Found at a couple of corners.
Two different diameters. I'm thinking it might be some kind of a tool in a previous life.
Maybe an axel shaft?
Are there splines on the stub?
I did not feel any splines.
I've seen a tool similar to that used to wind garage door springs that mount above the door opening.?ÿ
Torsion Spring Winding Bar
looks like an axel
Drill bit?
T. Nelson - SAM
Found 3/4" Steel Shaft, unknown origin.
edit to suit
It looks like a machine shaft or axle of some sort to me, maybe with the nut broken off.
Axle, no doubt about it. Steve
Looks like a Land Lot Corner to me. (grin)
Andy
This thing is only about 58" diameter so what kind of a machine runs with such a small diameter axle?
When I first saw it I thought it might be something for a jack hammer.
The tooled pointed tapered end is unique.
It resembles the axle on my dolly that has a drive on friction cap to hold the wheels on.
When I find something in that category that can not be definately described, I call it a "3/4 inch iron bar with a tapered end"
It's interesting how many surveyors refer to steel as iron. The company I'm working at now has a long tradition of labeling SSM on plans - Steel Survey Marker, usually indicating a concrete reinforcing rod. Still call out pipes as IP (unless found to be other than steel).
When it rusts, I call it iron
No rust, I call it stainless steel
No magnetic signal, it is non magnetic material
I am a surveyor, not a Metallurgy expert.
Looks like an axle shaft from a lawn mower. Specifically the roller on a reel type mower. I would call it a vertically placed steel bar.?ÿ
That was a good idea putting a white background behind it to make it show up better.
I would not be the least bit uncomfortable calling that an axle.
Get descriptive.
Don't fret, if you cannot identify the make, model, and year of the farm implement it came off of.
Fd steel shaft, xx dia. Protruding xx above ground, with tapered end, and remains of fine threads on top. Xx north to fnc.
And so forth.....
N
On the same piece of property.
Somebody many years ago went to a lot of trouble to build this. It is a long way from anything....present day.
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It is a good spot to take a break.
I worked for an old surveyor in the 80's that would call it a buggy axle. Absolutely anything with cylindrical ends made of steel or iron that could not be otherwise identified was automatically a buggy axle.
James