So when did you have to call the bomb squad to your job

[David (saltas)]

WWII grenades discovered in regional Victoria | News.com.au

ONE of 15 World War II grenades discovered on a property in regional Victoria could be live and will be tested by the army.
Workers at Scandia Stoves and BBQs in Seymour found the hand grenades this morning, days after a tree was dug out on the property.
Business owner Ben Cassar said police were notified and the Australian Defence Force called in.
"We made sure we rang the police, we didn't try to pick them up," Mr Cassar said.
"We've been told they were most likely left over from World War II. This is where a lot of the army storage sheds were."
An ADF statement confirmed the workers found seven grenades and an ADF search of the property uncovered a further eight nearby.
"Fourteen have been deemed inert, one is unconfirmed and being treated as live as a precaution," the statement said.
Mr Cassar believes a combination of the removal of the tree and heavy rain last night disturbed the buried grenades.

 

[david miller]

when I first seen this post I thought old time stump blowing but seriously arborist or construction could come across this in germany, france that got to be scary thinking Im going to dig a hole to plant a tree then all you hear is a metallic sound

 

[Zale]

I worked on a site that during WWI it was used as a testing ground for mustard gas etc. Fast forward 90 years and its now a high end development. During the past 20 years, the Army Corp. has pulled out live munitions and decontaminated several sites in the development. I tell my crew don't forget your gas masks.:msp_biggrin:

 

[hanniedog]

Can't imagine how much stuff is scattered over Europe or any countries involved in WWII.

 

[swyman]

Remember watching old 8mm of my great grandfather and grandfather blowing up stumps out in the field. Bought the old family farmhouse 10 years ago and found a wooden crate labeled Red Diamond Dynamite. Cleaned it up and is still a decoration in the house.

 

[Grace Tree]

"Guy" I know bought an artillery round from a guy in central NY. He said it came in a load of fill dirt that his friend got from some excavation near Aberdeen Proving Ground. This "guy" found out that it still had the fuse plug in it. It was impossible to tell if it was unexploded or it was a dummy round. It was pre WWI. This "guy" didn't want to call the bomb squad so he hid it on his property. Now "he" can't remember where he hid it and can't find it with a metal detector.
Phil

 

[sgreanbeans]

If everyone knew what was laying around, in a lot of places, people would be scared! In 1997 a civil war guru found a cache of cannon balls laying next to a tree. This was at a suspected battleground outside Beaufort, SC. It was a dozen or so. All were secreting this clear shiny stuff! They had to bring in the Marine EOD unit to take care of them. EOD (Explosive Ordinance Disposal) guys are freaking nuts! and they were really nervous!, said that anytime you are dealing with naturally occurring Nitro, ya better watch it!

 

[hanniedog]

Just think of all the munitions on sunken ships around the world. The bottom of the English channel has to littered with bombs and other stuff.