Had a hunch one of the monuments I was missing was there, but I just couldn’t get a ring on it. Sometimes old Aluminum monuments lose their magnets and so decided to take another swing at it before giving up. I found it, 2.7’ below grade in the gravel road, about the length of my reach. Kind of sucked, but I’m glad I persisted. Now I just have to remember where I put the ibuprofen.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Diligence. I hope you find that ibuprofen.
Historic boundaries and conservation efforts.
Whisky works for me
@jimcox Works great for me to. Little bit too great.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
Great find! That's dedication, especially without a good beep.
The crews where I work now all have hammer drills with those chisel attachments and they use those to chip through gravel. Seems sorta lazy to me since I've always just use a dig bar but I should probably switch to letting the machine do the work like these other guys.
This reminds me of a hot summer day in central Arizona where I hiked a half mile (about 400 feet vertically), got a beep in an asphalt roadway, dug a hole about 2' deep without the proper tools, found a monument, set up a tripod w/reflector, and hiked back up to the instrument location. Decided to take a short water break to recover, after which I couldn't see the reflector (or the tripod). Hiked all the way back to discover that a County road patching crew had set the tripod off to the side of the road and patched the 2' hole with asphalt!
The crews where I work now all have hammer drills with those chisel attachments and they use those to chip through gravel. Seems sorta lazy to me since I've always just use a dig bar but I should probably switch to letting the machine do the work like these other guys.
@bstrand I suspect that you'll change your tune when you approach hitting 60 and you have a life time worth of old injuries.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.
@williwaw haha Maybe. Remember, proper form is key!
It's that feeling of satisfaction you get every time you recover a "NOT THERE". A silent affirmation that you are a true professional and not just some "Payday is Friday" type of employee.
I'm curious as to why you didn't use a tripod. Maybe too dark down there for an optical plummet?
I'm curious as to why you didn't use a tripod. Maybe too dark down there for an optical plummet?
Technically because that setup has three legs, it is a tripod, but getting an optical plummet over that one would have been a real pain and completely unnecessary. I typically use optical plummets on the base or for a conventional backsight. Bubble on the rod gets checked regularly and adjusted if it gets too wonky. For doing RTK control work like this I've found this to be my favorite setup. Bipods tend to get blown over in a gust of wind just when you take your eyes off them to write something down or get the pebble out of your shoe.
Just because I'm paranoid, doesn't mean they aren't out to get me.