I should have saved the photo

A fellow local surveyor sent me a photo a couple of weeks ago of a pin cushion he had found.  There was a bare 1/2" iron bar that had been set by a now-deceased surveyor who was very good and worked in that general area regularly.  Then there was a capped bar with a morasse style cap a few inches away, set by a fairly recent arrival in the area, who works for a firm with more than one office.  Then there was another capped bar with a morasse style cap close enough that the two morasse caps touched that was set by longtime surveyor from the same firm but a different office.  All of these stood up about four inches above ground level for all to see.  This was a city lot corner.