Nothing Much But A Good Story

[pezking200]

I was at my house in a place that i never thought about looking with my metal detector before. I was digging something that was taking a while so i turned off the power. I ended up digging a pull tab (GASP!).

I had searched a while when i realized I had left the power off, so naturally I turned the power back on and went back to where i had missed and found this 23 1/2 inch stake 4 inches down. I have no idea where it came from, it almost looks like one of those stakes that keeps circus tents on the ground. What do you think? P.S. Its a bad pic, sorry.

 

[Fish-Gate]

It looks like a vampire stake to me. I've spent way too long digging up similar things, but I have to admit - your vampire stake is bigger than what I've found.

 

[Rasputin]

Survey/property line corner stake, maybe?

 

[pezking200]

It looks like a vampire stake to me. I've spent way too long digging up similar things, but I have to admit - your vampire stake is bigger than what I've found.

Ha Ha, Could be that. It might come in handy with all of the twilight people running around!

 

[Chug And Red]

Was that flat on the ground or driven straight down!!!! straight down it a surveyors stake probably near your property line. Ive found a few but never dug one out!!!

 

[pezking200]

Was that flat on the ground or driven straight down!!!! straight down it a surveyors stake probably near your property line. Ive found a few but never dug one out!!!

it was lying flat, i was wondering if it was a surveyors stake cause it was near the corner of the property.

 

[pezking200]

Thanks. i dont know if i mentioned it, but it has holes every 3 inches or so. I dont know if its any help.

 

[ILseeker]

Have you had any concrete poured lately? It is a concrete pin, used for holding concrete forms in place

 

[stewystarr]

Ilseeker got it, I have seen way too many of those in my line of work. We use them to hold concrete forms in place.

 

[hikeinmts]

If it were found in Korea, then there would be another possible explanation. When the Japanese came into Korea, they wanted to remove any power that the Koreans had. One of the powers that the Koreans call on is "san shin," the mountain god.
So, the Japanese went around to every famous mountain peak and drove long metal spikes deep into the top of the mountain, supposedly killing the mountain spirit. When the Japanese left, at the end of WWII, the Koreans went to all the mountain peaks and tried to find every stake that had been driven. I don't know that they found every one. I do know that I found something a couple of years ago that was completely unfamiliar to me, a metal stake, and deep into the ground. But, it wasn't at a peak, so I didn't think anything about it.......untill seeing this story. Who knows what we will find, with our infernal machines.

 

[pezking200]

Cool, I didn't know that. If you still have it, would you mind posting a pic?

 

[hikeinmts]

Will do, when my son visits me. I can take the picture, but for the life of me, can't get it right to transfer the pic
anywhere. Have it in the bedroom, I think. So, will do.

 

[pezking200]

Thanks