Tales from da woods

Several years ago, I went to this local farmer, to get permission to set up my GPS base in his field. He is cheerfully agreeable. Real nice guy, but likes to talk. So, he used to be a local constable. I wanted to know if he still was in law enforcement. He said no, but that he pulled over a carload of lesbians one time. He said he had no clue, that they were, but that he eventually opened the trunk, and found bags of paraphernalia, dill-doughs, and lots of double models and stuff. He said he never knew such things existed, but that they really did, and he went into details to tell me about it. It was not that he was just trying to be crude, but that be seemed to need somebody to debrief on. Well, I needed his field, and tolerated it. It seems that something was not quite right with them, so that is why he pulled them over. This happened probably a long time ago, but toward the end of his career.

Fast forward to today. I got another job in the area. And, I want to occupy the same base. His wife is home. He is in the hospital/nursing home, and is not doing real well. She tells me about their 3 legged cow, that some wild animal had torn off one of it's legs, when it was a calf. She and her husband had dragged it to the house, and sewed the skin and all, and it had made a full recovery. Now, that cow was pregnant. This is in the field, where the base needs to go. So, here is the 3-legged cow:

Just seeing the 3-legged cow, reminded me of the old farmer's stories. I told Mr. Big Help about it.
Well, now the farmer has also got some Llamas, and they want to know if we brought any food.

Well, we do a bunch of surveying. And, find that there is an excess of about 55' between the SE corner of our Section, and the E1/4 corner. I don't like large excesses, or shortages, as it makes the search areas quite large.
Well, we go home, and I do all the research I can. I decide on some search locations. The SE corner of my survey is the SE corner of Section 12. And, there are 2 markers there by another surveyor. But something is not quite right. Excess of land, and a funny (too far counter clockwise) for the bearing going East of the corners. (one is the closing corner, and one is the standard) Record is about 24.5 apart.
Well, I go back out there, and of all things, it is Big Help's turn to do dishes, so he is dilatory to get them done, So, I wind up with Big help's brother in the field. He absolutely loves to go anyway.
Well, we saw our way into the thicket, and look what we find:

Now, I added the Pipe, but the rest of them are as I found them. This is for the CC, which is 24.42' north of the Std. Then, we go looking for the stumps. OF 4 stumps, for 2 original trees, look what we found for one of them:

Turns out that the piece of scribed wood is STILL in place, with the base of it at the SIDE of the tree, where it had been. Original was a 22" Pine. Fine stumphole here too. BUT, the measurement was to the actual scribed portion, so this adds 11" to the distance from the CC to the tree. I prayed alot about this corner, because I felt something was amis, and could not dismiss the feeling.
Well, Little Big Help, got to see a virgin find, GLO corner. And, now, I have contacted the other surveyor, and let them know. I love finding original GLO evidence.
So, what do you do for a living?
Not always do you find stuff like this, but it sure makes surveying interesting!
OK, happy surveying to all!
Nate