call in the bomb squad

creeper71 · Mar 11, 2009

As you can guess by the Heading I found a bomb today... it had a metal clip on it to clip on your belt.. It was a homemade pipe bomb with a lot of electrical tape on it an had a fuse taped to 3 wooden match sticks... talk about a unexpected find... O took it to the owner of the proprty father in laws house cause the place I'm working no one lives there right now... I have no pics an I never take my camera with me.....

Cynangyl · Mar 11, 2009

davest · Mar 11, 2009

what?? you moved it

?? what if it was a bunch of match heads in the pipe and all it needed was a bit of friction to go off? Jeez, I don't think moving something like that is a very smart thing to do, better to let it lie and have someone with experience move the thing.

creeper71 · Mar 11, 2009

davest said:
what?? you moved it?? what if it was a bunch of match heads in the pipe and all it needed was a bit of friction to go off? Jeez, I don't think moving something like that is a very smart thing to do, better to let it lie and have someone with experience move the thing.

yeah I moved it.. the matches was facing the ground.. all I saw was a black tube an there was a money tone coming from underneath it..when I picked it up to get another sweep for the tone I just heard is when I saw the matches an fuse an thought oh spit!!!!!!!

incajoe · Mar 11, 2009

Was it buried or on top of the ground? What type of area was this? Public? Private?

creeper71 · Mar 11, 2009

incajoe said:
Was it buried or on top of the ground? What type of area was this? Public? Private?

it was laying on top the ground ..Right now I'm detecting a private 1800's house that also has the orginal 1700's house right beside it... the bomb was inbetween both houses...

crazyjarhead · Mar 11, 2009

Pipe bombs will kill

pookie-princess of rust · Mar 11, 2009

yikes. glad your ok

jgas · Mar 11, 2009

Call the local Police next time....The bomb squad will come out and clear those things. Better than losing your life, or parts of your body...

jgas

creeper71 · Mar 11, 2009

jgas said:
Call the local Police next time....The bomb squad will come out and clear those things. Better than losing your life, or parts of your body... jgas

like I said before I didn't know it was a bomb until I had picked it up... thanks for all your concern tho....

Newt · Mar 11, 2009

You could try to CLEAR that thing yourself. Light it and run. In an open area of course.
Newt

nyiangelo · Mar 11, 2009

Just get KORSU to come take care of it for you. Ever seens his threads? He handles old grenades, mines, and other explosives like there nothing. I believe he's lucky enough to still have all ten fingers too.....

baspinall · Mar 11, 2009

Your a lucky dude! I know a guy that killed himself messing with a pipe bomb.

Brian

zztop357 · Mar 11, 2009

I know part of our responsibility is to pick up trash and scraps off of the yards and fields we hunt. But I think you took it too seriously. I think a bomb would be the owners and the police responsibility. Believe me, metal detecting doesn't pay that much

(not in my book) I think I would let them keep that toy. So be careful out there.We don't want to start calling you one armed Jack or old one eye either.
HH zztop

Sir Digs-A-Lot · Mar 11, 2009

بلَباه said:
You still need to notify the police. Someone out there is building bombs, and nothing good can come of it.

In fact, you need to let the police know IMMEDIATELY.

I reiterate: you found a BOMB in between TWO HOUSES.

Agreed. And where there's one, there may be more.