Carl, I have a pile of them with the "J" on them. Never seen the kind with just a hole there. I suspect that those are the real thing... because there...

How did you manage to drill out the tops of those spindles? In my thinking, they are very hard metal, and would require some SERIOUS clamping, drill p...

Just a note, to what you just said. You said you wanted Ground Distances. We are good there. But, you said you wanted Geodetic Brgs. Just be aware tha...

I call them broken-backed curves. Non tangent curves, are hard to offset, (Some are real hard!)I recommend that continuing education address this. I a...

I hope the sarcasmLight went on. I don't do that. Nate

P/C w/#### WTH?I personally like the one like this:IRS Found IRS (Iron Rod Set)FIP (Found Iron Pipe)SIP (Set Iron Pipe/Pin)They just make me all happy...

Thanks Loyal. That will give me a bit to think about. N

A 5" 200 Series Is Absolutely What You Want1:5000 closure is kinda sloppy. That means 1' error, in 5000 ft. My typical traverses with an old 1923 Leit...

About the unlicensed surveying thing....If you were doing that in my 'hood, I'd ask you to bring your notes to my office, and we'd crunch them togethe...

At the above section corner, I could get no signal, except as much as a little furniture tack would give. After digging, I found all three. I think th...

Once I found a section corner, with 3 mons, one was 0.35' from the others, and two were about 0.12' apart. All were by the same surveyor. Turns out, t...

By the above definition, I was a little Bass Turd, many yrs ago. Moved many flags, where PG&E was placing a power line. Dad was mad. Real Mad. Mad...

How far off does it have to be, to be considered "bad"?N