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Joined: July 5, 2010 7:47 am
Last seen: June 25, 2026 3:30 pm
Topics: 1310 / Replies: 9228
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RE: Why is there such a weak signal from some iron rods?

Excellent question.?ÿtouch a magnet to the top. Magnetism restored.?ÿpounding them hard, flips their polarity. Instead of a big sprout of magnetism ou...

6 years ago
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RE: Surveying at Night with RTK

Well, how you gonna see to work at night?? seriously.... night gps is better than day time work. No solar radiation, aka sunspots.?ÿ Night work is ...

6 years ago
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RE: Here is a weird situation...

This backs up thesis that surveyors are trouble makers. The world would be better off without them. 😉 (humor alert) N

6 years ago
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RE: Here is a weird situation...

This backs up thesis that surveyors are trouble makers. The world would be better off without them. 😉 (humor alert) N

6 years ago
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RE: Favorite Magnetic Locator

@bill93 they are all over eBay for 15-40 bucks.?ÿI bought one. It has a worn fulcrum. Iƒ??ve used one in field application. In Chicago land area.?ÿTh...

6 years ago
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RE: Are you asleep yet?

I like profound but simple statements.?ÿN

6 years ago
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RE: Favorite Magnetic Locator

Poor Battery connection can cause intermittent performance.?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Favorite Magnetic Locator

@bstrand I used the hound dawg. It was a previous generation. It was too slow. (Slow response time, required slow sweep speed) Not good in active roa...

6 years ago
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RE: Favorite Magnetic Locator

@r-s-mayer The 72 series is the least expensive on eBay. Having used the ones listed in the OP, which includes the ga-72, I suggest that either I hav...

6 years ago
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RE: Am I a "nut magnet"?

Did you know that stop signs, with a band around them, are ok to do ƒ??rolling stopsƒ?? Nate

6 years ago
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RE: Pizza party

Employer: We got you a full tank of gas, another box of flagging, and upside down paint. Here is a box of 30dƒ??s, and a whole shed-load of wood const...

6 years ago
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RE: topcon 3b

Hayes inst sold a slew of those. They would know. N

6 years ago
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RE: Calculated or As Set, Which Do You Use On Your Plat?

Significant units, came before significant digits, in some sense. Units used to be chains, and links. A chain being 66 feet. A link being 0.66ƒ??. It ...

6 years ago
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RE: Small company being sold

@paden-cash your comment about "make money for the boss" is the truth. I've fired folks, who thought way more of themselves, and their "work" than I d...

6 years ago
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RE: A new start

Dakota. Dress warm. Electric jacket. Battery powered socks. Whole head hat.?ÿ

6 years ago
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RE: Calculated or As Set, Which Do You Use On Your Plat?

Ok, so if you set a series of monuments, and during setting, you took a final shot, and your plat SHOWS your computed, or theoretical points, but your...

6 years ago
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