Find boundary markers WITHOUT a metal detector (Part2)

[@elric40]

This device is an "Aqua Magnetic Valve Locator" Every Surveyor in the 60's and 70's had one. I still have my Dad's in my desk...lol. A compass will work.

[@SteveJaeger]

Awesome video, thanks for making this!

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

I got pin in my backyard already … need to find one in the front … it so hard to find it .. any tip? I bought metal detectors at Academy sport and another small one on amazon but still can’t find it … any tip where the pin can be at ? Near side walk or somewhere side of my house ?

[@TommyBoy3D]

I would start at the back of walk. Then work towards the house along the line. Find out the right of way width and measure back from the center of the street (if you can do it safely) and see if it falls at the back of walk or farther in. Good luck.

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

Any good metal detector u think it work? Your link is not work anymore… I bought one at academy sport onsale for $99 didn’t hear sound when I test on other pin🤔

[@TommyBoy3D]

Any detector should work. Make sure the sensitivity is up high and you don’t have iron screened out.

[@Xx_eeveemocha_xX]

I bought $200 one still can’t find it 😩

[@anthonytomasso5973]

That’s awesome!Where can you buy that tool?

[@TommyBoy3D]

You have to search it on line. Hard to get.

[@919Drones]

I just purchased this Antique Surveyers Compass. Is there any chance I can get the instructions. Preferably hardcopy or PDF. Thanks in advance, Bruce

[@TommyBoy3D]

Hey Bruce if you are talking about the instrument in my video it’s a “Dip needle” used for finding iron objects in the ground. May not be the surveyors compass that you bought. I don’t know.

[@919Drones]

@@TommyBoy3D Vintage Surveyors Compass Aqua Survey & Instrument Co. Magnetic Locator USA

[@TommyBoy3D]

Ok then. Watch both parts of my video about this device. I do not know where to get any other information but I have used it many times. I think I explain it fairly well. Thanks for watching!

[@chrisemler9681]

link to buy that dip needle please???

[@nilsgerdes6747]

Thank you so much! I have the exact same box but now i know for what and how to use it! Such a specific use, wouldn't have found it out for centuries!

[@TommyBoy3D]

Hahahahah Centuries! love it! Yes I was introduced to this little box in the early to mid 70's.........but don't tell anybody (then they will know how old I am!) :-0

[@nilsgerdes6747]

@@TommyBoy3D As a Gamer I believe we level up instead of getting older :-D I have no idea how this detector came to be here in Germany. I did some research and properties aren't even Marked this way. If at all they will ram a Measuring Point in the ground with a visible cap. This metal detecor also is great for bets in bars :-D Again, thanks so much! You have no idea how hard this little gadtes stumped us!

[@TommyBoy3D]

Nils Gerdes I love it! Thanks for the post!

[@myownspiritlevel]

Wonder if a regular magnetic compass would work. Get it near iron and it starts going berzerk.

[@TommyBoy3D]

Well A dip needle is a compass turned sideways. The image you see is from a mirror. The iron pulls the red end down and you see the black in the mirror.

[@cooljazz8]

Most regular compasses would not work well, because they're made to be used only in the horizontal position, and the needle would not turn freely as it does in that special device.

[@safinjoy]

what is the instrument called?

[@TommyBoy3D]

This instrument is called a "dip needle" I give a link to one in my part one video.

[@safinjoy]

@@TommyBoy3D thank you :)

[@currantresident9615]

How about putting a link to "Part 1" and "dip needle" in the top of this page?

[@TommyBoy3D]

Great idea and thank you! Thanks for watching also.

[@TommyBoy3D]

Done! It is in the description for this video shown above. Thx for the tip!

[@TamaraGrace]

All of your videos related to land surveying, I'd put links in the description for them also. And please post more and you'll get more subs... But yes, I'm scanning your all your videos for anything to do with land surveying. If you had them all listed in your description, with their titles, it'd make this much easier...

[@mts7274]

You can buy a new metal detector for like half the price of the Dip Needle that you are using here.

[@WJRHalyn-jw2ho]

02:52 - "I'm gonna go left..." - - - Moves it right. ??????? Oh.... the other left.....

[@TommyBoy3D]

Hahahahaha, well I was filming with my left hand.....😉...must have gotten confused! Thanks for watching and commenting.

[@michaelsullivan1216]

I assume this dip needle works much like a metal detector. Unfortunately, won't work for me. A few years ago, my neighbor had landscape netting installed on the slope near our pin to hold seed in place. Not only did the landscaper pull the wooden stake I had there, but they staked the landscape netting with metal stakes. My metal detector goes crazy on that corner. I've found plenty of metal stakes, but no property pin.

[@TommyBoy3D]

I'm sorry to hear that. You have an unusual situation... : ( Thanks for watching and stay safe.

[@WJRHalyn-jw2ho]

Actually, a metal detector beams radio waves into the ground and attempts to detect what bounces back. A dip needle is just a magnetic compass on its side... it's sensitive to any ferrous metals near to it.

[@SeattleRingHunter]

@@WJRHalyn-jw2ho key word metals near it. We expect much deeper penetration from a proper metal detector and can detect for iron specifically. If you need an area search for a metal pin contact a finder at TheRingFinders.com Cheers, #SeattleRingHunter

[@WJRHalyn-jw2ho]

@@SeattleRingHunter Of course. I have a couple of each. The detector's great for deep stuff, the "deflecting magnet" only works for magnet-friendly materials; the bigger, the better. Nicely placed ad, though! 😉

[@1life857]

Where did you buy it, can you please provide a link? Great job!

[@TommyBoy3D]

They are very hard to find. But keep looking on ebay.

[@billhickey395]

There are a few on ebay.

[@SusanBrooks-g1p]

Little black box? Well, WHAT IS this? WHERE do I get one????

[@TommyBoy3D]

They are hard to find, expensive and take some time to learn. This is a two-part video so check out part one for more information. Thinking it through. Today I would probably go with a cheap metal detector. Thanks for watching!

[@garrettandrews79]

Great video. I am having boundary issues now. Our community was staked in 1946 with these same cast iron rods. Only problem was that Schneider Geospatial replaced those rods with zinc magnetic pins in the early 90s. Then the county paved our private road about 8 years ago and plastered these galvanized rods 30 feet from center of road on both sides giving them easement rights for future widening and development. Property owners then swear by these lowes or home depot galvanized rods as testament. Surveyor's also buy into the magic galvanized rods placement theory too. The original deed Platt in your county office is the only authority. I hear surveyors regionally tell potential customers how their deeds, platts, county accessors and Schneider Geospatial are all wrong and clueless 😂😂. Drones will take over the human element soon. I saw a drone shoot dye within 3 inches of a boundary pin with great accuracy. 2 other surveyors were off by 72 and 104 feet respectfully.😮 Get a survey drone that utilizes star link gps connection and enter the coordinates. Consumer GPS on your cellphone on landglide has a room of error between 10-18 feet in diameter depending on the weather conditions and foliage. The survey pin magnetic detector will locate the pin via the dye within 1.5-4 inches everytime. Most modern boundary pins have a tiny hexagon head and will have nasty old nylon rope or faded pink property tape fiercely wrapped on the base.

[@TommyBoy3D]

Very interesting post

[@phrotojoe]

Finally,,someone knows what they are talking about,,That is a great instrument and cheaper that a ferromagnetic locator for $1000 dollars,,you must be a land surveyor ------I'm retired surveyor after 42 years of walking through swamps,mountains,snow,rain,nasty neighbors,dogs,rattle snakes,tics,ass holes with guns,pot farms,pig farms,unmarked graves,roadrage roads,cliffs,bulls,electric fences,quick sand,poison ivy,bears,ground bee's,machette wounds,sticks in eyes,sticks in ears,police,state troopers.cops braking into your home and harrassing your sick wife,court order to walk on land,police backup for being threatend,shot at ,shot at again,and again and again,,,,,threatend, .,,,,but the good times are watching nudist playing on a beach,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,,

[@TommyBoy3D]

God almighty knows Sir!......46 years experience here! And I can say I have experienced all that (with the exception of the cliffs being a Florida land surveyor)....but then I can throw in alligators to your mix Sir! Thanks for watching! God Bless! SUBBED!

[@LMaria312You2]

Wow, I thought I had an issue, you REALLY have done it all. wish you were here in Southern Cali.

[@thatsmydawg]

Just bought one for $25.i metal detect so i found this interesting

[@James_Bowie]

Very interesting. 👍 Now that you have found that boundary marker, what are you going to do about making it easier in future? Put some sort of cap over it?

[@TommyBoy3D]

Not sure. Don't ever plan on doing anything around that front corner. I'll just find it again if I have to. Thanks for watching!

[@ygtbsm764]

Nice job! Very helpful!

[@TommyBoy3D]

thanks for watching!

[@retiredman]

I have one just like it I’ve been using it for years

[@wmitrader]

So I can use a dip needle that typically costs $300, or I can use a metal detector that costs $100 or less. And I can also use the metal detector to find coins, jewelry, gold, treasure, etc. Hmmmm .......

[@jackrasmussen4467]

As a land and construction surveyor for 23 years I find this a joke.

[@TommyBoy3D]

No problem Jack, you see 23 years ago when you started surveying...............I already had been surveying 27 years. So yes, it was our go-to pin and pipe finder in 1972……….. 50 years in the field here………... Thanks for watching!