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Congratulations on your find! :mad:

 

I read the description and rather than finding the actual mark it appears as though you found one of the oldest known "Witness Post"! This witness post has become the defacto mark it appears since the actuall mark is in the middle of the creek.

 

An excellent find! Especially when it is something out of the ordinary.

This is what makes hunting benchmarks so much fun for us.

 

I think you need to get in touch with Dusty Jackets and see if he would like some "Witness post/benchmark" pictures for his site.

 

Is this a first where the witness post and the benchmark are one and the same?

 

Congrats again,

 

John & Shirley

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JUST A LITTLE INFO

 

UNITED STATES PUBLIC-LANDS SURVEYS

 

ART. 23-24 Witness Corners:

WHERE THE TRUE CORNER POINT FALLS WITHIN AN UNMEANDERED STREAM OR LAKE,WITHIN A MARSH,OR IN AN UNACCEPTABLE PLACE,A WITNESS CORNER IS ESTABLISHED (BOUNDRY MONUMENT -WITNESS POST 73)AND OTHERS,PREFERABLY ON ONE OF THE SURVEYED LINES LEADING TO THE LOCATION OF THE

REGULAR CORNER,MIDDLE OF GARRISON CREEK,ACCORDING TO THE GLO PLAT AND NGS DATA SHEET.

ALSO WHERE THE TRUE POINT FALLS WITHIN THE TRAVELED ROAD,A CROSS-MARKED STONE IS DEPOSITED BELOW THE ROAD SURFACE,AND A WITNESS CORNER IS ESTABLISHED IN A SUITABLE LOCATION OUTSIDE THE ROADWAY.

THE WITNESS CORNER IS PLACED ON ANY ONE OF THE SURVEYED LINES LEADING TO A CORNER,IF A SUITABLE PLACE WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 10 CHAINS(660 FEET)IS AVAILABLE;BUT IF THERE IS NO SECURE PLACE TO BE FOUND ON A SURVEYED LINE WITHIN THE STATED LIMITING DISTANCE,THE WITNESS CORNER MAY BE LOCATED IN ANY DIRECTION WITHIN A DISTANCE OF 5 CHAINS (330 FEET).

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