This caused a major cussing episode. The mower blade actually hit the top of it, sucked it right back out of the ground from the fix done yesterday, and then whacked it a second time to make all the parts fly out.
The home owner guy was really upset at the mowing guy and mowing guy was blaming the sprinkler repair guy. In 22 years of mowing that yard, this is the first sprinkler head destroyed. The sprinkler guy just left it a little too high and not below the turf level. The mower guy should have stopped and just stepped down a little on the head to make sure it was below the mower blade.
As one of my friends has often reminding me, there is no f***ing like a self f***ing. I refused to pay the sprinkler guy or the mower guy, and I just drank the home owners beer, and fixed it myself and quit changing hats from sprinkler guy to mower guy and homeowner guy.
The good news was the hole was dug just yesterday, so it was easy to pull the plug of grass back out, swap in a new head and new spray nozzle. A 5 minute fix. All the parts were on hand. It is for sure low enough now!