a buried brass rod ,,,,marker???

[sandroz]

is there a story of a brass /cooper rod driven into the ground in south Texas marking the spotcan i be directed to the story of who and why it was there if any ??an old man seen me metal detecting and told me a story that he came across it along an old fence line..any info would be appreciated thanks

 

[cooltone23]

Some fols used to mark lengths or property coners with metal steacks. You never know. Might be a clue. I would check the whole diameter of the place including tress stones, ect. anything that some one could use as a focal piont. Good luck

 

[savant365]

Sounds like a grounding rod to me. Are there any utility poles nearby?

 

[TxTim]

Sounds like a grounding rod to me. Are there any utility poles nearby?

Yep-

Or even for the fence.

 

[21stTNCav]

The US corp of enginers drives them in as markers also. I found one while detecting on SPI with my club.

 

[sandroz]

10-4 was probably a property marker alright if by an old fence line .was going to recheck the story but old man passed away !!such bad timing waited over 2 years to follow up

 

[txkickergirl]

The US corp of enginers drives them in as markers also. I found one while detecting on SPI with my club.

who would of thought out in the middle of a dang beach, and I still want to know how they anchored it there.

 

[21stTNCav]

I don't know how the corp anchored it Dawn, but I nearly got a hernia trying to pull that thing up.

 

[txkickergirl]

Sssssssssshhhhhhhhh your not suppose to pull those up!!!!! But I know that was before someone told us what it was that you tried.

But the person who told us what it was got his GPS and couldn't find that one marked, he said most of the survery markers can be located by GPS unless its really old and forgotten. You might try the GPS thing to see if anything turns up.

 

[21stTNCav]

Hmmmmmmm, Very Intresting I must go study this futher.

 

[cloviscliff]

Yes there is a story of a brass rod stuck in the ground to mark a treasure. It was put there by Jean Lafitte. But later in years it was pulled up by a ranch hand. His boss knew what it was, but the ranch hand could not find the original spot he pulled it from. Imagine that. This was close to Port Lavaca. Cliff

 

[mrhinman]

Some USGS benchmarks are rods. Some folks who are into geocaching are into benchmark-finding, too. I've found a half a dozen or so in my area. There are probably dozens more in the county.

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Matthew
Brownwood, TX