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anyone help people find there property markers for them?

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Hank68

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One of the best way to gain permission to hunt their land!
 
It's always great to gain permission to work an unhunted site. :thumbup: :detecting:

Monte
 
I did about 3 years ago in response to an ad on Craigslist. His place was about 3 blocks west of Hall Blvd near Roy Boys and just east of Washington Square. The first 3 were easy but the last one was a real stinker as it was beneath an old chain link gate grown into an old stump. 30 bucks if I remember for about an hour and a half's work. Monte knows the landmarks I just referred to.
 
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Back in the late 1980's, I had a friend who was trying to locate his survey stakes in a city residential area. The first one I found began with uncovering the top of a wood stake with a nail in the top. He thought that was it and I told him the real one was further down and I could still hear it. Sure enough, found at 14" deep (measured it), was a 1/2" dia. Lot survey pin. If I remember right, corner pins of a Section of Lots are 5/8" diameter. I had explained the coil diameter to depth rule of thumb to him as we searched. The machine I found it with was my Garrett Freedom II Coin Commander with a concentric 6.5 inch coil. He was so impressed, he bought a new upper line Garrett and took up metal detecting.

I've done a few others through the years but most were real buggers to do with lots of trash and old barbed wire and staples littering the ground. Then you run into those that simply do not exist because they were never set or some freak decided to pull them out of the ground. Now there are rare instances they get disturbed or removed by heavy equipment because people did not care to check boundaries first but to deliberately disturb the placement, remove, or destroy them is illegal.

I've also used my GPS and metal detectors to find GEO Bench Marks (something like GEO-Caching) that have been buried for one reason or another. Around here they are mostly covered by dirt/rock slides.
 
I stopped at a yard sale last summer and bought a heavy table.While we were loading in to the bed of my elcamino the man I bought it from spotted my detector and asked if I could locate his markers, which I did in about 30 minutes.He was completely tickled and offered to refund what money I had spent, which I refused.It seems that his new neighbors had built a really nice fence 4 feet over on his property.
 
I was hunting a school yard and a guy stopped and ask me if I would find a couple of his corner markers, so I packed up and followed him to his house and found his markers. As best as I can remember he gave me $5 for gas money.

I have also loaned my detector out a couple of times to friends to find their markers.

Ron in WV
 
Not to be a wet blanket, but in many states you need to be a licensed surveyor to locate property markers. You (the detectorist) can actually be held financially responsible for a landowner's misdeeds regarding property boundries. Just thought I would mention it.
 
TerraDigger said:
Not to be a wet blanket, but in many states you need to be a licensed surveyor to locate property markers. You (the detectorist) can actually be held financially responsible for a landowner's misdeeds regarding property boundries. Just thought I would mention it.
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You are most likely right, but that is something you would have know way of knowing until you get caught up in it, now I know. I will avoid things like that from here on. It really sucks when a person can't even be nice anymore.

Thanks for the heads up,

Ron in WV
 
I seriously question Terradigger's comment as long as one was locating EXISTING, in ground, property markers. If trying to establish or re-establish corner marks etc. then I'm sure he's right on. Besides, if it's a matter of "thanks, I thought it was about there" who's going to know or care? I've helped find markers that had gotten covered with leaves, soil etc. for several friends, but the boundaries were never changed in any way.
BB
 
A couple of years ago a fellow who worked with my wife asked if I would find 3 property markers. Seems that some construction was going on at the property adjacent to his. Since he had no fence, the construction crews were gradually creeping onto his property with their equipment. I agreed to find the markers in exchange for a large box of split hickory for my meat smoker. It was about 100 degrees F that day. He wasn't home but left me a hand drawn map of where he thought they should be along his very long property line. Of course there was no shade and I hadn't brought anything to drink. Using my Time Ranger it took me about 30 minutes to find all three markers amongst all the junk iron and various other junk metal varieties. Then it only took me about 5 minutes to find a QT and get a large Iced tea to gulp down.

He was happy to be able to show the boundary line to the construction company, which they respected thereafter.

In spite of nearly sweating to death, I was happy with the hickory and have enjoyed lots of hickory smoked pulled pork and beef briskets.
 
Bill, you can doubt it. But if you research it, in many localities/states, if a person who is not legally authorized to locate property markers does so, and the landowner makes building decisions based on the non-authorized persons findings, and the landowner encroaches on someone elses property. The non-authorized person can be sued sued in a civil action. Along with the landowner.
 
I really wouldn't expect anyone to make building decisions without bringing in a professional surveyer.The pins that I located were clearly marked with the surveyers markings and the landowner knew approximately where they were.Of course these could be verified by checking measurements from pin to pin as specified by the deed.Since I received no compensation,I seriously doubt that I could be sued for my actions.
 
I found one for a friend of mine. he knew where the front corner was but not the back corner. we found it the day before the neighbor started a fence which would have been about a foot on my friends side. I got to drink free beer for the service. I have had a couple other people mention looking for theirs but haven't got to find theirs yet.

terry
 
TerraDigger - I don't doubt at all your statement the way you put it the second time. When you add the part about making decisions etc. I'm certain that's right. If you notice, my comment did mention not moving or changing anything in any way other than verifying the location of existing markers.

There are lots of similar examples. I'm a licensed Barber in Idaho and here if an unlicensed person gives a haircut in their home to a friend, for free, no problem. If they charge, or put out a sign and basically go into business, they can be prosecuted if unlicensed and the cutting area has to meet the state requirements as well. Whether the offending person is a decent haircutter or not has no bearing. A would be Barber has had to finish a minimum number of hours in school and pass a test in order to become licensed. Much of required study is aimed at sanitation, health and safety concerns in relation to working on the public. Different situation, but in many ways very similar.
HH
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