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holy-cow · 2019-03-09T18:05:00Z

First corner yesterday. ?ÿ5/8" bar set in 1900. ?ÿFound in 1942. ?ÿFound in 1952 at a depth of 10 inches prior to upgrading gravel road to paved road. ?ÿAll references gone. ?ÿNo more recent information. ?ÿWe get a very weak signal at what might be the right spot. ?ÿAn hour and a half later and 20 inches deep we find the bar. ?ÿHole is no bigger than what is required to pull a fistful of material out. ?ÿWe set a new 1/2 " bar with top one inch below pavement surface. ?ÿPlenty of new references.Second corner. ?ÿ3/4" bar set in 1942 and found in 1952 with no newer references. ?ÿAll references gone. ?ÿStill a gravel road. ?ÿTwelve inches and 20 minutes later we are recording new references.Third corner. ?ÿ3/4" bar set in 1952 prior to upgrade to pavement. ?ÿSame story as first corner. ?ÿAn hour and a half later and 24 inches deep we find the bar. ?ÿSame small diameter hole. ?ÿSet 1/2" bar with top one inch below pavement surface. ?ÿA few new references.Fourth corner. 5/8" bar set in 1920. ?ÿSimilar to first and third corners. ?ÿNine inches and 30 minutes later we find bar and record new references.Fifth corner. ?ÿSame story as first corner. ?ÿVery weak signal that might be the right spot. ?ÿLook at the time and decide it is time to call it a day.That was all in the afternoon. ?ÿThe morning survey had been a stroll in the park compared to spending the afternoon just getting started on a full section breakdown, where we may find a stone from about 1890 at the center corner once we have a clue where that spot might be.Too many crews would have never dug for the bars we found. ?ÿWham, bam, collect that paycheck. ?ÿNone of them were ORIGINAL in some people's minds as none were set by the Government surveyors in 1867. ?ÿTo tell the truth, we did not see a two-foot high mound of soil with a wooden stake and pits in the cardinal directions from 1867 anywhere on the centerlines of the roads around the section. ?????ÿ

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I could see a five or six inch diameter hole in the pavement. The small minimalistic two inch hole .. (picturing Rocky Squirrel telling Bullwinkle: 'Again?!?ÿ that trick never works!) .. just means you'll be digging it out wider once you find the iron.

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At the depth we were going, it had to be about a 5 inch hole to accommodate pulling out a fist full of clay. Found the stone with bars on the north and south sides (3-4 inch separation) marking the center east-west.

Posted : March 25, 2019 1:54 pm

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