Cannonball, Fuses Found on Ocean County Beaches

[Jim-MI]

Saw this in the news... Thought everyone might get a bang out of it!


Cannonball, Fuses Found on Ocean County Beaches

SEASIDE PARK, NJ (AP) -- Bomb disposal units have been busy in Ocean County after a cannonball and fuses turned up on beaches.

A Seaside Park man with a metal detector discovered the cannonball buried in sand in South Toms River. Sean DeGroot brought the black powder-filled iron ball home, prying away the rust with a knife.

DeGroot tells The Asbury Park Press he went to the Internet for help and contacted the Navy. He was told not to touch it and a bomb squad from the Earle Naval Weapons Station arrived yesterday.

Meanwhile, the Army Corps of Engineers has halted a beach replenishment project in Surf City after a beachcomber found five World War Two-ere fuses.

Officials believe the fuses were dredged up offshore.

 

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[hollowpointred]

same thing happened in rehobeth beach delaware a year or two ago. they dredged in unexploded ordinances from WW2 training that the army used to do just off of shore. scary stuff!

 

[Jim-MI]

I wonder if anyone was actually blown to bits while detecting and never heard from again?


Maybe bits of detector would give you a solid midtone!

 

[paul1410]

Interesting article, Jim. I enjoy beach hunting, I don't know what I would do if I found something like that.

 

[Jim-MI]

Interesting article, Jim. I enjoy beach hunting, I don't know what I would do if I found something like that.

Hey Paul, I don't know what I would do first either, but I know I would NOT pry at it with a knife!!