weaver hillbille

I've been finding/reading many prospecting books online. Here's one I am scanning through, presently
http://www.scribd.co...and-Gold-Mining

I'd like to sight some property lines from listed bearings on  survey map, as well as sight countours.

I assume that the bearings are based on TRue NOrth( and not magnetic).

WHere I am at:

  Using a Silva Orientiering compass and existing data, I figure 11degrees east declination and just sight from each corner using the bearings given off the  map . I am assuming those are based on true north( not magnetic)??

For example:  a listed bearing along one boundary line is S64 04' 12"W  which indicates :::
a heading of  of 64 degrees and change WESTWARD from 180 degrees due south or 244 degrees

I  set thecompass to 349ish degrees(360 -11), dial it in so it's pointed true, sight a bearing  along 244 degrees from behind same property pin, memorize a spot along that sight line, go there, stack stones or mark accordingly, repeat  along same bearing from new spot until you can sight  adjacent corner, repeat from all corners, scratch shins, sprain ankles, get poison oak, find pretty rocks, cow pucky and snakes, not necessarily in that order.......

HOw can improve on that?

I have a DEwalt tripod mount   for  a rotary laser level and it has what I think a standard 5/8"-11 bayonet mount.

  I have no laserbeams, though, and don't think I need or  can afford them, but a nice telescopic sight that could accurately be pointed  to a specific map heading along a property boundary would make accurate marker placement much easier, I think.

  Ihear talk an rumor bout some new fangled thang callt Jeepyes that suposdt a make map redin and sirveyin chilz play. Are they worth  thetrouble of screwin onto a tripod?  What wood be a low buck entry into that money pit?

THanks for any and all advice, smartalecky or otherwise.

O h , I didn't  even tell you about my plan of sighting contours with a 6 foot level, but Ifigure,what's the point as there must be a better way.