I've researched this company a bit. I cannot read the writing under the glass. Leupold went through several name changes that narrow down the era of m...

@dmyhill That Edward Simmons was 80 upon his death in 1957. He probably wasn't mountain climbing much at that point. Hey, those Fins are tough p...

The only Ed Simmons I found was buried in Naselle in 1957, but I am guessing that is about when this compass was made... Item is not super clean, ...

So... a little backstory/reminder... The reason I didn't originally consider Option #2 at all is basically because it's EXACTLY what POB did when the...

If you are just looking for plastic caps, these guys are fast and the caps are high quality:/p> If you are looking for metal monuments, Berntsen's qu...

Option #2: This method would simply move the existing forums to an "old forums" area with read-only capabilities. Every thread would retain its URL o...

By looking straight down on a globe, the Equator looks like a circle. View the same globe directly from the side and it looks like a line. Now ...

Surveyor Bob S. gives Mr. Soandso a cost estimate and time estimate. Mr. Soandso gets smaller number from Surveyor A. Hat. Surveyor Bob gets call fr...

Surveyor Bob S. gives Mr. Soandso an estimate and time estimate. Mr. Soandso gets smaller number from Surveyor A. Hat. Surveyor Bob gets call from M...

Develop the client...why are they shopping your signed contract? Price is never the issue. The issue is always value and cost is only part of what m...

Most descriptions I see in this case simply state "South of Hwy" or "NE along the margin of Hwy" or simply except out the Hwy (and you are lucky if yo...

I think folks are getting hung up on the projection piece. We NEVER get hung up on this sort of thing!

There are all sorts of coordinate systems. My Northing and Eastings may or may not result in true (whatever that means to you) North - South direction...

Why shouldn't your survey be used by others? If you're the first surveyor to completely break down a section, shouldn't all current and future landown...

Now I can not find how to disable it! I like overwriting point numbers if a mistake was made, rod height usually, and with averaging enabled it does n...

@holy-cow : Fifty-three years ago when I applied for my license an applicant had to be 25 years old. That and 20 years experience would make someone 4...