Behind my house, maybe 4 inches or not even under the ground, was clearing some weeds and shrubs with a shovel as it was overgrown against the house and saw this?
Edit: not being sarcastic that the ground is electric. It is the ground wire for your breaker box or another electrical system.
Improvisation
Earth
evil_burrito
That’s an electric service ground rod.
Leave it there. Your house electric service is grounded with this. Without it, things are not safe.
Jealous_Wear8218
It is a grounding rod for something.
BEEEEEZ101
Ground rod. Probably for the houses electric but could be any of the other utilities. Communication puts these in when the house ground isn’t good enough. Leave it. It’s meant to divert outside power to ground.
Packing_Wood
Ground rod
Unlucky_Exchange_350
If you decide to move this for any reason, dig a two foot trench as long as it is, throw it in there, bury it and tamp it.
notananthem
Ground rod. Buried 5/8″ conductive rod about 6′-8′ deep.
Own-Art184
Electrical Ground
Brazz59
Earthing rod
jtsCG
Land mine
FlipperChaz
Ground wire attached to long copper grounding rod. DO NOT Remove.
wildtech
I just put one of these in to ground an amateur radio antenna. That rod is probably 9 feet long.
No-Management8190
It’s an electrical grounding rod do not remove
THEHUNGARIANBOAR
Ground wire for your house (in best case). Don’t remove.
Soapyfreshfingers
Yikes! I wonder if you should put a piece of 6” PVC pipe around it, so as not to be dangerous to a mower or person?
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Electrical ground if i am not mistaken.
Edit: not being sarcastic that the ground is electric. It is the ground wire for your breaker box or another electrical system.
Earth
That’s an electric service ground rod.
Leave it there. Your house electric service is grounded with this. Without it, things are not safe.
It is a grounding rod for something.
Ground rod. Probably for the houses electric but could be any of the other utilities. Communication puts these in when the house ground isn’t good enough. Leave it. It’s meant to divert outside power to ground.
Ground rod
If you decide to move this for any reason, dig a two foot trench as long as it is, throw it in there, bury it and tamp it.
Ground rod. Buried 5/8″ conductive rod about 6′-8′ deep.
Electrical Ground
Earthing rod
Land mine
Ground wire attached to long copper grounding rod. DO NOT Remove.
I just put one of these in to ground an amateur radio antenna. That rod is probably 9 feet long.
It’s an electrical grounding rod do not remove
Ground wire for your house (in best case). Don’t remove.
Yikes!
I wonder if you should put a piece of 6” PVC pipe around it, so as not to be dangerous to a mower or person?