Described monument is Iron Pin Found 1.5" DS
No legend on the plat.
Any idea what I am looking for?
North GA mountains area if that helps any.
Disk stamped? Disk steel? Don't sleep?
Diameter Size?
Round these parts, I would be expecting a "Drill Steel." Although 1 1/2 inches (in diameter) might be pushing it somewhat.
Loyal
In an area with a history of mining, Drill Steel is definitely the answer, I'd say. Loyal's right about the dia. though. 1" is typical in the Mother Lode.
Don
> In an area with a history of mining, Drill Steel is definitely the answer, I'd say. Loyal's right about the dia. though. 1" is typical in the Mother Lode.
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> Don
Yep - it is in a mining area.
So I guess it will look like steel rod?
Thanks guys!
The 7 foot long chunk of drill steel I made into a digging bar was sold as 1", never measured it to find out if it was 1" between the flats or a 1" total circular diameter of the high points. Anyone know how drill steel is measured?
jud
Damn solid?
> Damn solid?
Damn surveyors? 😀
Measured across the flats by convention.
Here's a picture and some specification for Drill Steel.
http://www.monark-no.com/20082827-Brosjyre.pdf
BTW, every one I have ever seen, is hollow in the middle (to allow for compressed air flow to the bit), and not all of them will have a "shoulder" (sometimes broken off I suppose).
Loyal
Thanks, mine is solid and looks like the one on the right. The end with the shoulder was heated in the forge and hammered out into a chisel point, the other end was hammered into a point. Both ends need another trip through the forge and some hammer work. Did not heat treat, has stood up well, about 28 years now. It takes bending well without taking a set when used as a bar and have hung transmissions from the center of it with it poked through the window openings, still straight. Long enough to reach the bottom of deep holes and small enough to grip well, the 7 foot length seems to prevent others from wanting to borrow it, won't fit in 6' long boxes.
jud
Loyal,
Those must be expensive monuments to set (?). Or are they usuallly extremely old used bits that aren't worth sharpening at the time they are set?
Just curious,
Tom
The ones that I have seen over the years are definitely OLD (used up) bits. Many of the (even old) bits, were tipped with a harder material, and those that weren't were often of a nature, that you could only “sharpen” them a limited number of times.
I have seen MANY of these used as Triangulation Stations around the old mining districts, and also as memorials to Mineral Survey Corners, and U.S. Mineral (or Location) Monuments.
Loyal
Drill stem. That's the common term used around here for pipe commonly used for drilling wells. However, 1.5" would seem to be smaller than normal.
> Described monument is Iron Pin Found 1.5" DS
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> No legend on the plat.
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> Any idea what I am looking for?
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> North GA mountains area if that helps any.
CAD operator : Hey boss what should I label the size of this corner on the plat I am drafting?
Boss: 1.5 inches Dipstick!
CAD operator : Got it, Thanks Boss!.....1.5" DS
> Drill stem. That's the common term used around here for pipe commonly used for drilling wells. However, 1.5" would seem to be smaller than normal.
Agree with the cow. Drill stem is the term here, also.
