Hypothetical (?)Shop question on boundaries

[DeVon Henne, P.L.S.]

I am working on a boundary as follows :
1. Recovered are 2 planted stone corners.
2. There are 5 courses and distances totaling about 2500 feet of woodland / floodplain boundary.
3. The deed for the 165 acre farm dates pre 1900 and closes about 1:1000.
4. The calculated position from unadjusted deed courses between the two stones deviates from the actual position by about 10 feet (after rotation).

My solution ? create a polyline from the 5 deed courses, snap the one end on one of the found corners, scale and rotate the polyline to snap the other end on the other corner, calculate the stake out points using manual coord storage / end point snap. The results seem to to "make sense". So as not to bias any feedback on the method, I will not divulge whether or not I found any corner evidence at these points until later.

My questions ? What type of adjustment does this represent (just in case I'm asked that question on cross 20 years from now). What do my fellow practitioners think of this method ?

[Steven L. Crutchfield]

I would have to see what other evidence was found in the field and
see how that matched up( ie fences, timber changes etc.)
It seems to me that you have basicly held the deed angles and prorated all
the distances which if it ever came to court I would that explaination
as opposed to the scaled polyline. All in all if what you computed
looks good on the ground I see nothing wrong with it, but I would be
causious of using it without seeing any other boundary evidence

[DeVon]

Steve :
Thanks for the input. I used this method with hopes that it would lead to additional evidence recovery. However, no additional evidence was produced on stake-out. The solution looks as good on the ground as any others I could have used. Anyone would be hard pressed to prove me wrong based on evidence available. The scale factor (0.99) shortened my distances compared to the deed calls, which is typical. But the point here is'nt to keep from being proved wrong, but is the methodology - proration of distances, acceptable for re-establishing a corner in Pennsylvania. Although it makes good common sense, and is used in other states, I have yet to see any instances where this acceptable practice here. Is anyone else from the Colonial States using this