When to Pincushion - 6th
> Setting aside the general premise that most of us loath the idea of setting multiple monuments.
Yes I surely do loathe it.
>There are however times in which the situation presents itself and we find ourselves with the fact that we were hired to monument a property line or corner in which an existing marker; either rouge or one that was incorrectly placed sometime in the past, near the corner you are surveying.
Let me add to that.. "Or two monuments exist for one corner and the parties common to the pincushion would like a third opinion"
I just got a job like that yesterday. I'll be doing it today.
So it's the corner, but you don't say where?
> I try not to disturb monuments set by others because then they become monuments set by me. If the previous surveyor did not make their intention clear by setting a drill hole then I will not do it for them.
I'm not sure I follow you at all. If you are surveying a parcel for which the location of the corner marked by the monument is important, you pretty much have to decide where it is. Presumably your client wants to know as well. Adding a drill hole would in effect simply make the position of the corner reproducible and not subject to confusion.
When you consider that in order to be a monument in the first place, a stone or concrete bounds must have a definite location, a stone or concrete bound without one is more like a monument kit where boundaries are to be determined with certainty. Adding a drill hole or station mark really is what turns the thing into a monument in those circumstances. To say that it "disturbs" a marker to give the corner it supposedly marks a definite position flies in the face of reason.
