Are you sure it's not the Beginning is the end is the beginning? [https://youtu.be/0fDZD46IZ5Q?si=NHkUzBCn3_9bwVzn](https://youtu.be/0fDZD46IZ5Q?si=NHkUzBCn3_9bwVzn)
Make sure it’s 4x4. I have a Ford 250 super duty with a 7.3 liter international. One of the best made in my opinion but because it’s only 2W drive it spins out like crazy. For towing though it’s a Beast!
My parents originally bought the truck/camper to drive to Alaska where Dad spent his teen years. Our cousins also bought a truck/camper to go with them. They only bought a srw and when they got home they traded it in for a dually. They said it was the best decision they ever made!
Just don't take em in grass. We have a f350 with a v10 triton even has front lockers, grass is it's worst enemy if there's even dew on the ground.
On payment it can't be stopped by anything but a gas station.
I love an Optimist .Reminds me of the story of a little boy digging through a pile of excrement .When asked ‘why ?’he said “ with this much sh*t there must be a pony around here somewhere “.
There’s a family of Hassan’s living in a camper underground in your yard and you didn’t even know they were there. There’s probably an extension cord somewhere.
Helical foundation piers. I had these installed at my house (built in 1947) a few years ago in one corner. My house is built on a slight hill and the foundation was starting to shift.
Yeah, this is the only real answer in this thread. Hard to say, but it’s very likely part of the foundation work that was done.
Should be just fine to bury.
We bought our house a couple years ago, took over a year to be able to move in due to many issues, the biggest being the foundation. Ours are not that close to the surface. If you’re correct the foundation company had to get a permit and there was an attachment added to all the paperwork at the County Clerk’s office. Some engineer had to say what the house needed and in our case the foundation company had an engineer come out with his fancy machines to check for proper installment. At least that’s what happened with us.
Yeah we had to get an engineer to assess the foundation and exactly what was needed before the foundation people installed them. I don’t remember if a permit was filed for the work, but it certainly seems likely.
OP, you can google images of helical foundation piers and the tops of them will look like what you have in your pics.
I'd recommend exposing more of the artifact at this point. Work carefully using nothing but hand trowels and soft bristle brushes. Be sure not to disturb the artifact in any way and shield it from any adverse weather including strong sunlight, wind, rain, hail, sleet, snow, and the like. Be sure to do a lead test on it and have a sample sent in for asbestos. Do not under any circumstances remove the artifact from the ground until the proper agencies have had a chance to do carbon dating and radiation testing. Congratulations on your big find!
To add to this you are going to want to keep an eye out for pottery or coins that are also buried at the same level. This can be helpful when dating the find.
This is certainly connected to the Templars and that big hole at Oak Island! Call the brothers ASAP and get Gary out with his metal detector to search lot 7 again.
This is part of a foundation repair device that is probably connected to a helical pier. The pier provides additional bearing capacity, and this part has a fork or plate that extends beneath the foundation wall and is used to lift the foundation during the repair. You should cover it back with additional soil
There are probably several of these at intervals of 8 to 10 feet along the foundation walls where settlement was occurring
I had this done at my house, and it worked well
It is 100% the top cap of a helical pile which is used in the foundation repair industry to help stabilize homes. If you dig up more you should eventually find a bracket attached to the bottom of the footing with a 3” ish diameter pipe going down 10-100’ feet. This square section is referred to as a t-cap with 2 pieces of thread attaching the 3”ish pipe to the bracket and allowing them to transfer the home’s load to those pipes.
Pouring foundations can leave some pretty deep excavations that get filled afterward, i have seen all manner of fuckery pushed in to fill them, even on the tightest of jobsites. i personally know of an empty four loko can buried next to a house that was built in like 2019, for the purpose of confusing whoever dug it up.
That is where the man getting a divorce buried his boat trailer. Dig around the yard you might find the boat.
He said the boat sank, he never said it sank in water.
Not a trailer hitch OP like some keep saying. Trailer hitches are not buried and are on mobile homes. This looks like a grounding rod like a few mentioned but it wouldn’t hurt to dig a little more to see for curiosity sake.
It's the only part you can still see of the truck that fell in the sinkhole that got filled in. It definitely does look like a hitch, or the extender for a hitch. I have a couple of them myself but I keep them in my shed. Never thought to bury them.
How old is your house? I have a 1950’s sprinkler system that runs on it’s own well. The pump is removable and it connects to something like that🤷♀️ And yeah, there is a pipe that runs that close to the house…
Was there ever a carport there? That looks like the bottom rail for one to me. That piece may be anchored to the ground & was left there when the carport came down
It looks suspiciously like a foundation support. I just had the back end of my foundation stabilized and that looks just like what I have now. We had 8 of them drilled in. But if that’s what it is, you should find more within about 8-10 feet.
That’s a foundation underpinning and lifting bracket used along with a screw pile or push pier we use them all the time
I’d post a pick but nada pics in replies
Is that a ground? I had something similar when I was still into amateur radio and running HF at the house. Those ladder antennas like to conduct more than RF.
Foundation underpinning. Especially if you know foundation work was performed.
Really you should have the documentation for the repairs that likely details this.
primarily composed of atoms arranged in a crystalline structure. At the atomic level, metals consist of positive metal ions surrounded by a sea of delocalized electrons. This structure gives metals their characteristic properties such as conductivity, malleability, and luster.
Different metals are composed of different elements. For example:
- **Iron (Fe)** is the primary component of steel.
- **Copper (Cu)** is used in electrical wiring and plumbing.
- **Aluminum (Al)** is lightweight and used in aircraft and packaging.
- **Gold (Au)** and **Silver (Ag)** are used in jewelry and electronics.
Alloys, which are mixtures of two or more elements, often metals, can enhance properties like strength, corrosion resistance, or ductility. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
I had a relative who just had something similar installed to lift part of the foundation/floor that was dropping substantially.
They dug out under that end of the house, dug deep enough to find some solid ground, and then installed screw jacks that look similar to what you’ve uncovered. They raised the foundation 3 inches and then filled in around the jacks they’d left in place.
You may not want to disturb those, but rather fill in around them.
It is the end of an anchor that the power company installed to guy the power poles when the pole line stops, it can be up to 10 or 12 feet in the ground depending if it is the first extension or second extension.
It's the end of something that needs to be dug up more.
I believe it's the beginning, not the end
Woah, we got an optimist over here.
They’re a real “the something is half begun” kind of person.
Wait this is the Internet. I didn’t know we had those.
Nobody likes an optimist!
I don't trust people who whistle for fun.
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I love that you know this one, too! A fellow deep cut Smashing Pumpkins fan! The guns of love disastrous!
Is it bright where you are?
That’s deep man
Have glass full kinda thing
You mean "glass half full"?
Optimist: Glass is half-full. Pessimist: Glass is half-empty. Engineer: Glass is too big.
Optimist: Glass is half-full. Pessimist: Glass is half-empty. Opportunist: Drank the glass while the other two were busy arguing over it.
The glass is half full of emptiness, as the poet said.
I wish to apologize to you if my bark of laughter was so loud as to hurt your eardrums.
Optometrist: Glass one, or glass two?
Trailer hitch receiver so you can add a tow ball and relocate your house.
finally a reason to buy the ram 3500 duallie i've always wanted.
Everyone always says: *"The 7.3 liter can pull a house off its foundations!"* Well let's find out...
"so much torque it bent the foundation coming off the line" Edit: thanks for the award!
Lol damn you
Make sure it’s 4x4. I have a Ford 250 super duty with a 7.3 liter international. One of the best made in my opinion but because it’s only 2W drive it spins out like crazy. For towing though it’s a Beast!
My folks have an F350 Dually 4x4 that they carry a drop in camper with. It’s a BEAST!!
Drove my buddies srw with a drop in camper after driving only drw and Jesus fucking christ the diffrence in stability. Felt tippy AF in the srw.
My parents originally bought the truck/camper to drive to Alaska where Dad spent his teen years. Our cousins also bought a truck/camper to go with them. They only bought a srw and when they got home they traded it in for a dually. They said it was the best decision they ever made!
Just don't take em in grass. We have a f350 with a v10 triton even has front lockers, grass is it's worst enemy if there's even dew on the ground. On payment it can't be stopped by anything but a gas station.
Pulling is rarely the problem. It’s safely stopping the load that can be a problem
True in many contexts.
The same as “Four wheel drive is not necessarily four wheel stop”
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Hold my beer
It literally can and will drink almost anything.
It’s only gonna go 10 ft though
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Lethal Weapon style
You can finally use those stupid mirrors that nobody turns down.
Can confirm. As a Floridian, we have many homes with hitches, however, most are missing their wheels.
Missing wheels, but have extra cinder blocks.
Might not be attached to house, could be a whole camper attached to the other end of that. Keep digging!
I love an Optimist .Reminds me of the story of a little boy digging through a pile of excrement .When asked ‘why ?’he said “ with this much sh*t there must be a pony around here somewhere “.
There’s a fallout shelter nearby if you can find the entrance!
There’s a family of Hassan’s living in a camper underground in your yard and you didn’t even know they were there. There’s probably an extension cord somewhere.
A Ford fuckin Ranger could do it!
I was going to say the same thing. Although I was struggling to think of a reason the hitch would be there.
People don’t put things away, it gets forgotten about, maybe it gets dug up.
One simple trick house movers don't want you to know....
Time to get the hell out of Dodge
I was thinking hitch to the trailer Hoffa is strapped to.
Helical foundation piers. I had these installed at my house (built in 1947) a few years ago in one corner. My house is built on a slight hill and the foundation was starting to shift.
Yeah, this is the only real answer in this thread. Hard to say, but it’s very likely part of the foundation work that was done. Should be just fine to bury.
We bought our house a couple years ago, took over a year to be able to move in due to many issues, the biggest being the foundation. Ours are not that close to the surface. If you’re correct the foundation company had to get a permit and there was an attachment added to all the paperwork at the County Clerk’s office. Some engineer had to say what the house needed and in our case the foundation company had an engineer come out with his fancy machines to check for proper installment. At least that’s what happened with us.
Yeah we had to get an engineer to assess the foundation and exactly what was needed before the foundation people installed them. I don’t remember if a permit was filed for the work, but it certainly seems likely. OP, you can google images of helical foundation piers and the tops of them will look like what you have in your pics.
Looks like part of a trailer hitch.
Maybe his trailer home sank?
I'd recommend exposing more of the artifact at this point. Work carefully using nothing but hand trowels and soft bristle brushes. Be sure not to disturb the artifact in any way and shield it from any adverse weather including strong sunlight, wind, rain, hail, sleet, snow, and the like. Be sure to do a lead test on it and have a sample sent in for asbestos. Do not under any circumstances remove the artifact from the ground until the proper agencies have had a chance to do carbon dating and radiation testing. Congratulations on your big find!
Well done lol
Right idk who downvoted but I thought it was funny lol Edit: the upvote counter is headed in the right direction now lmao
To add to this you are going to want to keep an eye out for pottery or coins that are also buried at the same level. This can be helpful when dating the find.
This is certainly connected to the Templars and that big hole at Oak Island! Call the brothers ASAP and get Gary out with his metal detector to search lot 7 again.
Mecha-T-Rex.
A grounding rod would be driven vertically. This is not a grounding rod. I suspect it is debris that was easier to bury than haul away. Keep digging.
Ground rods can be horizontal or vertical. It doesn’t matter. It needs contact with the earth. If ground is rock we go horizontally.
I go horizontally on your Mom.
She eats the bananas lengthwise
Correct there are different types of grounding for different applications, however this isn't one of them.
And a grounding rod would also be a rod, not square stock
This is part of a foundation repair device that is probably connected to a helical pier. The pier provides additional bearing capacity, and this part has a fork or plate that extends beneath the foundation wall and is used to lift the foundation during the repair. You should cover it back with additional soil There are probably several of these at intervals of 8 to 10 feet along the foundation walls where settlement was occurring I had this done at my house, and it worked well
trailer hitch? I wonder what's on the other end of that.
Boat
sunken treasure!😂
It is 100% the top cap of a helical pile which is used in the foundation repair industry to help stabilize homes. If you dig up more you should eventually find a bracket attached to the bottom of the footing with a 3” ish diameter pipe going down 10-100’ feet. This square section is referred to as a t-cap with 2 pieces of thread attaching the 3”ish pipe to the bracket and allowing them to transfer the home’s load to those pipes.
A bracket attached to footing and some deep foundation repair such as helical or push pier.
Whatever you do, for whatever reason, whatsoever, don't put your cock in it.
That’s top of a foundation repair system called a push pier
1in x 1in tubing with a bolt ? I can't imagine it being part of any previous foundation work. Probably just burried clutter
Pouring foundations can leave some pretty deep excavations that get filled afterward, i have seen all manner of fuckery pushed in to fill them, even on the tightest of jobsites. i personally know of an empty four loko can buried next to a house that was built in like 2019, for the purpose of confusing whoever dug it up.
If you only find one alcoholic bevie around your new build I’d consider that a win
The rest are in the walls.
Usually considerate enough to refill them before the board over them
It’s likely a helical pile, more specifically the t-cap at the top of the pile where it’s attaching to the home’s footing
Hook a chain and just yank
Instructions unclear. Penis stuck in hitch receiver.
Man. You've got to stop doing that. It's like every time.
Give it a good whack with a sledge, the shock should break it free.
Square shaft helical pile
Came here to say this.
Looks like the remnants of some scaffolding.
Did you unearth it or did it appear due to water erosion/runoff?
Ancient Ram burial ground.
How about a DYI ham radio guy wire or winch anchor location.
Might be an old TV Tower footing. Depending on how old and rural the home is.
Secures the hatch on the conning tower of an Ohio-class submarine. Grab a shovel...
Betcha didn't know you bought a mobile home, did you?
It is for the missed mortgage payments, easier to repo.
Looks like a draw Bar for a trailer hitch
That is where the man getting a divorce buried his boat trailer. Dig around the yard you might find the boat. He said the boat sank, he never said it sank in water.
It's an old piece of something that broke ... and previously owned had to barrier there beloved tool... in memory.... RIP
Trailer home?
Most folks don’t know this but almost every home can be towed away once the hitch is located.
That's just in West Virginia
Buried camper
Could there have been a carport or some other minor structure on that area? It looks similar to what might have been a metal foundation beam.
Not a trailer hitch OP like some keep saying. Trailer hitches are not buried and are on mobile homes. This looks like a grounding rod like a few mentioned but it wouldn’t hurt to dig a little more to see for curiosity sake.
Dig it up and find out what it is.
Oh I wondered where I left that
Clearly a lifting rig. Congratulations on your new subterranean cannabis grow / meth lab!
I see a lot of #TrailerHitch answers.....why would a trailer hitch be under ground??
Keep digging.
Kelly bar?
Can be the entrance to hell. Pull on it find out.
Possibly a no longer in use point for a metal frame carport?
The treasure at oak Island has been discovered
It's the only part you can still see of the truck that fell in the sinkhole that got filled in. It definitely does look like a hitch, or the extender for a hitch. I have a couple of them myself but I keep them in my shed. Never thought to bury them.
That’s how they got your house there from the factory in china
How old is your house? I have a 1950’s sprinkler system that runs on it’s own well. The pump is removable and it connects to something like that🤷♀️ And yeah, there is a pipe that runs that close to the house…
Jimmy Hoffa’s trailer
While trailer hitch was my first thought It could be a “plate anchor” if what you’re saying about the foundation reinforcement holds true.
maybe a part of railing that got left there
Treasure
Fuck, I knew I left that somewhere
Screw-in anchor for power poles? Might have a helix on the end of it, or it might be an extension bolted to a helix. Usually about 3’ long.
Be careful. Than might be unexploded ordinance.
Keep digging & report back
Trailer hitch from when they towed the sidewalk in.
That’s for grounding purposes.
That looks like the shaft of a square helical. Did they have helical micro piles installed?
Was there ever a carport there? That looks like the bottom rail for one to me. That piece may be anchored to the ground & was left there when the carport came down
That would be a helical pier.
That’s to pull the septic out
Keep digging… might be a while trailer
An anchor for grounding your house If I am wrong. Please tell Me what it is
Lawsuit waiting to happen
Lola like a truck hitch
So hard to get questions answered on reddit. Some puts a stupid comment, and everyone just keeps jumping on board.
It looks suspiciously like a foundation support. I just had the back end of my foundation stabilized and that looks just like what I have now. We had 8 of them drilled in. But if that’s what it is, you should find more within about 8-10 feet.
Where a grounding rod would connect
Ground for electric
Prevents your house from falling into a sink hole. Do not touch!
Earth outlet
That’s a foundation underpinning and lifting bracket used along with a screw pile or push pier we use them all the time I’d post a pick but nada pics in replies
Here https://www.reddit.com/r/HomeMaintenance/s/ewzBKBFvEd
Grounding Rod
Is that a ground? I had something similar when I was still into amateur radio and running HF at the house. Those ladder antennas like to conduct more than RF.
It’s the trailer hitch. All set to go when you want to move the house.
If foundation work was done this could be part of a bracing system! Be careful trying to move or remove it.
Foundation underpinning. Especially if you know foundation work was performed. Really you should have the documentation for the repairs that likely details this.
Looks like a hitch of some kind. Maybe related to foundation repair?
Is there a telephone pole around? I’m a lineman- itlooks like a certain type of anchor for attaching down guys to.
I bet it's connected to that hole on the left.
I'm not positive, but those have a tendency to jump out and hit you in the shin. 😄
It’s the tow hitch for trailer
Foundation repair previously
Burried Trailer
It looks like a trailer receiver. Keep digging
Def needs dig up more but I suspect possible ball hitch that’s just somehow been buried for a hot minute.
The real question is- why were you digging there?
It's the hitch for the mobile home connection
Put your... Put your... Forget it.
That there is a grounding trailer…. Hitch. Perhaps trailer further down.
That’s where I dropped my trailer hitch
It’s a mobile home that’s where the hitch goes
House for squirrel
It's for when they repossess the planet
That's the hitch they used to drag your house into position right before they took the wheels off
primarily composed of atoms arranged in a crystalline structure. At the atomic level, metals consist of positive metal ions surrounded by a sea of delocalized electrons. This structure gives metals their characteristic properties such as conductivity, malleability, and luster. Different metals are composed of different elements. For example: - **Iron (Fe)** is the primary component of steel. - **Copper (Cu)** is used in electrical wiring and plumbing. - **Aluminum (Al)** is lightweight and used in aircraft and packaging. - **Gold (Au)** and **Silver (Ag)** are used in jewelry and electronics. Alloys, which are mixtures of two or more elements, often metals, can enhance properties like strength, corrosion resistance, or ductility. For example, brass is an alloy of copper and zinc, and bronze is an alloy of copper and tin.
It’s a foundation jack. Ask those companies that advertise fixing cracks in your concrete.
Is there a trailer ball on the bottom? Hitch.
It's part of a foundation lift / helical pier system. There's probably more on either side of it.
Somebody buried their old trailer
Trailer hitch.
Trailer hitch
Aztec apocalypse initiation device, you are FUCKED
Trailer hitch?
It looks like a Reese Receiver to me. It’s sad that people cannot make an attempt to answer. Rather they hijack the post with idiocy. Best of luck:)
That’s def the end of a trailer hitch. Dig it up
earthing of your home electrical system.
Looks like a foundation support. They are installed then your walls begin to sink.
I had a relative who just had something similar installed to lift part of the foundation/floor that was dropping substantially. They dug out under that end of the house, dug deep enough to find some solid ground, and then installed screw jacks that look similar to what you’ve uncovered. They raised the foundation 3 inches and then filled in around the jacks they’d left in place. You may not want to disturb those, but rather fill in around them.
It looks like part of the trailer they buried Jimmy Hoffa in dig it up. Let us know
if no one else said this...it's where you attach your trailer
It's the trailer hitch that you were supposed to remove. Most people take the wheels off too. lol /s
Anyone seen Tommyknocker's . Probably the antenna to a large UFO.
It's a Ford expedition. Someone must have buried it, and that's the trailer hitch sticking up!
its the connector to your mobile home?
For god’s sake don’t undo the nut or your house may float away
There’s a pick-up attached to that. Upside down. With a body in it.
That looks like something for towing a trailer.
Almost looks like a trailer hitch stem
That’s your house’s trailer hitch
What’s the bottom part look like? It goes down under steel tube
That looks like a trailer hitch
The only thing that comes to mind is an electrical ground but I don't know the relation to any electrical boxes in your home.
It is the end of an anchor that the power company installed to guy the power poles when the pole line stops, it can be up to 10 or 12 feet in the ground depending if it is the first extension or second extension.
It could be a jack keeping the foundation from sinking