My guess is that pipe cap was made by Grinnell. They had a foundry near here some years ago.
Survey monument marker opinion wanted
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my luck that pipe cap would be connected to a 1,000 gallon underground tank full of waste engine oil......
I've been on the hunt for the markers for this property that we bought almost 2 years ago. It only just under 3 acres and the neighbors have been very friendly but. . .
As the previous owner, an old friend of mine, found out, that means squat. When his neighbor on the north side died his heirs wanted to subdivide his lot, about 20 acres, and sell them off. Long story short, My friend's surveyor really fubared the initial survey. Joe, my friend, had the property line running through his house - the survey was off by 50'
iirc his title insurance company paid over $250k to buy a strip of land from the heirs.
I have the plot plan Joe left for me with the markers called out on it. I have been able to find 2 of them in the woods. One must be from the original plan from many many years ago. It shows the marker in the corner of a stone wall. Its still there buried under the detritus of the forest. I put 4' orange / white fiberglass snow markers in next to both of them.
My neighbor on the south side has a couple of tractors and we are on good terms. When I was clearing an area in the woods on his side I made it a point to ask where the property line was. He was very nonchalant about it. Told me not to worry and do whatever I wanted in there. Not a good idea.
As the previous owner, an old friend of mine, found out, that means squat. When his neighbor on the north side died his heirs wanted to subdivide his lot, about 20 acres, and sell them off. Long story short, My friend's surveyor really fubared the initial survey. Joe, my friend, had the property line running through his house - the survey was off by 50'
iirc his title insurance company paid over $250k to buy a strip of land from the heirs.
I have the plot plan Joe left for me with the markers called out on it. I have been able to find 2 of them in the woods. One must be from the original plan from many many years ago. It shows the marker in the corner of a stone wall. Its still there buried under the detritus of the forest. I put 4' orange / white fiberglass snow markers in next to both of them.
My neighbor on the south side has a couple of tractors and we are on good terms. When I was clearing an area in the woods on his side I made it a point to ask where the property line was. He was very nonchalant about it. Told me not to worry and do whatever I wanted in there. Not a good idea.
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My property line story:
When we bought our place our neighbor was at one time the original owner of our land, and he had a super wide easement across our property. The easement amounted to over an acre and cut right through the middle of the property.
I'll spare you all the details (long and drawn out) of issues with the old neighbor, but he passed and the family sold the property to a company.
The company has been the greatest neighbors anyone could ask for.
Turns out the Old man had moved every single property corner 30+ feet in his favor many many years ago around 1940.
He used a very old Idaho farming law (1840 iirc) that said that any farm owner could use 30 feet of any adjoining property to turn mule teams around, and used that to justify his "taking".
Well it's not an active law and the new owners got enough complaints and inquires about "real property corners" that they did a full survey, I offered to pay for my line but they said it was no problem they would pay for it.
Turns out they lost 24 acres in total on all the property lines, I gained 1 1/4 acres out of it.
Oh and they didn't want or need the easement across my property and "sold" it back to me for a really good "price".
So I have great neighbors, with Zero issues and no more easement across my property and gained 2 1/4 acres.
When we bought our place our neighbor was at one time the original owner of our land, and he had a super wide easement across our property. The easement amounted to over an acre and cut right through the middle of the property.
I'll spare you all the details (long and drawn out) of issues with the old neighbor,
but he passed and the family sold the property to a company.The company has been the greatest neighbors anyone could ask for.
Turns out the Old man had moved every single property corner 30+ feet in his favor many many years ago around 1940.
He used a very old Idaho farming law (1840 iirc) that said that any farm owner could use 30 feet of any adjoining property to turn mule teams around, and used that to justify his "taking".
Well it's not an active law and the new owners got enough complaints and inquires about "real property corners" that they did a full survey, I offered to pay for my line but they said it was no problem they would pay for it.
Turns out they lost 24 acres in total on all the property lines, I gained 1 1/4 acres out of it.
Oh and they didn't want or need the easement across my property and "sold" it back to me for a really good "price".
So I have great neighbors, with Zero issues and no more easement across my property and gained 2 1/4 acres.
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Sounds like a great outcome!My property line story:
When we bought our place our neighbor was at one time the original owner of our land, and he had a super wide easement across our property. The easement amounted to over an acre and cut right through the middle of the property.
I'll spare you all the details (long and drawn out) of issues with the old neighbor,
The company has been the greatest neighbors anyone could ask for.
Turns out the Old man had moved every single property corner 30+ feet in his favor many many years ago around 1940.
He used a very old Idaho farming law (1840 iirc) that said that any farm owner could use 30 feet of any adjoining property to turn mule teams around, and used that to justify his "taking".
Well it's not an active law and the new owners got enough complaints and inquires about "real property corners" that they did a full survey, I offered to pay for my line but they said it was no problem they would pay for it.
Turns out they lost 24 acres in total on all the property lines, I gained 1 1/4 acres out of it.
Oh and they didn't want or need the easement across my property and "sold" it back to me for a really good "price".
So I have great neighbors, with Zero issues and no more easement across my property and gained 2 1/4 acres.
My neighbor pulled the pin that the surveyor put in the week before and did it right before me, saying it was in the wrong place. I hammered it back in place and it is down far enough that it will take a backhoe to get it out the next time. I thought about calling the State Police, but that would have just exasperated the situation even though it is illegal to mess with property markers.