MikePA
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Can you find any of the nearby points? If you can, you can measure out the deed distance from the point using a compass for a rough direction. That should tell you if the post is under the beaver dam.
Surveying question
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<font color=blue>...Can I plot them with a simple compass?...</font color=blue>
Sure, you can do a "rough" re-survey with a compass and tape...
Take a copy of your survey map outside and go to the closest "known" corner near the "lost" corner... lay the map on the ground and orientate it so it best matches with your approximate property lines... you can either use the compass or "eyeball" the angle... then use the tape and measure off from there... Do the same thing with the other "known" corner beyond the "lost" corner and work your way backwards to "intersect" the taped lines... this will approximate your lost corner...
The bearings serve as a means of defining the relative directions of the lines, but have little meaning by themselves. Using a compass would normally entail knowing the declination difference of magnetic north versus true north in your part of the US as most modern/current survey maps will have true north instead... that's why the "eyeball" method may be less confusing to use... though not as accurate..
Good luck on finding it... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Sure, you can do a "rough" re-survey with a compass and tape...
Take a copy of your survey map outside and go to the closest "known" corner near the "lost" corner... lay the map on the ground and orientate it so it best matches with your approximate property lines... you can either use the compass or "eyeball" the angle... then use the tape and measure off from there... Do the same thing with the other "known" corner beyond the "lost" corner and work your way backwards to "intersect" the taped lines... this will approximate your lost corner...
The bearings serve as a means of defining the relative directions of the lines, but have little meaning by themselves. Using a compass would normally entail knowing the declination difference of magnetic north versus true north in your part of the US as most modern/current survey maps will have true north instead... that's why the "eyeball" method may be less confusing to use... though not as accurate..
Good luck on finding it... /w3tcompact/icons/smile.gif
Egon
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Use a lawyer to set up the whole thing for you. He'll be able to do all the registration and know the local quirks entailed. He can also look after the surveying as this will ensure the surveyor has proper documentation for the job required. Also ensure any outside boundaries with other parties are defined and registered.
In short: See a lawyer and then go from there. He can look after everything. It may be expensive short term but cheap in the long run.
Egon
In short: See a lawyer and then go from there. He can look after everything. It may be expensive short term but cheap in the long run.
Egon
tugokc
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You might also request that the surveyors place survey markers every 100 feet or so if the property lines go through heavy forest. We did that back in April and were very happy we did it that way cause walking that forested lot line can be disorienting.