Found this on a large boundary survey a few weeks ago.
Also found this. I assume the previous surveyor (1999 survey) for the adjoiner was planning to hold the fence corner as good but then changed his opinion. The actual corner ended up being about 10' from the fence corner but nothing was set. Plat only indicated EIP for the steering wheel and IPS for the corner near the fence post.
Did you count the splines on the steering wheel centering plate?
Maybe that's just a requirement in Texas. :snarky:
IF you are gonna reject a corner, you should set your own monument.
By "nothing was set", I meant the adjoining surveyor did not set a new pin as stated on the plat. I did indeed set a new rebar at the corner near the fence post after making ties to 3 other corners shown on said plat.
When describing that steering wheel, be sure to note the diameter and the year and make of car that it came from.
Maybe the wheel size represents the "circle of error." ;o)
JBS
It most likely is since the other surveyor is +/- 1.5' kinda guy;-)
> Did you count the splines on the steering wheel centering plate?
Actually, the question of how you'd describe that type of "survey marker" is a good one. Judging from the photo, it looks as if there may be a pile of other steering wheels in the vicinity, so "found steering wheel" wouldn't really be the best choice.
Maybe "center of Steering Wheel Shaft found driven into the ground halfway to Oklahoma with the wheel still attached" might do it. Extra points for identifying the car, truck or tractor it came off of, though. Gives a certain texture to the description some future surveyor may get a kick out of.
Kent..
a few years ago I was following another surveyor's previous survey that appeared to me to have some problems. Mainly a "found 1/2" iron rod" reported on the survey to be dozens of feet from any of the existing fences and didn't fit "squat". The whole survey seemed to hinge on this one find.
Sooo...a half mile hike, down in a draw, surrounded by saw briars and poison ivy I get a really good zing from the schonstedt. A few shovelfuls of overburden removed and there it was. By golly. But instead of the top of the rod being smooth, it was 'notched'. Looked vaguely familiar.
About 6" further down I found the rest of the old four cylinder distributor attached, bakelite cap intact. After I found what was left of the coil and an old glass float bowl from the carb I was pretty sure it was not a survey monument.
In Nc you cannot record a survey with more than 3 letters to describe a corner.... It's a real problem, but they cannot see it.
you aren't serious?!
IMWTK! (<--- see that took 5 letters)
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Kent
Those are parts of the same steering wheel.
Paul in PA
> In Nc you cannot record a survey with more than 3 letters to describe a corner.... It's a real problem, but they cannot see it.
Does that mean that all monuments are either "fnd" or "set" in NC?
