Photos of a find from a couple of weeks ago. The corner was orignally set on a plat filed in 1902. Another surveyor found this stake and documented on his recorded survey in 1969.
Found 4"x4" remains of a redwood stake down 6 inches, on 1/17/2011. The remains were super fragile the slightest touch and pieces started flaking off. I tried to use a whisk brush to swipe off the dirt and make the grain of wood more visible and a couple of more chunks flaked off.
We remonumented, by setting a rebar with a cap in the center of the stake. Definitely not something we find around here everyday, but as good as gold in my book.
Way to go, Kevin & Gary.
That's one of the things that makes our profession so interesting and enjoyable.
Scott
I agree Scott. Always worth digging an extra hole or widening the existing one. We didn't think there would be a chance to find this one becuase it looked like an irrigation line had been laid nearby. Such a pleasant surprise!
Great find guys.
Nice Kevin. In LA, more specifically Tujunga, I found a couple of the original city CL ties for an angle point of a street that were 2 x 2 w/ tacks set in 1920. There was a C-nail in the AC pavment for angle point that was about 0.30' feet off from where the ties put the angle point. The hubs were very fragile, but I was able to locate the tacks that were still there. Always nice when you find the original stuff.
Cool!
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Great find Kevin. Once you start finding 100+ year old wooden stakes in subdivisions, you'll never want to settle for anything less. Which means digging big craters when the Schonstadt is mute and other surveyors walk away shaking their heads, mumbling "he's mad, I tell ya', mad".
Interesting plat name, "Palmain". According to the Madras Pioneer, John Palmehn recorded the first plat in what is now Madras with the plat name of “Palmain”. Prior to the name of Madras, the area was known as “The Basin”. I did not know that.
it is neat stuff for sure. I knew of John Palmehn but had never heard of The Basin reference. I actually like the name of Palmain better than Madras. I wonder if there was some former British Officer that suggested the name of Madras?
According to Oregon Geographic Names, the name of Palmain was sent to the US postal authorities in about 1903, but the feds denied it because it sounded too much like Palmer, Oregon (now defunct). One story is that a merchant then suggested that they name it after a bolt of Madras cloth he had in the store (after Madras, India - pronounced Ma-DRAS, instead of how the town name is pronounced: MAD-rus)