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I was out in the yard the other day after a heavy rain and at the edge of the woods I saw what I thought was a root, but when I looked closer, I found the object to be a lug wrench. I pulled the thing out of the ground, but it had some TV cable and electrical cords around it that kept me from pulling the thing completely out of the ground. Today, I had some time and cut the cables and excavated it from the earth. I also pulled all the cables and wires out of the ground and properly discarded them in the trash. A previous owner of the property obviously used the edge of the woods as a dumping ground. Anyway, yeah, I found a lug wrench. Why would anyone just bury a lug wrench?
But wait, there's more.
When I was patting the dirt back down, I saw some little wheels sticking out of the ground, so I dug around with a small shovel and found a Tootsietoy Armored Car, and it was intact. I cleaned it up a little, and I plan on restoring it. I wonder how long it has been buried also? I was amazed that the plastic chassis had not deteriorated. So today's piddling in the yard became somewhat of a treasure hunt.

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