Dan" and all hell broke loose. NN went off like an upside down Roman candle..!
paden cash, post: 346769, member: 20 wrote: I can still do it faster than anybody I know...
Well then don't get to know me, so you don't have to change your story.....;-)
Surveyor In Training, post: 346750, member: 10308 wrote: The highlight would have to be summer of 2010. My dad and me finding the SW corner of the boot heal of Missouri. buried about 3 feet below the ground and broke into 3 parts. The main shaft being vertical and intact. It was on an island in the St. Francis River. Pretty cool stuff.
Awesome! That would make any surveyor salivate.
Hint getting along here....Start your own nickname DDSM (for Dan Dan the Survey Man) would be perfect. Also always tell everyone the right way to survey and don't back down. If you get caught saying something that doesn't jive with anyone else, stick by your guns. It will earn you more respect. And especially....don't listen to anything I just said.
Welcome aboard. 🙂
Welcome to the forum.
Item 1:
I have surveyed with compass and tape.
I have surveyed with Transit and tape.
I have surveyed with Theodolite, and tape.
I have surveyed with Theodolite, and EDM
I have surveyed with Total station.
I have surveyed with L1 post processed GPS
I have surveyed with RTK GPS
And, I have surveyed with Javad LS.
These are all tools. They can get the job done.
They are tools to find the relationships between these kind of things:
Item 2:
Monuments. They are Rebar, Nail in rock pile, Pine Knot in rock pile. USFS alum mon. OLD NGS marker. Stone Section Corner. T post driven down to 10" up. All kinds of stuff. CPS, 3/4" Pipe. Conduit. Grounding rod. PK nails. Axles.
Then, there are 1x2 wood stakes. Plastic survey mons. Fences. Wood posts. RR ties. on and on.
Item 3:
Then, there are DEEDS.
Some of those deeds, fit some of those monuments. Some fit none.
A surveyor is the conjunction of all 3 above.
However, there is a 4th item.
It's the business side. Getting PAID!
You cannot be a surveyor, without all 4 items in place.
Learn all you can.
Can all you learn.
Practice it.
HEY, it's another day in paradise!
Welcome to the forum.
Nate
Obviously you never met a certain cat lover from near Florrissant, Colorado.
Welcome,
You do not give details on your education or are you applying by experience alone?
Either way I hope that even after the LSIT you continue with some formal education.
Paul in PA
Holy Cow, post: 346821, member: 50 wrote: Obviously you never met a certain cat lover from near Florrissant, Colorado.
I didn't know he liked cats..hmmm...maybe in some stir-fry..:pinch:
Hey HC, I was up ALMOST in your woods yesterday. I had to attend a friend's funeral in Pawhuska. Got to see the Great Osage Nation and all its glory. It was good to get away for a day, but sad to go to a funeral.
btw - Money Penny & I were pretty much the only "almost" non-native Americans at the funeral. Kind of different setting that most of us don't ever experience in our day to day lives.
Howdy and welcome.
A surveyor's education never ends.
:gammon: