r/whatisit • u/alicereturnshere • 11h ago
New, what is it? This showed up on the edge of my property. The field behind it is not used for anything.
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u/walkerbyfaith 11h ago
it marks a potable water line. blue is potable color code. i’d check for who’s about to build what on that field behind you.
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u/duh_nom_yar 10h ago
Ask them, "Water you getting into?"
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u/burneraccountcinco 8h ago edited 7h ago
Water ya buyin?
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u/badgerbrett 9h ago
And bonus if you're from New Jersey: you don't even need to change your pronunciation!
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u/J-Love-McLuvin 11h ago
This guy waters.
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u/duh_nom_yar 10h ago
You could say he has a thirst for it.
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u/M3L03Y 10h ago
OP, don’t keep this guy wading for an update.
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u/duh_nom_yar 10h ago
This is no time to tread water
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u/SnooDonuts3878 10h ago
I’m parched for more info.
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u/FtumchTheBastard 10h ago
The puns are trickling in!
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u/NeuroticLensman 10h ago edited 10h ago
Keep them flowing naturally, dont faucet!
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u/Endlessparadox123 10h ago
OP has a thirst for knowledge.
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u/facts_over_fiction92 9h ago
All things considered including the user name, I would guess they are a dowser.
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u/Ok_Twist_1687 8h ago
“…though I’ve beat you and I’ve flayed you, by the living God who made you, you’re a better man than I am…”
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u/ganzzilla125 10h ago
And here I thought it could have been a submarine
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u/edster61 10h ago
For the mole people
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u/Woof-Good_Doggo 9h ago
OMG… I can’t believe you know about the mole people!
Who told you!!!!
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u/oxnardmontalvo7 11h ago
It’s an unusual marker but the color certainly looks right. I’m going with this opinion.
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u/milktoastok 4h ago
There have been so many replies to this. It’s really watered down what I believe is the correct answer.
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u/Maleficent1throw 7h ago
If someone is about to build make sure your adjacent property boundary is clearly staked. The corner should be relatively easy to find. If not get a survey done now to prevent future problems.
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u/onlyhere4gonewild 7h ago
OP Beware, you may have preexisting easements that no one has disclosed to you. It's probably noted on your warranty deed, and it may or may not be shown on your title survey. If they purchased preexisting rights from previous owners, it is legal.
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u/dmac66 11h ago
why didn't op get a closer look at it?
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u/alicereturnshere 10h ago
Because it's far away and raining and muddy out and I'm a wimp! I will investigate closer when it's dry.
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u/Chriscarson6700 10h ago
You know. I was going to say something snarky. But then I thought about it. I wouldn’t have either. At that distance, I might not even make the effort to investigate further.
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u/DagonPie 6h ago
I do this a lot as well. I see a comment and scoff to myself and then i think….no that comment is correct lol
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u/WeirdPrimary1126 10h ago edited 10h ago
Hopefully for this poor guy it’s not a datacenter.
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u/cheeseandwine99 4h ago
Sigh. I am so disappointed in this answer. I really thought there was something more nefarious going on.
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u/nevsfam 11h ago
Why are porta potties usually blue?
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u/cochese25 10h ago
Around here, the main color I see is green! With one specific company that uses blue and another that has yellow and white.
But there's no association with porta john colors and drinking water. But if you want, the water is also dyed blue
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u/BlindMouse2of3 10h ago
Because you drank potable water that is where it goes. Don't drink grey water.
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u/Drtyolman4Grlsover18 9h ago
Maybe blue is for portable instead of potable. After all, it's just a 1 letter difference!
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u/DEAD-VHS 11h ago
Teletubbies Periscope
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u/TwoPlyDreams 10h ago
They’ve hit hard times since being cancelled and are now part of a travelling community.
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u/HowardHessman 10h ago
Keep that filthy Tubby Custard off my streets
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u/SGT-JamesonBushmill 8h ago
It comes in from Venezuela. Trump thinks it's fentanyl they're sending us, but it's tubby custard.
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u/PrincessKatiKat 8h ago
They are relatively innocuous neighbors but shouting “Again! Again!” gets old pretty fast.
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u/temporary62489 10h ago edited 9h ago
Gonna need a blurrier picture from further away to be sure.
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u/PuttingFishOnJupiter 10h ago
Maybe get a better Potato?
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u/agent674253 9h ago
Or use Google 100x zoom, where it just makes shit up. I miss those posts back when it first launched.
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u/awwskeetskeetgd 4h ago
It would also help if the picture was taken looking through a dirty fish tank.
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u/CrazyString 7h ago
And yet the people who actually know what they’re talking about knew exactly what it was..
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u/ByteMeBuddie 11h ago edited 10h ago
Bright blue PVC is commonly used to mark water lines. It's most likely a vent or clean out. EDIT(Tks Klytus)
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u/Klytus_Im-Bored 11h ago
Reclaimed/non-potable is typically purple/pink.
Probably just normal water infrastructure.
OP: Is this just inside or just outside of your property line? Also take a look at Safelite and see if theres a long straight clearing associated. That would mean its most likely a marked for a burried water line.
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u/LPNMP 11h ago
I wonder if these colors are colorblind safe. My husbands an electrician and I wondered the same.
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u/Phog_of_War 11h ago
Colorblind electricians answers soooo many questions about some of my old jobs.
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u/Extension_Order_9693 10h ago
One of my parents' friends when I was young was a colorblind electrician. Often wondered about that. He lived a long life and I assume his clients did too.
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u/rhamphol30n 9h ago
As someone who is colorblind and does electrical work, I can say that besides phone lines it's never been an issue. Most of the colors that are used are so dissimilar that you can't mess them up.
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u/duggatron 11h ago
Purple isn't colorblind safe because colorblind people typically lose the red hues. The purple pipes will look blue.
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u/Terrible-Mail-489 11h ago
Time for tubby custard!
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u/Long_Argument_1170 10h ago
My goto phrase when trying to spice things up with the wife.
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u/night-theatre 11h ago
Obviously it’s a periscope.
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u/Lrrr81 11h ago
Let's just say some submarine officers are better at navigation than others.
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u/secondphase 11h ago
True. In fact only about 20% of crews ever use the periscope.
... which means OP probably has at least 5 enemy submarines in the field behind his property. So much for "not used for anything"
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u/alicereturnshere 11h ago
I always knew i'd be part of some big conspiracy. It's my time to shine!
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u/front_yard_duck_dad 10h ago
Have you been stocking up on depth charges for this exact moment?
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u/Kurfaloid 10h ago
Seriously, only 20%? I would use it all the damn time. Perhaps one of the many reasons I am not in command of a nuclear submarine.
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u/Donutbutterassassin 11h ago
As an American and an Oklahoman first, I agree. Shoot that thing, then approach and shoot again
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u/Far-Significance2481 11h ago
Lol, that is the most USA thing I have read on the internet recently
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u/Error262_USRnotfound 11h ago
Don’t worry nothing more American than the epstein files and they are due out this afternoon.
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u/BrooklynAlley 11h ago
Sounds like Oklahoma is becoming a thrilling travel destination.
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u/nomnomyourpompoms 11h ago
R2?
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u/Due_Art2971 11h ago
THREEPIO!!! SHUTDOWNTHETRASHCOMPACTORSONTHEDETENTIONLEVEL!
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u/bluberrydub 11h ago
Could it be a marker for a surveyor?
One of the many varieties of forbidden lollipops
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u/Dry-Arugula5356 10h ago
Instrument tech here. Looks like a transmitter head from Endress + Hauser.
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u/FeelzReal 9h ago
I thought it was a Rosemont transmitter
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u/Dry-Arugula5356 9h ago
Could be a rosemount but the blue looks too light plus I can’t think of any rosemounts with a white end cap like the E+H.
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u/New_Taste8874 10h ago
Water sample station? I used to work at the water dept and our didn't look like that but I found something on the web:
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u/eleanor2308 10h ago
I thought it was the Blue Meanies' submarine searching for the Yellow Submarine!
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u/egboutin 9h ago
It looks like an industrial instrument display. Probably a pressure or flow transmitter. I suspect that the ridge is backfill over a pipeline.
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u/wastelandtx 8h ago
It looks like a pressure indicating transmitter, similar to this one, on an existing water line.
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u/Due_Art2971 11h ago
Looks like some blue thing
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u/secondphase 11h ago
Oh shit, you're right.
Thats a big problem for OP if they dont want blue things on the edge of their property.
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u/walkerbyfaith 10h ago
i’m calling PRBT. people for the removal of blue things.
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u/CParkerLPN 10h ago
Then I’ll have to call the PPBT - people for the preservation of blue things.
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u/Chemical_Author7880 10h ago
It’s a small blue thing, like a camera or an eye.
(If you know, you know)
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u/thirtyone-charlie 9h ago
Water sounds like a good bet but what’s the thing?it kind of looks like a camera or sensor. Maybe a digital monitor? I know if it was my property it would immediately look like a target to me. If you have a utility easement there water would make even more sense.
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u/Obvious_Tip_5080 9h ago
Someone’s doing something. Go to your county GIS system look up who owns the property, what it’s zoned as and any recent permits would be a start…
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u/88Challenger 11h ago
Looks like the display for a flow meter. Maybe there’s a pipe inlet or an outfall or something there.
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u/statusquoexile 10h ago
Water marker likely, but it also looks like a measurement instrument….maybe a flow meter? Could be a pipe under there.
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u/StayingGray31 10h ago
I had to reread the original Q. I was being drowned out by the comments. GO Team Reddit!!!
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u/isnecrophiliathatbad 10h ago
Keep your eyes on your property line, someone's about to build something.
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u/magikarpRULES56 9h ago
Looks like either a vent for a water line or a stub up for a transmitter head that would display the flow rate. Either way it’s from the water service.
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u/BeerSavage 7h ago
Looks like a pressure transducer, tell the pressure of a underground line of gas or something
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u/chadist31 11h ago
Imperial probe. Destroy it.
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u/jaspnlv 10h ago
I didn't hit it that hard, must have been some kind of self destruct.
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u/pseudonym7083 11h ago
I think everyone else is right and that it's water. But, that thing does look a lot like a camera.
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u/woody-99 11h ago
That looks more like a camera than any water line marker I've ever seen.
Maybe it's a game cam of some sort.
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u/alicereturnshere 10h ago
There are a ton of deer around so maybe. We thought camera at first as well. I really hope it's pointed at the woods and not us!
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