Bomb squad detonates live Civil War cannonball found in Maryland

Tinhorn2

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While working back in the 70's a guy told me they found a Civil War cannon ball [or whatever] at the job & brought in to the office, He said it was on the boss's desk a long time but finally it was a door stop. Somebody said the think should be checked, A bomb squad took it to be sure it was ok but it blew up....

nobody hurt but
 

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I had heard about this. Do cannon balls blow up? I just thought that they were just fast moving balls of metal that slammed into people.
 

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I’m confident there is more artillery out there ..don’t know if land mines were made back then also
 

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