What is this?

[rickpaulos]

this is stuck in the ground in a fence row on my property. about 3 inches across.

 

[Rewind97]

That is a marker left by the surveying company that surveyed the property, could be a corner marker.

 

[MoonRise]

It's a gear.

 

[MoonRise]

It's NOT a survey marker. Those are typically "iron pins", or old-school might be a concrete pad/post.

 

[Rewind97]

Around here they use old automobile axles for "Iron pins", that's what that looks like to me. Especially since he found it in a fence row.

 

[rickpaulos]

survey marker? It's about 50 to 60 feet from the corner of the lot.

so what is an "Iron Pin" used for?

 

[Rewind97]

Iron pins are usually used to mark property corners or maybe where the property turns. It could also be where another property intersects with your property.

 

[larry_g]

On my old property the deed specifically spells out a corner marker as an axle in the ground.. That one is from and old car that had the gear integral with the axle shaft and the other end is most likely tapered for the wheel hub.

lg
no neat sig line

 

[Jon_E]

It's an axle. I have seen a lot of them in my years being part of a land survey crew. Used to be that whatever chunk of metal you could find, was used as a marker. I've also seen all kinds of pipes including copper and stainless, various steel sections like angle iron, channel and tube stock, a couple of rifle barrels, rebar, concrete forming pins, brass rods, nails, bolts, threaded rod, holes in rocks, fence posts, etc. You get the idea. State and local laws have made it pretty restrictive now, most surveyors have to use a pipe or rebar with a cap on it clearly stating their name and license number.

 

[Jeff Ivers]

That is a discarded sunflower art project!

 

[kaymccampbell]

It's an old axle used as a property marker. My old place had 4 of those, one on each corner.

 

[Lassen Forge]

Yep, my granddad's place used axle stubs for pins as well - I wish they did here, as ours are pretty well buried by a ton of fir and pine needle debris, and makes finding them a chore.

 

[kaymccampbell]

Yep, my granddad's place used axle stubs for pins as well - I wish they did here, as ours are pretty well buried by a ton of fir and pine needle debris, and makes finding them a chore.

Once I found mine here, I punched 6' galvanized fence corner posts right next to them. Can't miss those suckers.

 

[Copymutt]

Had to locate all corner pins on 2 adjacent parcels I sold this summer. Found all except the common corner on the north, off the face of a cliff in bush wacking terrain. Tried dead reckoning and right there was a good size elk shed. Sat down to examine it and sat on the pin I was after.

 

[headwrench]

Looks like a spider gear out of an auto rearend