This thing has been in my garden since I moved here and it's always just been pushed up against the side of the fence. I want rid of it now but I haven't got a clue what I'm removing. Its about 1 metre away from a telegraph pole. Nothing on the other side of the fence.
When the rod at the top reaches the fence it just goes straight down into the ground. I can rotate it around that point but no matter how much I pull/rotate it, it wont come out.
Another image after rotating it here:
https://i.ibb.co/4pfwV10/Screenshot-20230701-064813-Gallery.jpg
Edit: Solved. It's a turnbuckle previously used to hold up the telegraph pole.
1m from the pole seems a bit close. Now, I'm not a lineman so I cannot tell you much but my guess from looking at loads of telegraph poles throughout my existence is that it may be from an older pole that was placed a bit further away from it.
I assume it's one of those things they've forgotten about when they changed poles because it was buried in your garden.
The pole might have been on the neighbours property before (a couple more metres to the right) and was moved due their apple tree being right up against it
Will need to ask the neighbours.