Found 1/4 corner today - new pics
Quote from Kevin Samuel on July 16, 2010, 1:28 pmWell I got a chance to get back to that 1/4 corner yesterday so I snapped a couple more shots.
I used the field book to reflect a little sunlight across the markings... it worked pretty well.
View from above the stone (on the right) and a tidbit of barbwire along the rock wall on the left side of the photo.
Close up of wire. Single strand wire with single wrapped barbs or crimped barbs in places. Any barbwire experts care to give me a date estimate or reference? I haven't prepared any documentation for this corner yet so it would help me out on the corner report.
Stone markings traced with yellow lumber crayon.
Well I got a chance to get back to that 1/4 corner yesterday so I snapped a couple more shots.
I used the field book to reflect a little sunlight across the markings... it worked pretty well.
View from above the stone (on the right) and a tidbit of barbwire along the rock wall on the left side of the photo.
Close up of wire. Single strand wire with single wrapped barbs or crimped barbs in places. Any barbwire experts care to give me a date estimate or reference? I haven't prepared any documentation for this corner yet so it would help me out on the corner report.
Stone markings traced with yellow lumber crayon.
Quote from Jeff Austin on July 16, 2010, 1:32 pmNice work!
Nice work!
Quote from Kent McMillan on July 16, 2010, 1:59 pm> Stone markings traced with yellow lumber crayon.
From Texas, that looks like a textbook example of a PLSS stone monument. The photos are pretty good, but I can't help observing that white chalk would have done a better job of highlighting the markings than the lumber crayon did. Try it, you'll like it.
> Stone markings traced with yellow lumber crayon.
From Texas, that looks like a textbook example of a PLSS stone monument. The photos are pretty good, but I can't help observing that white chalk would have done a better job of highlighting the markings than the lumber crayon did. Try it, you'll like it.
Quote from Kevin Samuel on July 16, 2010, 2:03 pmThank Kent. I do want to try the chalk method. I just need to make a trip to the dollar store for some chalk 🙂
Thank Kent. I do want to try the chalk method. I just need to make a trip to the dollar store for some chalk 🙂
Quote from Kent McMillan on July 16, 2010, 2:27 pmChalk
> I just need to make a trip to the dollar store for some chalk 🙂
I think I've even seen it at the grocery store in the school supplies. Be prepared to spend at least $1.50 for a lifetime supply for field use. :>
Chalk
> I just need to make a trip to the dollar store for some chalk 🙂
I think I've even seen it at the grocery store in the school supplies. Be prepared to spend at least $1.50 for a lifetime supply for field use. :>
Quote from Kevin Samuel on July 16, 2010, 2:57 pmChalk
I don't know Kent, that $1.50 seems a little steep for this Norwegian spendthrift 😉
Chalk
I don't know Kent, that $1.50 seems a little steep for this Norwegian spendthrift 😉
Quote from Kent McMillan on July 16, 2010, 2:58 pmChalk
> I don't know Kent, that $1.50 seems a little steep for this Norwegian spendthrift 😉
Norwegian? Why didn't you say so? If you're Norwegian, you'll want to break the pieces of chalk in half so they will last twice as long. :>
Chalk
> I don't know Kent, that $1.50 seems a little steep for this Norwegian spendthrift 😉
Norwegian? Why didn't you say so? If you're Norwegian, you'll want to break the pieces of chalk in half so they will last twice as long. :>
Quote from William Barker on July 16, 2010, 4:21 pmChalk works well on old tomb stones also. We do quite a bit of grave yard research.
WB
Chalk works well on old tomb stones also. We do quite a bit of grave yard research.
WB
Quote from Kevin Samuel on July 17, 2010, 2:26 amChalk
LOL, HA! I think that I could probably make a Ole and Lena joke about that!
Chalk
LOL, HA! I think that I could probably make a Ole and Lena joke about that!