Recently, I replaced our battered mailbox. Began scraping around the old post… and struck something.
A chain. Rusted. It’s buried at about eight inches below the surface.
First thought? Buried treasure. Second thought? What the hell is this thing attached to? It was an old post that anchored a rural mailbox.
It’s a chain clipped to a metal anchor, coated in cement below ground, and connected to the bottom of the mailbox post.