03-22-2021, 03:17 AM
Got mine from Island Boundary about 5 years ago, $1250 for all 4 pins + clearing/flags on both (long) sides, and a report.
If not building a fence, it's pretty easy to find the pins with a GPS and make sure to keep structures well within the setbacks. It helps to know the compass direction, I don't remember where I found that information. The problem with DIY pinfinding is that lava confuses metal detectors, but one of my front corner pins was well-marked, so I was able to work the rest out from there by using math to derive the exact center of the lot -- my GPS switched to decimal fractions of a mile after 500', but triangulation from the phantom center pin got me within a foot of the back corner pins.
When going the DIY GPS route, cross-check the back pins by taking a fix and going around the block to make sure they're the right distance from the road. On spaghetti lots, it's really easy to end up finding the back pins from the next lot.
If not building a fence, it's pretty easy to find the pins with a GPS and make sure to keep structures well within the setbacks. It helps to know the compass direction, I don't remember where I found that information. The problem with DIY pinfinding is that lava confuses metal detectors, but one of my front corner pins was well-marked, so I was able to work the rest out from there by using math to derive the exact center of the lot -- my GPS switched to decimal fractions of a mile after 500', but triangulation from the phantom center pin got me within a foot of the back corner pins.
When going the DIY GPS route, cross-check the back pins by taking a fix and going around the block to make sure they're the right distance from the road. On spaghetti lots, it's really easy to end up finding the back pins from the next lot.