Just a side note - and I'm sure it's not the case for everyone - but alot of the pins that mark my property boundaries are not the actual "corners" of the property. If you read the deed, you will see that the pin is a reference point for the corner of the property. Reason being, their is a fence post in what is acknowledged by the survey as the property line.
Alot of this goes back to the meets-and-bounds method of land surveying. On my original deed, which went back to the 1800s, it references a boundary between my land and my neighbor to the west as being a creek. Well, there's no creek there! From what old folks have told me, people started using the creek as a dump, it filled in over the years, and eventually re-routed to the other side of my neighbors property.
Anyway, I say all that just say that it's a good idea to read what the survey/deed actually says and not assume that the pins are the actual corners of the property.
Good luck and take care.
Alot of this goes back to the meets-and-bounds method of land surveying. On my original deed, which went back to the 1800s, it references a boundary between my land and my neighbor to the west as being a creek. Well, there's no creek there! From what old folks have told me, people started using the creek as a dump, it filled in over the years, and eventually re-routed to the other side of my neighbors property.
Anyway, I say all that just say that it's a good idea to read what the survey/deed actually says and not assume that the pins are the actual corners of the property.
Good luck and take care.