Another weird find for the location.

[Kodiak43351]

Posted about the belt fed blank bullet the other day now this morning hunting in the river close to bridge I find a grenade screw in top and blast cap partially still there. Correct me if I'm wrong on what I think this is. Only thing I can think it was a smoke grenade or maybe a flash grenade that some law enforcement threw off bridge to see what it would do lol. Not sure but from memory when I was in military but sure looks like a grenade top missing spoon. Any other ideas? Here's the pics. Thanks for any help.

 

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[BosnMate]

Looks like it could be off the old "pineapple" grenade.

 

[Kodiak43351]

Looks like it could be off the old "pineapple" grenade. <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1046386"/> <img src="http://www.treasurenet.com/forums/attachment.php?attachmentid=1046387"/>

that is deff what it looks like. I'm almost 100% positive it from some type of grenade. It was in the river on the rocky bottom. I've been finding weird stuff the last couple of days. Didn't find any other part of it so it either rotted away or was blown apart. Don't know.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

That's a fired grenade fuse all right.... Could be from any type from smoke to frag. Definitely an odd find....

 

[unclemac]

Looks like it could be off the old "pineapple" grenade.
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how the heck would you KNOW that!

 

[Hendo0601]

That looks like the fuse from a training simulator grenade. It was basically a hollow grenade with a hole in the base for sound/gasses to escape. The top was threaded to accept the fuse/spoon/pin assembly that you have there. Like I said the grenade body was hollow, and the part that goes boom was just a blasting cap. When it detonates you just pick it up and unscrew the spent training sim and screw in a new one and you are ready to go again.Had this been in a live frag grenade there would not be pieces this large left over. It's called the M228 grenade fuse simulator. This coupled with the blank you found the other day tells me this site was once used for training troops.

 

[TNGUNS]

how the heck would you KNOW that!

How do you think he clears out the brushy areas to detect. Also helps keep the spectators at bay.

 

[Kodiak43351]

I agree with training because if it was a frag nothing would be left but a flash bang leaves pieces like this. These two objects were found at least 7 miles apart and except when I was in army I've lived in this area my whole life and no such training has ever taken place here. I'm leaning towards someone throwing a training grenade or flash bang off bridge into river to see what it would do. I've used real grenades and training grenades. Also smoke and flash bangs. Flash bangs leave debris and smoke leave everything behind as well as training grenades. Someone may have brought some stuff home from their time in military. It was hard to do because the stuff is accounted for pretty good but it's possible.

 

[NOLA_Ken]

The grenade fuses come up as surplus all the time, just not usually with the striker still in them. Sometimes they do make it out into circulation though...I got ahold of a few of them years ago and had some fun at my room mates expense. I drilled out the fired primer, and bored it to fit a shot shell primer, put it in a training grenade cocked the striker and hooked it to a tripwire on his door..... Hilarity ensued, but he was not impressed.....

 

[Kodiak43351]

The grenade fuses come up as surplus all the time, just not usually with the striker still in them. Sometimes they do make it out into circulation though...I got ahold of a few of them years ago and had some fun at my room mates expense. I drilled out the fired primer, and bored it to fit a shot shell primer, put it in a training grenade cocked the striker and hooked it to a tripwire on his door..... Hilarity ensued, but he was not impressed.....

we had some fun with artillery and grenade simulators while I was in army. I can remember a barracks window being blowed out on one occasion. Oops!!! Wasn't a good day after that. Lol