Cool find...............not

[cooper1841]

Suspected WWII grenade found on Port Charlotte Beach; scene cleared | WINK NEWS

 

[redcobra8u]

Scary stuff. Imagine hitting that thing with your scoop!

 

[Liu21]

actually a cool find indeed! Think of the story the person will tell at the next club meeting... LOL

 

[cudamark]

If that's the actual grenade, it looks like a fairly fresh drop. No serious corrosion. Also, if it IS the actual grenade, they must have moved it to a different location to get the photo as the beach didn't have any plant growth where the reporter said it was found.

 

[RobRieman]

I would think it would have more corrosion than that sitting in salt water after a couple weeks much less 70+ years.

 

[flgliderpilot]

something doesnt add up regarding that photo

 

[Irishgoldhound]

If that grenade has been in wet salt water/sand since WWII it would absolutely not look that nice. If it is from WWII then someone had kept it and then recently somehow ended up on the beach.

 

[mrwilburino]

I'm guessing that when the sheriff told the news crew that the grenade was from WW2, THEY took that to mean that it had actually been sitting there for the last 70 years. Not in THAT condition. Heck, it's probably a lighter.

 

[cudamark]

Or it's a stock grenade photo and not the one found on the beach. I just think it's strange that they would move it from the sand to a different location just to take a photo.

 

[flgliderpilot]

My bet is the grenade was indeed rusted all to hell and they couldn't actually get near it anyway to take a photo (assuming they were even on the scene probably not) so they just found a photo example of a wwii grenade.