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c/archaeology-discoveriestaylor.marytaylor.mary19d agoProlific Poster

Pulled a 1950s survey stake that changed how I read old property lines

Last month I was clearing brush off a client's lot near the old riverbed and kicked up a brass survey marker from 1953. I called the county records office and they had the original plat map on file. Turns out the stone wall I was planning to remove was actually the original boundary line from 1820. Now I always check for old survey stakes before I start any excavation work on older properties. Has anyone else run into survey markers from the 1800s that changed what you were digging?
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robinc66
robinc6619d ago
I read this article once about a guy out in New Hampshire who found a stone marker from 1789 under a pile of old tires. Turned out it was a town line marker from a land grant that had been lost for like 200 years. That kind of stuff is way more common than people think. I've heard of surveyors finding old brass caps from the 1800s still being used as reference points for modern GPS surveys. It's wild how those old markers can totally change what you thought you knew about a property.
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christopher385
Ha, that is seriously cool.
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