what is there in the middle of the disc then if not a dimple

--- In BoundaryPoint@yahoogroups.com, Michael Kaufman
<mikekaufman79@y...> wrote:

> Oops...I didnt explain myself real well. What I meant
> to say was that according to my memory, there was a
> dimple and a disc - in different places on the marker.
>
> BUT: I just took a swing by and took another look at
> the top of the marker. There is no dimple, just a
> disc. So I guess my memory failed me and my post was
> pretty much pointless. Then the tp I suppose must be
> the middle of the disc.
>
> --- "Lowell G. McManus" <mcmanus71496@m...> wrote:
> > Michael Kaufman asked:
> >
> > > ...My question is
> > > this: Is the exact tripoint
> > > 1. the middle of the marker?
> > > 2. the county placed disc?
> > > 3. the dimple?
> > > And HOW would we know? I would assume there can't
> > be
> > > too much official paperwork on 4th-level
> > boundaries.
> > > But maybe some general set of guidelines
> > somewhere?
> >
> > The dimple! It was likely put there by the surveyor
> > using a hammer and die to
> > mark the exact point on the disc where the point of
> > the plumb bob hanging from
> > his transit came to rest. Any subsequent surveyor
> > who measures from the
> > monument will center his transit's plumb bob over
> > the same dimple.
> >
> > Lowell G. McManus
> > Leesville, Louisiana, USA
> >
>
>
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