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Ever Look for Property Markers?

Typical property markers are set two ways by surveyors...iron rod driven in the ground...like rebar, etc. and a wood stake visible on the surface. The more accurate of the two is the iron bar, called a corner pin. Usually driven just below grade (below the surface) so that the surveyor can readily find it again but nothing sticks up to interfere with normal activities, like walking, mowing, weedwhacking, ect...

Anyway, in a subdivision lot owners generally have an idea...that is typically accurate to within a few feet of where it should be, unless some construction machinery or worker moved it or pulled it accidentally. I typically hunt in all metal mode and just use a shovel to cut down and over to the pin. When you find it you will know it when you hit it with the shovel. Once located, reset with a surface stake adjacent to the actual metal pin.

If the area is in tall grass or brush or high weeds, request the landowner clear it before you hunt. You are not responsible for yard maintenance and the owner is. If you are doing it for a friend, just tell them your odds of finding it are greater if he clears off the area!

Otherwise that is about it....Oh, be certain the property owner is at home, if not with you when you hunt. That would prevent any noisy neighbors from calling the cops on you for trespassing! :lol::lol::lol:

The situation can be much different if you are trying to locate an old pin out in the woods somewhere...who knows what was used or if a metal rod pin was even used in that instance!
 
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