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rbgarr
04-14-2010, 04:02 PM
We have no idea how it got there. Perhaps a rudder went into someone's compost pile years ago?? :D

http://i44.tinypic.com/oqvc7t.jpg
jonboy
04-14-2010, 04:15 PM
Bonfire
John Meachen
04-14-2010, 04:25 PM
I have seen very similar hardware on old gates and in that application it is also described as a pintle.Would that be a plausible reason for its presence?
rbgarr
04-14-2010, 04:32 PM
I'm just pleased she knew enough about boats to show it to me.
John B
04-14-2010, 04:59 PM
arrrrr, nothing like a good arti fact.
johngsandusky
04-15-2010, 08:22 AM
Clearly, your garden used to be underwater. Climate change.
ILikeRust
04-15-2010, 10:16 AM
Could quite well have come from an old gate. Looks like gate hardware I've seen.
The Bigfella
04-15-2010, 07:45 PM
Its obvious that you live in an area populated by Iron Age Man. Look forward to a land rights claim on your property.
skuthorp
04-15-2010, 09:08 PM
Its obvious that you live in an area populated by Iron Age Man. Look forward to a land rights claim on your property.

Or a 'Heritage Overlay" that says you can't dig your veggie patch without an archaeologist present.
bljones
04-15-2010, 10:47 PM
Its obvious that you live in an area populated by Iron Age Man. Look forward to a land rights claim on your property.

I dunno. I don't see a pintle anywhere on the suit.

http://aboutheroes.com/meta/images/ironman_l-thumb.jpg