How large and solid is that stone?
It would be poor if it got moved, or shifted, creating a "virtual pincushion".
If it were possible, I'd set a tripod over it, Move the stone, drive some sort of monument, and replace the stone.
The idea being to prevent needless conflict.
Around here, (Arkansas) many monuments are a collar of stone, around a pine knot, or a vertical center stone.
After the log skidder drags logs over it, only one or 2 stones remain. If there was ever any kind of steel set there, then that's what remains of the monument.
So, now there is one or 2 stones left (conjur me, which stone is it) and a buried 40d beside these 2 stones. Search the 'hood, find more stones, (even one with a cross in it) and you can often find what is just the scattered remains. The 40 d is the corner.
This is quite common in Arkansas.
My point is, find a stob, a stone, try to leave footsteps, that are real.
My home county was surveyed for the Government starting in Fall 1865, just a few months after the cessation of hostilities. Settlers flowed in like air through a hole into a vacuum. A high percentage of them had returned home from battle to discover how much the world had changed there during their absence. Starting afresh in a new land was popular. Many of those former soldiers only had to pay 10 cents on the dollar compared to non-soldiers for their claims to new land. What had to be very interesting was that the settlers arrived from all states, both North and South.
When I have the chance to look at one of the 1865 stones I reflect on the people who set them and the first settlers who relied upon them. The stone, and the settlers, deserve tremendous respect compared to a two-bit, leaning, bent hunk of scrap iron.
[USER=11603]@Jacob Ellis[/USER]
Look at this. You're just gettin' yer feet wet here and you have started a thread with over 1000 views. Congratulations!
Jacob Ellis, post: 368955, member: 11603 wrote: Nate thanks your comment made me think...Ok it's not the size of the file so pay attention (speaking to myself) max height 1920pix
max width 1080pix.......crop the photo! Which is probably the "shrink" Moe was referring too...I thought Moe ment file size. Non the less here is the picture even though the thread was awesome without it!!:good:
Jacob don't "crop" the drawing. You could go into "Paint" or some other picture editor, but in "Paint" do a "resize/skew" under "image". and resize it horizontally by x% and Vertically by the same %. It will make the drawing that much smaller but still show all the features without cropping the outside.
I think it was a general practice, or the recommended practice for a period of time (I am thinking in the '80s) to set a ferrous rod next to the found stone. I think later a lot of us have strayed away from that practice.
These things are good to know when retracing a boundary. Discovering the intent of the set monuments at that time.
Thank you to everyone who commented on this thread. It turned out to be quite interesting (as I imagined) And here of a pic of a stone you'd have to be a fool to call out!!
Holy Cow I also try to remember and (in a way) pays my respects to those to set out to survey this great country
This is why i sometimes feel so fortunate!! That is one nicely set and very beautiful stone my friends!!