Mark, I like your answer.?ÿ Let me ask you another question.?ÿ When you go to stake a property corner and you find another one already there, how close does the found corner have to be to be considered the "same" location that you have calculated (this is NOT a math question)?
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Holy Cow, I think we might think alike.?ÿ Sorry, no insult meant.?ÿ Please continue with that statement.
Placing a dimple or "x" largely depends on the equipment used and care involved in the process.
Driving bars into terra firma is a completely different story. ?ÿThe more slender the bar, the more opportunity for departure from the presumed perfection. ?ÿPrecisely what materials, and their characteristics, are encountered between the surface and full depth can lead to significant variations from ideal.
So. ?ÿYou drive a bar, then check it. ?ÿThe center of the top of the bar is found to be 0.0X feet from where you thought it should be. ?ÿHow can you alter the bar such that it is vertical ?ÿalong the full length and precisely where you intended for it to be? ?ÿHow do you know with certainty that the bar will remain in that exact orientation for years into the future?
The monument is the corner. ?ÿThe precise location of the center point of the top surface of the monument is not the corner except in the minds of idealists who lack understanding of the physical world.
Mark, I like your answer.?ÿ Let me ask you another question.?ÿ When you go to stake a property corner and you find another one already there, how close does the found corner have to be to be considered the "same" location that you have calculated (this is NOT a math question)?
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That's depends, of course. But maybe 0.05' without much thought.?ÿ As much as 0.10 in some circumstances.?ÿ ?ÿ