treblehunter
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- Jun 18, 2013
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My "rocket" I found is really a WWII bomb, I donated it to museum with other finds
I went to the local museum for AAF WWII things and talked to their expert about the "hobby rocket" I found Monday. He is a nice older veteran that explained my rocket is a practice bomb used for targeting. It would emit smoke and a flare when shot from the plane. He surmised that it was either miss dropped, which he explained happened a lot. He said the pilots that were training there were focusing on formation flying more than bomb placement. Or it was a surplus buy and set off by kids back in the day just to see what it would do.
I also took two of my other finds from my lake hunting that both had AAF insignia's on them, one a sweetheart bracelet made of sterling silver and the other a ring made of white metal. I'm going to include pix of all the finds. They said they would display my finds at the museum and thanked me for donating them. It has been a long time since I found the jewelry items, but taking away from my treasure hunting time was very hard for me to do, lol. It's raining today so I really did not feel like getting all wet and muddy.
Enjoy the pix
HH & GL
Brad
I went to the local museum for AAF WWII things and talked to their expert about the "hobby rocket" I found Monday. He is a nice older veteran that explained my rocket is a practice bomb used for targeting. It would emit smoke and a flare when shot from the plane. He surmised that it was either miss dropped, which he explained happened a lot. He said the pilots that were training there were focusing on formation flying more than bomb placement. Or it was a surplus buy and set off by kids back in the day just to see what it would do.
I also took two of my other finds from my lake hunting that both had AAF insignia's on them, one a sweetheart bracelet made of sterling silver and the other a ring made of white metal. I'm going to include pix of all the finds. They said they would display my finds at the museum and thanked me for donating them. It has been a long time since I found the jewelry items, but taking away from my treasure hunting time was very hard for me to do, lol. It's raining today so I really did not feel like getting all wet and muddy.
Enjoy the pix
HH & GL
Brad
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.. congrats on the bracelet, and the rocket
