BlueDog: Suspect the line might have been nicked or cut as you suspect. It might also just be one of your GFI circuits. My lamp also quit working shortly after we moved in (ten-year old home). Turns out the lamp post is on the same GFI circuit as the outdoor recepticles and outside porch/garage lights as the GFI recepticle in the garage. Reset the GFI and everything started working again. You might cycle the GFI in your garage first before spending any time or money tracing wires through the ground. Hope this helps.
BTW, you might remember this in the future. One of my outside recepticles shorted out a few months ago and I didn't know it. Only clue I had was the (same) GFI wouldn't reset.
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