Gosh, I forgot about aluminum wiring…
It is not uncommon in some copper wired homes to have aluminium or aluminum between the service tower and homes.
I am not sure what is running down from a pole, but I think that often steel.
Hence a Sparkie can figure out whether it is between the service and the house, or within the house.
Aluminium is not by definition ”out of code”… and the power company is not usually prone to pulling out the wire from the service point to the house.