New caps

> Looking at them it appears someone really worked at removing these caps. The pipes are still in pretty good condition. Maybe they were just run into, but I think they were pried off somehow.

I'm not entirely sure how the caps were attached to the pipe, but if with a soft iron rivet, wouldn't you expect that to fail before the cap?

Kent

Kent, I could only come up with guesses on what caused that catastrophic failure. My best guess would be some kind of equipment used by an energy company, although there isn’t any pipeline or pit near the cap.

The pipe it was on is in good condition with a dent on one side but still plumb. I’ll fill it up with material and drive a rod with a cap through it. It should make a nice monument. The one that is in good condition came off a pipe that is really messed up and needs to be replaced entirely.

Kent

The damaged cap looks very much like what my lawn mower did to an iron pipe in my yard.
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Kent

My first thought was a plow. But it's about 20-30 feet higher in elevation and maybe 300 feet north of an irrigation ditch that waters a hay field south of the ditch.

Who knows, they may have been turning some farm equipment around above the ditch and banged into it.

Kent

a 6 year old with a screwdriver and nobody watching. :-$

Kent

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It's hard brass. Even trying to bend it back together takes some effort.

my guess..

disc

or a spring-tooth harrow

my guess..

Bushhog??

my guess..

Bigfoot needed to add some minerals to his diet.

my guess..

A knucklehead from an island in the pacific trying to adjust it to within 5 cm of record????

my guess..

You can't use the "evidences," you know.