Gee, Smoke, I'm a little disappointed your newbie was even around to make that comment. SOP on our field geologist crews, populated by guys from NC and Virginia colleges and having no experience in the Public Lands Survey System, was to send the newbies off on an urgent mission, on their first day in the field, to solve a problem with the rig over in Section 37. We'd make sure he knew he was to remain in radio contact with us on the open work channel all the way there and report when the rig was found and the problem solved.
Good times!
Foy