I guess what you're saying is that the pin in the ground merely represents someone's (surveyor) OPINION of where that point (as described on a deed) exits in the "real" world.
The Metes and Bounds system (Federal Range-Township) is a "perfect" mathematical representation of land (on paper). When Farmer John sold a "Section" to Farmer Bill, they probably didn't worry about where the theoretical corner point was. A "Section" is a decent chunk of land (640 acres). The deed probably just said "Section 5 of T2N, R3S" or something like that. As land got subdivided into smaller pieces, lengths along section lines and angles started to matter. And turning these descriptions into physical location markers was probably a challenge when we're talking about forested, hilly, swampy land that has to be tromped over. Factor in the equipment and operator and you could probably get 10 different "pin" locations from 10 different surveyors.
However, as long as the deed descriptions are consistent over time, I'd feel pretty comfortable with having a registered surveyor set the pin according to the recorded legal description before I'd get a lawyer involved.
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