This thing has been in my garden since I moved here and it's always just been pushed up against the side of the fence. I want rid of it now but I haven't got a clue what I'm removing. Its about 1 metre away from a telegraph pole. Nothing on the other side of the fence.
When the rod at the top reaches the fence it just goes straight down into the ground. I can rotate it around that point but no matter how much I pull/rotate it, it wont come out.
Another image after rotating it here:
https://i.ibb.co/4pfwV10/Screenshot-20230701-064813-Gallery.jpg
Edit: Solved. It's a turnbuckle previously used to hold up the telegraph pole.
1m from the pole seems a bit close. Now, I'm not a lineman so I cannot tell you much but my guess from looking at loads of telegraph poles throughout my existence is that it may be from an older pole that was placed a bit further away from it.
I assume it's one of those things they've forgotten about when they changed poles because it was buried in your garden.