left over nails from Roofing job

[Jay Henley]

Had a new roof put on recently, so rented a magnet sweeper and this was what I found in backyard yesterday. I saw the roofers doing a magnet sweep but they were using a hand held sweeper and staying close to the house. I found 95% of this ten to thirty feet from the house. Some of the srews are from the removed gutters.

[Hanky]

LOL, my new house had dead spot in the back yard.
When I dug it up I found old shoes and assorted construction junk.

[Jay Henley]

That is funny...... the problem I have here is rock. I had to rent jack hammer and use rock bar to plant some lugustrium along the fence.

[Hanky]

Originally Posted by Jay Henley

That is funny...... the problem I have here is rock. I had to rent jack hammer and use rock bar to plant some lugustrium along the fence.

I hope it aint the white stuff.

[Abel]

didnt know there was such a tool!

[ShutteredEye]

Originally Posted by Abel

didnt know there was such a tool!

Going to have to remember that. Probably a lot easier (and safer) than finding them with the lawnmower.

[Jay Henley]

Ha Ha.... yep.......or having the pets or kids step on one .... Ouch!......... the magnet in that sweeper is pretty strong. kinda fun to listen to the metal jump up and hit the bottom of it.

Originally Posted by ShutteredEye

Going to have to remember that. Probably a lot easier (and safer) than finding them with the lawnmower.

[Jay Henley]

your kidding right ??...... just messing with you ..... they have been around for a long time.......very handy tool.

Originally Posted by Abel

didnt know there was such a tool!

[zepp]

Kewl! Looks like it snagged a truck in the second picture. I'm gonna have to go rent one of those tools and see what kind of car might be buried in my back yard.

[Killeenguy]

Originally Posted by Hanky

I hope it aint the white stuff.

hum white stuff you say? I assume that's lime stone your talking about? and if so I'm sure that's bad right?

[toverman]

Your famiy's bare feet will thank you.

Our house was built in 1964. I found a dog tag in the yard from 1968 ... still looking new and shiny.

[picman]

Originally Posted by toverman

Your famiy's bare feet will thank you.

Our house was built in 1964. I found a dog tag in the yard from 1968 ... still looking new and shiny.

I just this last week read an article about returning dog tags to their owners.
Check-out www.founddogtags.com. There might be other places on the net.

[LoungeLizard]

We kept finding nails for over a year. They were in the gutters and eventually worked their way down.

[shawn patrick]

I think most of the nails find their way into the street. My tires have been cleaning them up.

[SaSha]

Good call on the sweeper.

Even though our roofers used the nails with the day glow orange collars on them we were still finding them all over the yard, grass was thick then.
I did step on one and it almost went through my shoes.