New Mexico Brass Survey Marker
1800s-1900s
About New Mexico Brass Survey Marker
The New Mexico Brass Survey Marker is a surveying find from the 1800s-1900s era, commonly discovered by metal detectorists across the Desert Southwest regions. Brass Survey Marker is a realistic New Mexico detector target tied to ghost towns, stage stops, and drywash camps. Rather than pretending every state has the same history, this profile frames the signal around the kinds of sites that actually produce it in New Mexico: beaches, town greens, camps, farmsteads, transport corridors, or old recreation grounds.
“According to TroveRadar, the New Mexico Brass Survey Marker (1800s-1900s) is valued at $5-100+ depending on agency and age and typically found at 2-6 inches depth. TroveRadar catalogs 1,230+ metal detecting finds across North America.”
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Signal Pattern
strong mid-high conductor that may read like a coin
Typical Depth
2-6 inches
Estimated Value
$5-100+ depending on agency and age
Common Regions
Cleaning & Preservation Tips
- ●clean lightly and retain stamped benchmark data
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