petersra
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- Apr 26, 2006
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I could have found this with my detector, but it happened to be an eye find. I was at the lake cutting grass on an empty lot. I usually pick up the loose rocks before I cut, since they seem to work their way to the surface and tend to get hit by the mower blade. It would have been nice to have an in-place photo but I was so surprised when I saw what I thought might be a grenade, that I dug it up without thinking about a photo. The dark side of the grenade was exposed and the rest of it was buried in the red clay. The inside was pretty full of dirt and it is pretty rusty, so I think it has been there for a while. Not sure how it got there since I know of no military activity in the area. I guess some kids were playing Army on the empty lot many years ago. I cleaned it up and treated it with a product called "Ospho" which is suppose to neutralize the rust and act as a pretreatment for painting. Fortunately, the cleaning process revealed that the inside was empty of explosive material. I wasn't sure what I would find with the top still mostly in tact. I haven't been finding much at the beach except some clad not worth posting. HH to all. Ralph
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