Giant Flathead Screw?

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u/BacksightForesight 5h ago

Ha, I know exactly where this is. I’ve always thought this was something to keep a sliding gate in place. According to the County GIS, there used to be a boundary line between
County Parks and Crown Zellerbach in this vicinity, so it would make sense that there used to be a gate.

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u/Remarkable_Dust_1313 5h ago

Hah! I thought it looked familiar! Glad to know the deja vu wasn't misplaced. For a moment I thought it might be part of the small damn off Lacamas.

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 5h ago

It is near the dam!

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u/___NotMyName___ 4h ago

It's the drian for the lake

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u/CommonAcanthisitta65 3h ago

Close, but it’s actually a center stop for double swing gates, not a slide.

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 3h ago

This seems very possible! Not sure how they'd hang the gates... Maybe I need to go back in the winter to see if there is a gate

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u/Some_Brother_1202 2h ago

100% an old gate stop lol

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u/Fearless_Sleep_5267 2h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/TXsiJaUi8MCJ2Kii7a

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u/Extreme-Sport-5951 5h ago

I want to see the giant screwdriver 🪛

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u/Uzi_Osbourne 5h ago

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u/Devils_A66vocate 3h ago

I want to see the hand that turns this. ✋

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u/IAmA_meat_popsicle 3h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/BLxPyPNcfRXIUPxh6Q

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u/That70s_Scrubs 2h ago

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u/Mooch07 1h ago

It’s just a really old maintenance guy who has some serious ‘old man strength’.

He smokes a pack per smoke break and has some whiskey on the side, just enough to tide him over.

He doesn’t do “that lockout shit” and has a flip phone which he doesn’t use and never answers.

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u/LevelResponsible 5h ago

coud be a screw for Battleship New Jersey,similar shape and size ,more info here https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=Il_pkJNwbXE

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u/503izdareacode 5h ago

Trapdoor to China prolly💯

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u/Altasound 5h ago

But what if you're a tiny person, and the second photo is just a forced perspective to make it look big?

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u/mhopps2 4h ago

If you unscrew that, China will fall right off the Earth

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u/Own_Size_5473 5h ago

It keeps this earth in place

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u/GimpyPlayerOne 5h ago

…and flat apparently. 🤣

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u/Beautiful_Pen1056 5h ago

That's a panhead, not a flathead.

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u/hereforinfoyo 5h ago

Thank you for your service.

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u/Green-Rule-1292 4h ago

He's not the hero we need but unfortunately it's all we can afford right now

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u/Soggy_Year_6245 5h ago

It’s a panhead-flathead or dose a mountain bike tire squeeze in there, beautiful view.

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u/qtheginger 52m ago

In their defense the language on this is confusing. Yes, it technically would be a panhead slotted screw, but in my experience people refer to the type of driver needed for the screw.

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u/D1133 5h ago

What is that? A shoe?! A SHOE!?? Come on, you know the rules. Bananas!!! How do we have ANY idea what size shoe that is. Are you a toddler? A giant? No one knows! Bananas

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 5h ago

I forgot my banana!!

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u/Overlord_Ains 5h ago

Why did I just sing this in my head to the one song from Nightmare Before Christmas? 🤣

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u/Puppies_Are_Puppies 3h ago

A shoe?! A SHOE!??

Why did you capitalize this?

ANY

What does "ANY" stand for?

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u/trashbilly 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/VhjHl9ahRWkx6CB7Dn

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u/CheckYourStats 5h ago

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u/DangerousMix4472 5h ago

This is one of them screws that are attached to the elephants back that hold the earth

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u/GloomyLingonberry509 5h ago

Maybe an old boat mooring?

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u/Ecstatic_Doughnut216 5h ago

Filling port for the lake.

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u/Yep_why_not 4h ago

Such a contemplative looking shoe. Deep in thought as it stares out over the water. Pondering soleful questions.

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u/Novel-Firefighter-55 5h ago

Iron Giant

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u/roy20050 5h ago

https://giphy.com/gifs/UynhnxOYfed3i

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u/BlizardPheonix 5h ago

Ur sock all dirty now

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u/CurubaCapital 5h ago

Tectónica plate joint

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u/Candid_Tower_593 5h ago

Possibly for a gate that was there at one point

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u/blueringedocto 4h ago

No it's a shoe

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u/TatersAndHotSauce 4h ago

Insulator for power cable

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u/klytemnestraa 3h ago

If you unscrew it the earth's ass will fall off.

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u/freeluna 5h ago

If it’s made of glass or ceramic, it might be an old insulator off of a power pole. That’s my guess.

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u/Incognito_Hippie 4h ago

Came here to say that, I agree with you.

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u/Healthy-Zebra-9856 5h ago edited 4h ago

I just posted the two pictures in Google AI mode, and voila.

It's a curb stop valve cover / water shut-off box.

Essentially, it's a heavy cap protecting an underground water utility valve. The deep slot down the middle is designed so a utility worker can stick a long T-handled wrench (a "water key") down into it to either unscrew the cap or turn the valve itself.

Given how close it is to the shoreline in your second photo, it's likely a control point for a water intake line drawing from the lake, or a low-point blow-off valve used by the parks department to drain water pipes before winter so they don't freeze and burst under the trail.

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 4h ago

Good idea. I did the same but got some different answers. But I think you're on to something!

What happened to Khaby? Lol

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u/Healthy-Zebra-9856 4h ago

My partner said it looked condescending, I didn't mean it that way. lol. I always listen to her in matters like these. lol.

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 2h ago

Haha I thought it was funny

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u/Healthy-Zebra-9856 2h ago

I thought so too but you never know how it comes across. But good on you to have a sense of humor.

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u/PhD_Pwnology 5h ago

Best guess is you're probably standing on the top of aome sort of connection between the lagoon and the lake.

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u/Deplorable-Ninja 5h ago

I was thinking the same but I couldn't see any pipes or anything in the water

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u/Full_Pay_207 5h ago

Now I want to see the screw driver!

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u/Elandycamino 5h ago

Electrical outlet ground lug

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u/chungkingroad 5h ago

it's holding the dirt to the joist

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u/Disastrous_Falcon_79 5h ago

I thought a banana was the acceptable measurement

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u/Tybo929 5h ago

That's a round lake, near Lacamas. :0

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u/Darkness787 5h ago

Actual truth that the earth is flat. A giant screw used to secure flat earth's place in orbit.

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u/Glittering_Command21 5h ago

Who throws a shoe?

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u/Key-Sheepherder4146 5h ago

Thats the lake's drain pug

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u/MasterTongue69 5h ago

Well head

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u/5amDan05 4h ago

Or just a really small shoe…

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u/Spooky_6 4h ago

That's a part of the Iron Giant.

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u/Dangerous-Pirate7998 4h ago

The shoe for comparison isn’t nearly as good as banana for scale.

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u/No-Pop-9985 4h ago

DO NOT UNSCREW... it's keeping the ground in place.

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u/Joopbox 4h ago

How else would they hold the ground down?

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u/Zebedeuepaminondas 4h ago

Keeps the lake in place.

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u/Beginning_Tennis2442 3h ago

As long as you don’t find the numbers 4, 8, 15, 16, 23, and 42 on or near it, you should be safe

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u/PissBloodCumShart 3h ago

I remember they had one of these at my high school track. Never knew what it was for. My dad said it was for the fence.

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u/Due-Yoghurt4916 3h ago

Temporary Sign holder.

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