Unearthed large metal cable -lead perhaps?

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I know someone who drove a road pin into a surface, only to miss the live conductor of a large power cable by less than 1/2"
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Post: # 61972Post haggistini

ill get a pic of the road pin which flew up 40ft when a mate put it through a 11kv he's still here and carries it in his van today he heard a buzz and let go not a milli second to soon i dont wanna burn to death so i cat every pin i drive in, i wanna go out in style not well done!
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anyone noticed your cat goes mad if you go near your steel toe caps hehe, we were geting lots of false reading on highest sensitivity till we figured it out
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Post: # 61986Post haggistini

It's basically a metal detector on radio setting... Mine needs calibration now!
And it's sea fishing I do lead the only option and you can eat all you catch!
Don't fancy carp and chips.... Mind you if I was peckish I could be persuaded ...just!
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Prefer trout and salmon on the fly myself.
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I don't mind a bit or fly fishing but I prefer getting down the coast sea air and all that. I live next to the river Taff so I should start fishing it they have recently built a fish ladder to get the salmon back up a wier good trout everywhere down this way Pablo
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Carper through and through me!
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Post: # 65280Post M@tt

i should probably say it was indeed an old lead water main :D

I dug it out and weighed it in and got £40 for it!! result!
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Happy days! :)
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