WW2 500 pound bomb

birdman

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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
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birdman

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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
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All Treasure Hunting
Sorry,turned out to small to read. ???
 

nhbenz

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Neat! I was able to squint and read the whole thing, but this might help. -Ben
 

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birdman

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Jan 28, 2005
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Choctaw Beach Florida
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Equinox 800 and ORX, tesoro Cibola with garret,whites and minelab pinpointers
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Thanks nhbenz,thats what I wanted to do.LOL ;)
 

trk5capt

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Oct 14, 2005
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BIRDMAN, After Your Last Cannon Ball Find, I'm Suprised You Didn't Go After That Bad Boy With A Hammer and Chisel. HA HA HA :D ::) :P trk5capt
 

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civilman1

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trk5capt said:
BIRDMAN, After Your Last Cannon Ball Find, I'm Suprised You Didn't Go After That Bad Boy With A Hammer and Chisel. HA HA HA :D ::) :P trk5capt
Sorry birdman...you know with Trk5capt you could expect that.Thank's for sharing...Good ole K-Town...Hope the new little one and Momma are well,take care and HH!!
 

Smartin

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Feb 4, 2006
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Birdman,

Thanks for the report. Kinda makes you think twice about what you might uncover. Grenades and bombs are a little different than Indian heads and CW belt buckles. You know some explosive devices become more sensitive over time (a chemical change), 60 year old land mines are still killing or maiming people. Your cannon ball had potential to be a deadly explosive even after 100 yrs (or even 200 years).

Interesting topic Birdman.

Smartin
 

JakePhelps

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Jul 7, 2005
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Tesoro Cibola
I managed to read it, very interesting find, makes you wonder what other unexploded ordianances are under us ::)
 

tsgman

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Sep 13, 2005
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I wonder if the Heavy equipment operators in those types of area's have touble getting Insurance? Be careful Bman.
 

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rvbvetter

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A 500 pound bomb should be dealt with the same way you would deal with a 500 pound Canary. Just let it nest where ever it wants.
Glad you didn't detect it. You might have been back in the states before you knew it.
Be careful over there, and next time I ask you what you found detecting. Please don't tell me you bombed out. ;D HH
 

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jgpreston

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Enjoyed the post and friendly ribbing from your fans. :) Interesting article and I had good laughs too. Thanks!
 

MDnoob

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Apr 23, 2003
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I lived in Muenster, Germany for a few years, probably about every six months they would find some bomb or another during construction just in that city...it wasn't even all that heavily bombed.
 

River Rat

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"Verrry interestin"

HH :)
 

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