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Old surveyors #15631556 01/09/21
Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri 1 10gaugemag OP Campfire Ranger
OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	Found this in my great grandpas basement Notes say it was his grandfathers. Says he laid out Clay County Mo. I may try to do some research on that matter. No pics of legs yet but they are there too. Note says he also but those. May set 'er up later. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

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Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15633738 01/09/21
Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,882 N. La. Oldman03 Campfire Ranger
Oldman03 Campfire Ranger Joined: Nov 2009 Posts: 15,882 N. La.	That's really interesting. Old Turd- Deplorable- Unrepentant Murderer- Domestic Violent Extremist Just "Campfire Riffraff and Trash" This will be my last post! Flave 1/3/21

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15635158 01/10/21
Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,591 Not In The City rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna
rockinbbar Campfire Kahuna Joined: Aug 2004 Posts: 69,591 Not In The City	VERY interesting, and great historical artifact. Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla!

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15636440 01/10/21
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MT_Mike Campfire Member Joined: Nov 2012 Posts: 139 406	Do you have any close up pictures? I'd like to see them if you do.

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15638990 01/10/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	I will get some when I go back later this week. I am wanting to set it up and get some fresh pics. Somewhere around here I have pics of them using it in the early '70s when my great grandpa built his new house. Last edited by 10gaugemag; 01/10/21. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

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Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15639050 01/10/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	Here is a pic of it in action. From a few items in the background it looks like sometime in the '60s. I cropped pic and tried getting in closer. screengrab Last edited by 10gaugemag; 01/10/21. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15642390 01/11/21
Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 990 grand junction, co S superdave Campfire Regular
superdave Campfire Regular S Joined: Jun 2002 Posts: 990 grand junction, co	Kind of looks like a Rittenhouse compass. That center metal disk isn't a cap with a compass under it, is it? https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_747273 www.davesstories.com

Re: Old surveyors superdave #15642464 01/11/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	Originally Posted by superdave Kind of looks like a Rittenhouse compass. That center metal disk isn't a cap with a compass under it, is it? https://americanhistory.si.edu/collections/search/object/nmah_747273 Could be, I will check this weekend. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15642697 01/11/21
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kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Holy Bejeezus! Thats a circumferonator! Like supersave said! Check and see if it’s a Rittenhouse. My great great grandfathers is in our local historical society museum. Its not a Rittenhouse. He was county surveyor here in late 1850’s. My reenacting persona is that of a surveyor. We use a reproduction of a Rittenhouse. I know where there are two more reproductions around here. They are in these photos. Here’s ours We use a Vara chain here. Measurements in a Spanish vara. Last edited by kaywoodie; 01/11/21. Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Btw, they were also used with a single legged device called a Jacob’s Staff as well as a typical tripod. You can see all three local Rittenhouse reproduction circumferonators in this pic at a demo at San Felipe de Austin State Historic site last year. Reproductions are muy expensive! One is owned by the historic site. Last edited by kaywoodie; 01/11/21. Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

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Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15657510 01/14/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	How's about a Rittenhouse Potts?? The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15657578 01/14/21
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SockPuppet Campfire Outfitter Joined: Jun 2012 Posts: 10,068 High Desert	Cool stuff, gents! Mercy ceases to be a virtue when it enables further injustice. -Brent Weeks ~Molɔ̀ːn Labé Skýla~

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15657632 01/14/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	nearby or near by The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15658618 01/15/21
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	PM sent! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15658703 01/15/21
Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas K kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana
kaywoodie Campfire 'Bwana K Joined: Dec 2009 Posts: 31,601 Fall Creek Blanco Co. Texas	Im not sure, but appears a later Vernier model like circa 1800-1830ish. Folks you wrote will be able to tell you for sure! You are very very lucky! Founder Ancient Order of the 1895 Winchester "Come, shall we go and kill us venison? And yet it irks me the poor dappled fools, Being native burghers of this desert city, Should in their own confines with forked heads Have their round haunches gored." WS

Re: Old surveyors 10gaugemag #15658868 01/15/21
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OP 10gaugemag Campfire Ranger 1 Joined: Oct 2013 Posts: 18,889 Missouri	Hopefully so. What I have found is Potts only worked with Rittenhouse from 1796-1798, that could be wrong though. Anxiously awaiting the return email or that phone call. The last time that bear ate a lawyer he had the runs for 33 days!

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