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Thank you all for your input.
I can say with certainly that its not an air duct. The air ducts are on the other side, and these are like ~3 inches in width every 24 inch span.
The only thing that perplexes me is this: how can a piece of 24 gauge metal that is flimsy enough to puncture with a regular old drill bit be strong enough to hold up the drywall?
There's a company that sells mounts, along with an adapted plate to do all that shear-force physics stuff to it, along with the toggles needed. The company is called peerless, and I linked to them a few posts up.
Anyhow, I plan to call them in the morning tomorrow to confirm the correct items and to order it up.
The whole point of all of this is to get my tv up and away from any area where the forthcoming dog could attempt to chase squirrels through it. I am going to put it up and have a shelf of sorts in front of the wall as a buffer.
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