I have a really old handheld GPS unit. I found topographical software for it, so I installed it and started looking. No countour lines. I thought I ...

Depending on where the new deed corner falls, I will sometimes set an unmarked pin on the corner and then put a shorter "pull-up" pin on line a few in...

Using GPS, I still "walk the lines" looking for evidence of old fences/occupation. I take a ground location shot and measure over to the fence where ...

I just retired from my teaching career with my last semester being at Mississippi State University. Great campus, great atmosphere, and my alma mata, ...

Have ya'll ever seen the one in the Smithsonian in Washington? It swings with the wobble of the earth's rotational axis.

I lost my two original 16 ounce Leitz plumbobs with gammon reels years ago. I was carrying, and a branch or vine plucked them out of my sheath on my t...

I work in the Chickasaw Meridian area in Northeast Mississippi. I am interested in the Chickasaw initial point, myself. I live in T12S, R4E in Chicka...

Here are two alternate methods for affixing flagging to a nail. The first one has long ends and is similiar to the one in the first post., but it take...

6-inch mag nails. I have bought 40- and 60-penny common nails, and used a metal punch to put a dimple in the top.The device I used was a piece of 4-i...