lightning rod

[scaupus]

Pulled up this 8' copper lightning rod today. It was buried vertically in the roadside. Maybe it protected a house that predated the current development.

This is the medal you get when you join the Sacred Heart Auto League founded in 1955. It's a group whose members pledge to drive safely and pray for safe driving. The medal is intended to be mounted inside the auto. Found near the rod.

This is the website: http://www.shsm.org/site/PageServer...homebutton&s_subsrc=AutoLeague_SHL_homebutton

 

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[jewelerguy]

8 feet of copper should be worth something. cool badge too

 

[Curious The George]

It is a grounding rod that a house electrical system is attached to with a bare copper wire. Next time your are in Home Depot or Lowes look in the electrical department and you'll see new ones.

 

[scaupus]

It is a grounding rod that a house electrical system is attached to with a bare copper wire. Next time your are in Home Depot or Lowes look in the electrical department and you'll see new ones.

I should have said grounding rod. the rod on the roof - if there is one - is called the lightning rod. Odd how it was in the roadside. Must of been a house there before the present road grid was laid out.