You never know what you'll see at the Witness Post

By adamg on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 5:54pm

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Marker

By _Michael on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 6:57pm.

Typically a Witness Post indicates a survey land marker is in it's immediate vicinity. Those markers are at ground level and often hard to find, particularly after a few years of turf/ground cover/shrubbery growing over them. However a witness post, usually about a meter tall (convenient height to hammer down to) is much easier to spot from a distance. A few minutes of searching will find a firmly seated ground-level marker nearby, complete with an embossed X for the actual point.

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Ah!

By adamg on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 9:32pm.

There was indeed a little metal tube next to the post, although I didn't look to see if it had an X on what looked like its cap.

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It should have other information

By lbb on Mon, 08/08/2022 - 9:50am.

If it's a corporate boundary, as most of these are, it will have other markings indicating exactly what marker it is. Navigating between these is a great map-and-compass exercise.

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God can be very literal.

By MrZip on Sun, 08/07/2022 - 7:47pm.

I would like to think of this in the context of a religious "witness", the message? We must protect our environment. Clear signs from God everyday, just watch the Weather Channel for a bit. The Post is just a good place to proselytize? I don't know, I'm a heathen, but I do like the idea of a "witness post".