Plumbing Woes
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Clearly not a story I just made up, huh?This sounds easily 95% plausible
Spoken from experience of messing shit up?
A root cutter bit on a high pressure water jet would be the best bet - that is probably what they are bringing out tomorrow. If you are lucky, the cutter bit will flop around, catch a flange the right way and mangle the vase. Might destroy the cutter bit too, but that is still cheaper than excavating.
Update:
as it turns out, it was not metal at all. It was the rubber balloon part of a plumbing pressure leak tester like this one.
basically, this screws into the clean-out and you blow up that balloon with air to block the drains so that you can look for drain leaks. the plumber said that unless you let the air out of those things slowly, the pressure from the water can rip the balloon right off, which is probably exactly what happened. They were able to push it into the main line using 160' of snake with a large cutting bit on the end.
I have seen more of my waste line than I ever thought I would, three days and three cameras worth of snakes and jet liners. At least we know the drain is clear now.
For future reference, not sure if anybody uses them, but do NOT flush the flushable butt wipes down the tubes. they will eventually cause a blockage because they do not break down like TP.
as it turns out, it was not metal at all. It was the rubber balloon part of a plumbing pressure leak tester like this one.
basically, this screws into the clean-out and you blow up that balloon with air to block the drains so that you can look for drain leaks. the plumber said that unless you let the air out of those things slowly, the pressure from the water can rip the balloon right off, which is probably exactly what happened. They were able to push it into the main line using 160' of snake with a large cutting bit on the end.
I have seen more of my waste line than I ever thought I would, three days and three cameras worth of snakes and jet liners. At least we know the drain is clear now.
For future reference, not sure if anybody uses them, but do NOT flush the flushable butt wipes down the tubes. they will eventually cause a blockage because they do not break down like TP.
We basically paid for the jet lining and one snaking - all told about $3,800. Initial Saturday visit was $400, Jet lining was $3,400. They didn't charge us for the 8 hours two plumbers were at the house yesterday.
At least yourUpdate:
as it turns out, it was not metal at all. It was the rubber balloon part of a plumbing pressure leak tester like this one.
ended up with a training aid to use whenever you travel for work 
Looks like the 'irish pear' or something like that.Come on, these are really colonoscopy pics and your "drain clog" issue was really a lost toy.