Many, many years ago when I was young, poor and a newly minted extra class operator (back when 20 WPM was the requirement), I had used electric fences, gutters,

Many, many years ago when I was young, poor and a newly minted extra class operator (back when 20 WPM was the requirement), I had used electric fences, gutters, bed springs, file cabinets, etc... as HF antennas. Some did not work for crap, but others were surprisingly good. Anything and everything can be an antenna.