I received this survey marker today to add to my collection, so I thought I would share the images. It is featured on page 383 for those who have my book "American Survey Monument Patents". This monument was patented on December 15, 2009, by Scott A. Morton, Naomi Morton Knight, and Craig Knight. The idea was developed while surveying in Wyoming to prevent cattle from destroying the stakes. The part that sticks up can be removed and later replaced. It can also be driven over without damage.
Monument website:
http://www.morstayk.com/additional.htm
Knight Technologies, Inc. website:
http://www.knight-tech.com/
My book website:
http://www.penryfamily.com/bluemoundpress/home.html
They might be worth using if they had a magnet embedded in the lower portion.
I noticed the website stated the lower portion (socket) can be purchased in a ferrous material as well as plastic for detection with locating equipment.
Those stakes are made for BLM onsites. They are intended to mark pipeline and road routes.
they aren't legal property markers.
I don't believe they are being marketed as property markers. I show this example as being one patented idea that exists for a survey marker. The patent name is "Damage Resistant Marking Stake", but the accompanying text lists several uses for surveying. Knight Technologies, Inc. lists surveying in their company profile as one of their services.
Uses for the marker from their website:
- Oil and Gas development
- Mining
- Land Development
- Construction and grade staking
- Staking centerlines of existing gravel roads with slow light traffic
- Construction projects where livestock or wildlife may be present
- Hydrologic surveys
- Wildlife surveys