Helping out

[boomer]

A friend called me to ask if I still M/D'd. She needed to locate a property marker. No problem, I thought. When I arrived at her ranch she was getting a steer ready to butcher.
Taking me to where the marker should be, I found the area was really torn up because a new road was being built. That is why she lost her corner marker. She said it was near missing tree. No tree!
The marker was a peice of metal, rebar possibly. I suggested if it was sticking out of the ground it was removed by the road builders when the tree was bulldozed.
Starting in line with her remaining fence I worked with my new Garrett 250 toward where she thought the tree was. I had several hits. Digging I came up with staples from the fence and lots of broken wood. After several sweeps to the tree area produced only a fence post stub she said to give it up.
Just for the heck of it, since I'm stubborn, I swept past the tree area and got a good signal. Digging resulted in some more splintered wood. But wood don't ring, do it? As it was a long signal I figured it was a can. Then I felt my probe hit metal. Bingo! The marker was a pipe that had been run over and bent down about 8 inches by the bulldozer. Then covered with dirt.
My friend was sure happy, and my reward? A large steak from her steer when it was ready.

[mlamp20412]

Beef steak for a metal stake, nice deal!

Way to go helping out

[l38ranger]

Great job...and injoy that big steak!!!....

[cjoej]

Good going! I have located corner markers that were made of rebar and they can be difficult to locate from the burried vertical end, must be so much nicer when they are bent over. (grin)

Unfortunately I didn't get a steak for a steak, but a thank you can be just as good sometimes.

SWC

Joe