I had a chainman that had been run over with a scraper back in his younger days before the backup horns were required.He got around with a limp. His b...

If it is Zone A (No BFE) then all bets are off. I know some that are 200 feet off from reality. The lines must have been put on there by buttonpushers...

That oil field stuff is plus or minus a few feet anyway. Can't count the wells that I have staked to find later that they were moved around to fit the...

Not me, but a real estate lady told me yesterday that some years ago she went into a pasture to check it out a possible listing and was blind-sided by...

Does that model have the laser plummet? If so, may its on all the time.

Hayes Instrument is my supplier for that item.

Don't Sell The Dip Needle ShortI think both are equally affected by the fence.

Don't Sell The Dip Needle ShortYes, dip needles do work. Not like modern locators but OK for the time period.Dowsing is bunk. There was scientific dou...

Here in Texas after a few years all you have is a lot of inbred deer, that is if the city dudes deer hunters who brought money, haven,t shot them all.

It ain't nothing but a crude compass that is affected by LOCAL ATTRACTION, as in a metal object in the ground.They are just a step up from nothing or ...

All caps are crap. Hard to read. I use upper and lower even on text on plats except important survey names, etc.

"Along or near a fence" gives a little wiggle room.

Buttonpushers and more buttonpushers. The world has gone crazy over that stuff. Fads, gimmicks, and the like. No wonder young people think there is a ...

three.riversI've seen many RRC location plats that were signed by Landman with scaled ties to survey lines. I have somewhat of a problem with that. I ...

I agree Kent that it's an in-house thing at the GLO.First, how does an accurate GLO map really benefit the average taxpayer. They are not going to spe...

I have a serious problem with all the cameras everywhere nowadays.

There are no maps that accurately reflect the facts on the ground, except the ones that are actually SURVEYED on the ground and held privately. All of...

You might have him (contractor) check his vision, because most cannot see survey markers either.

Yeap, about right.Those old surveyors that did the surveying when the domain was being carved up were about like the medical doctors of the time, you ...

State And ABET Degree ?Maybe the slow issues are caused things being farmed out to some third world country, like everything else these days.