I assume you are asking what the stake does look like and how deep
it may be.

It will usually be a 1/2"diameter rebar or smooth steel pin, often
with a plastic surveyor's cap (yellow) on the top of the stake.
It will usually be 8-12" below grade. If you have a strong reason
to guess at the corner location based on other fences, street set
back, etc you should be able to dig down to find the stake in one
bite of the shovel.

If you miss, the yard can quickly look like gophers have taken up
permanent residence.

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"Jim B" wrote in message
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On 25 Feb 2005 11:34:07 -0800, "Bobby_M"
wrote:

BTW, how do the iron stake look like and how deep (or length of
stake) it stake
into the ground?

Thanks

I moved into my house a year ago and wanted to put in a fence
all the
way around my property. The original survey company wanted $100
per
corner to put iron stakes in. I found out that this propery was
subdivided from a larger lot when the house was built in 1990 so
I
figured the stakes were already there. After a couple swipes
with a
rake, I got out the hose and started spraying with a hard
stream. After
about 2 minutes I saw a bright yellow cap on the iron stake. I
repeated
the process at all corners. By the way, I got the general area
of the
corners by measuring from the first stake per my survey's
measurements.

Bobby