Little Bombshell

[Garret Digger]

Is long of 15cm and diameter about 7cm.

 

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[A2coins]

Dude that is the bomb!!!!

 

[AU Seeker]

Looks like an unexploded mortar or artillery round, be careful it could explode!!

 

[Garret Digger]

I had one like this i throw from high altitude but not explode.I found this in creep of a rockstone.Thanks for advice.
With a long rope i plock somewhere.

 

[firemac]

Artillery shell!

 

[trapperart]

Cool be careful

 

[Texas Ed]

Be careful - could put your eye out - never found one but I would call the authorties to take care of it and leave it alone - anyway thank you for sharing your picture of your find with us & wish you much better finds while out dirt fishing.

Texas ED

 

[Garret Digger]

Someone to tell me what is white thing in bottom of the bomb!?

 

[Dug]

The white ring (lead) is called the sabot which provides a tight seal in the barrel when fired.

It is a live round so it should be treated as one.

Sort of looks like a Hotchkiss. I would post it in the what is it forum, Cannonballguy can ID it more specifically for you.

 

[mlutz]

Garrett Digger,
It has been said by some, but you should treat that thing like a baby. We had two of these (Very similar) brought to the Yorktown Naval Weapons Station EOD Unit years ago. When we were conducting demo training, we were asked to add them to our shots. They would be sympathetically detonated. We only used 2 lbs of C4 for training anyway so no big deal. One was a normal 2 lb shot the second was much larger (obviously had a charge inside the projectile) Evidently they had been sitting on some ones mantle for 30 years and once the gentleman passed away, his wife brought them in to the EOD guys there.

Do you have any type of Explosive Ordnance Disposal Units where you are?

 

[Auriemma]

Like the others have said... AND YOU KNOW, its a bomb. Treat it as such.

Nice find by the way!

 

[fmrUSMC_0844]

You definitely found an artillery shell. I wouldnt touch it. Not even with a rope or anything like that. GPS as close as you can to it, put a stick in the ground with a bright colored ribbon on it pointing in the direction of the shell, and report that to proper authorities. If you mess with it they may be picking you up with a spatula, a pair of tweezers, and putting you in a ziploc bag.

 

[Garret Digger]

I let them where they are ,but authorities aren't a good choice. I let the 2 ”toys” exactly where i let last year (mark with small stick). And one things i dont want to be quoted by Police,so if someone want to be a tourist i give them exactly location (how exactly i can) and good luck. So ,peace between ”terrorist”! (State-Citizen)

 

[Westfront]

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Someone to tell me what is white thing in bottom of the bomb!?

It's not an artillery shell. It's an Armor Piercing shell off a anti tank gun, probably tank gun in a common 75mm caliber. The cylindrical part sticking out the bottom of the shell is the fuze. Armor piercing shells don't have the fuze on top because their use requires a point to puncture the armor. They are not fun like others stated before. Chemicals inside the fuze become unstable over time and some, like the infamous 88mm AP shell, have to be blown up on site because they are extremely dangerous. Leave it alone.

 

[Garret Digger]

Thanks bro ...but what a **** they do up in a mountain with 'this' .

 

[IndianaBonesMD]

Interesting find.
grab some photos and give it a
Good burial again.

 

[Garret Digger]

I gift for my friend's a couple of 'kukurudzi'

 

[CHIPEOD]

It's a 70 mm AP Round with a BD(base detonating) fuze and missing its wind screen . It's a do not move hazard...CALL EOD