Stone locations

johnnyb

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Feb 22, 2013
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When you guys locate a stone, evidently you take a GPS reading.
Curiosity rules me: how close are the stones to recorded locations - i.e., how accurate were the old surveys?
I guess this raises the questions of what reference point was originally used vs today's reference, did the stone move, etc.
Not a reflection on the efforts of the old-timer surveyers, either.
 

PINEY WARDEN

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Jan 13, 2012
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Usually when I find them with my system and GPS Coordinates I am within an area of 10 to 20 feet away from the monument. Just have to probe and dig. Then when you get frustrated walk away and come back another day. The old time surveys are within inches of being right on even into todays technology.
 
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