Has anybody ever found a grenade????? I did

pj4566 · May 22, 2009

Ok here are the pics of my last 5 hunts, about 2 hours each time. I have been real lucky and found either a silver ring or other silver jewelry each hunt. Also the pics of the miscelaneos junk i have found. I also found 2 small copper(?) disks that appear to have Chinese writing on them. I can't seem to figure out how to take a closeup of them that will be clear. A photographer I aint .LOL About 20.4 grams of silver so far.

NGE · May 22, 2009

Yup, shore have! Back in '73 at a county park here in Michigan. Found it right under home plate at a ball diamond. It was buried about 10 inches deep, couldn't figure out what kind of ring I had pulled out of that hole, till a friend asked me if I knew what it belonged to, I said no and proceeded to finish digging the target. Then I heard him shout STOP! Then I saw what I got it from, there was a grenade laying in the bottom of the hole

. According to the bomb squad that came out from Selfridge Air base, it was LIVE and it was good that I didn't remove it from the hole. It seems that the dirt surrounding the grenade, held the lever in place, had I removed it from the hole, I would not be typing my reply here. They did not know how it got there, only figured it was from Vietnam war, probably a souvenier, that someone wanted no more to do with it.........NGE BTW, Nice finds

time4me · May 22, 2009

Cool grenade. I like the rings too!!

STH69 · May 22, 2009

cool finds

Old River · May 23, 2009

I dug a grenade at Gulf Shores Ala. once. I found it on the beach by the lighthouse hotel. The police got, and let me know it was a dummy. Had been drilled, and dumped. I still wasn't going to mess with it until someone checked it. you got some nice finds there though. Congrats.....

MaineRelic · May 23, 2009

daaaammm!! u hit some virgin ground !! u best get back out there !! before someone else does! KEEP THE HUNTING FUN! MAINERELIC.

Tnmountains · May 23, 2009

I am glad you had a great hunt. You made some killer finds,,,glad it was not a blast !

safe huntin
TnMountains

allen · May 23, 2009

thats a bunch of clad !!! :thumbsup:

nice bunch of finds !! :thumbsup:

hikeinmts · May 24, 2009

nowgittineverything said:
Yup, shore have! Back in '73 at a county park here in Michigan. Found it right under home plate at a ball diamond. It was buried about 10 inches deep, couldn't figure out what kind of ring I had pulled out of that hole, till a friend asked me if I knew what it belonged to, I said no and proceeded to finish digging the target. Then I heard him shout STOP! Then I saw what I got it from, there was a grenade laying in the bottom of the hole . According to the bomb squad that came out from Selfridge Air base, it was LIVE and it was good that I didn't remove it from the hole. It seems that the dirt surrounding the grenade, held the lever in place, had I removed it from the hole, I would not be typing my reply here. They did not know how it got there, only figured it was from Vietnam war, probably a souvenier, that someone wanted no more to do with it.........NGE BTW, Nice finds

Sounds like, from the site of where they buried it, that if a close call went against them at home plate, they were going to take "corrective action" on the home plate umpire. (Used to be a softball/baseball official......WOW!!! Didn't know anyone was THAT SERIOUS about a game. ::)

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PAPA FITZ · May 24, 2009

cool find i live in the springs so ill have to be careful when i dig :thumbsup:

texan connection · May 24, 2009

Very productive place your digging, nice finds. Gernade, No. Maybe a bomb though, not sure yet, probaly know next week

Bridge End Farm · May 24, 2009

Tc yours looks like a sewer pipe to me :tongue3:

texan connection · May 24, 2009

Perhaps but I assure you the signal ends a both ends so it would have to be some kind of stand pipe,

rjw4law · May 24, 2009

Careful of that grenade, may be armed

Bridge End Farm · May 24, 2009

TEXAN Connection said:
Perhaps but I assure you the signal ends a both ends so it would have to be some kind of stand pipe,

stand full of gold maybe huh

texan connection · May 24, 2009

Maybe, all i know is it looked suspicious enough to quit diggin it, and The police are intrested enough in the pics there checking it out.

prolab69 · May 25, 2009

Here`s the grenade I found, LOL.

Bridge End Farm · May 25, 2009

TEXAN Connection said:
Maybe, all i know is it looked suspicious enough to quit diggin it, and The police are intrested enough in the pics there checking it out.

always better to be safe

I once seen a 50 cal shell go that was in a tree when it was hit by a golf ball

so always better to be safe