Setting the new brass, they look nice, more like jewelry than the old rough brass caps:
Not too bad for an old guy stamping using a fence post driver in the field.
Why the shyness about the location?
Jim Frame, post: 447937, member: 10 wrote: Why the shyness about the location?
When doing a boundary survey for a client, there are always issues that crop up, there's no reason to put info on social media needlessly.
Jim Frame, post: 447937, member: 10 wrote: Why the shyness about the location?
I figured it was 'cuz he thought we was gonna either steal it or dimple it...:stakeout:
My dimple machine was in the shop:cool:
I would sure hope no one defaces that nice cap with one.....yuck!!!!
Looks GREAT Mighty, don't let anybody tell you different.
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It looks like it should be stamped CN1/16 ? Maybe your stamping is in line with local custom, but a N/16 is on a section line. Otherwise good job with the stamping, mine never look that neat.
Put whiteout on a cap..... blonde moment?
aliquot, post: 447987, member: 2486 wrote: It looks like it should be stamped CN1/16 ? Maybe your stamping is in line with local custom, but a N/16 is on a section line. Otherwise good job with the stamping, mine never look that neat.
Mighty has it right.
See Page 113, 2009 Manual
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aliquot, post: 447987, member: 2486 wrote: It looks like it should be stamped CN1/16 ? Maybe your stamping is in line with local custom, but a N/16 is on a section line. Otherwise good job with the stamping, mine never look that neat.
I wouldn't stamp it CN, but I do know that some do it that way.
Rankin_File, post: 447988, member: 101 wrote: Put whiteout on a cap..... blonde moment?
I was wondering how to do that in a photo editor, it's really easy;)
When I was younger I was blonde, at least all summer. Funny how another color has taken over.
Loyal, post: 447991, member: 228 wrote: Mighty has it right.
See Page 113, 2009 Manual
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I've never seen a non BLM surveyor mark it that way. I also know some BLM offices do not mark it that way, but if it's in the manual he certainly has good support if he wants to do it that way.
I mark them just like the manual shows, it's easier in the long run.
MightyMoe, post: 448030, member: 700 wrote: I mark them just like the manual shows, it's easier in the long run.
If you are working in and perpetuating the PLSS, it makes sense to use the manual. Much of what is called 'local custom' is better described as 'bad habits'. Marking Corners and calling them by proper names makes it natural to follow good procedures. It also makes it easier to keep track of laws and rules in multiple PLSS States.
When there are guys in the office with some time on their hands, you need 10 caps stamped, they can look at the diagram and stamp. Makes the whole process simpler.
MightyMoe, post: 448030, member: 700 wrote: I mark them just like the manual shows, it's easier in the long run.
Mighty:
I've always marked my 1/16 caps on the center lines the same way, C---C. That's how I was taught by E.C. Lenhart way back when I was a youngster.:)
Nice looking cap.
Charles L. Dowdell, post: 448043, member: 82 wrote: Mighty:
I've always marked my 1/16 caps on the center lines the same way, C---C. That's how I was taught by E.C. Lenhart way back when I was a youngster.:)
Nice looking cap.
Thanks Charles, I've seen them a number of ways, the CN is one way another surveyor I know insists on doing them.
MightyMoe, post: 448044, member: 700 wrote: Thanks Charles, I've seen them a number of ways, the CN is one way another surveyor I know insists on doing them.
Ive seen some marked the old old way, i.e. 16-4, 16-5, etc.
I've also seen them marked by those that had no clue as to the proper way to mark a monument.
Here is a diagram of the old old 1/16 corner marking. I was going to include it in my last post, but couldn't find it and had to do a search to come up with the document.
17 16ths? I'd always cosidered there to be 16 16ths;)
