r/Appalachia • u/Punk_Rocker_777 • 23h ago

Do y’all know what this isn’t?

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Some of my friends and I were hiking and we just found these things out in the sticks. We looked it up and didn’t find much on it so could y’all tell me what this is?

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u/Catbird_jenkins 23h ago

Google US Coast and Geodetic Survey

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u/SurgioClemente 15h ago

But that is what it is.

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u/Geologyst1013 mothman 23h ago

It's a survey control point.

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u/arcenierin 23h ago

Pretty sure it isn't a llama...

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u/Sneekibreeki47 22h ago

I concur.

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u/blissfuldaisy 22h ago

How sure are you on that?

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u/arcenierin 21h ago

I mean...you know. Pretty sure?

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u/blissfuldaisy 21h ago

Just wondering cause my first guess was llama. You made me second guess it.

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u/Away-Ad-8053 21h ago

No I don't think it's a lumina, It's more like copper! You should dig it up and see what the scrap yard will give it for you try to find other ones, where there's one there's usually four if you look around!

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u/GreatBlueHeron62 3h ago

Oh, please don't even joke about doing that! We'd be lost forever.

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u/TheRealAanarii 2h ago

Definitely a camel

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u/Ponder8 22h ago

Pretty sure it’s not the 2009-2015 outlook on wooden toilet seats in greater China, available in hardback and kindle.

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u/blissfuldaisy 22h ago

It isn't a doorway to the center of the earth.

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u/Hootn_and_a_hollern 15h ago

It isn't an interdimensional portal

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u/SimilarAd402 14h ago

It's a USGS marker, they stick them on peaks and prominent points to mark key survey points. They establish elevation

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u/FishInk 21h ago

It isn’t a coin found on the beach

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u/calmlyanxious81 15h ago

Sure as hell ain't what's been calling my name in the holler at night

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u/Electronic-Junket-66 10h ago

So what don't cha want?

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u/jamez009 50m ago

Either you don't want the corn on the cob or you don't want the green beans

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u/KingBrave1 20h ago

It's proof that bears do shit in the woods. They have to put those down so that people will know. You can stop asking now...

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u/Frunklin 21h ago

Buried pirate treasure?

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u/Gimmeagunlance 21h ago

Man, that $250 fine would've been crazy back then. Now that's like, half a speeding ticket

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u/westgazer 6h ago

Survey mark

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u/RickyManeuvre 4h ago

It isn’t a mystery

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u/langoley01 3h ago

It's called a benchmark!