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Old 06-01-2023, 05:29 AM
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Originally Posted by Worldseries27 View Post
would a metal detector find it?

Most of the older outside boxes had a metal lid and the valves are metal gate valves.

The newer ones are a plastic ball valve in a plastic box.

So the answer to your question is maybe and it would certainly be the first thing to try and save a lot of frustration if you found it right away.