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Went out in my boat today to a well known party spot on Lake St. Clair. At this spot you find tons of bullets and bullet casings from 30 cal machine guns and 50 cal machine guns. You also find coins and rings and other jewelry there along with fishing lures and of course the occasional boat anchor.
Today I found a lot of 30 cal bullets and brass and 5 or 6 50 cal casings. I did find my very first 50 cal bullet out there and I also found a link that puts the 50 cals in a belt. Well at the end of my dive I was on my way back to the boat and I got a bell tone. That on a CZ means you have a big target like a gun or a boat anchor. I started digging and saw two fins. I THOUGHT they were flukes on a boat anchor and started picking it up. BUT the middle kept getting bigger. It hit me then. I found a BOMB!! I tied my dive flag to it and went to get Kevin. Told him about it and got in my boat to take it over to it. He dove on it and I decided to put it in the boat. LOL I know, not the brightest thing I have ever done.
Called 911 and THEY asked me if it was alive! I said how would I know? Kevin suggested pounding on the end! The Macomb Sheriff patrol came out and refused to touch it. Said to follow them to Selfridge ANG base and the security police would be there. Went there and had to get away from my boat!! They called the State Police Bomb Squad. An hour and twenty minutes later the bomb squad truck pulls up and two very nice troopers came out to talk. Nobody could tell if it was alive or a practice bomb. The plunger was still in the top but the paint is all gone from it.
State police took ex-rays of it and after a bit more examination figured it was a practice bomb BUT they were stumped because it still could have had a charge in it that would blow your hand off and that part was still intact on the bomb. They had to put a hole in the side and clean it out and decided it was totality safe for me to keep!!
They said its from the early 1960's. Most the bullets we are finding are from 1918 - 1921. They also said that the jets were not allowed to land with live bombs and used to just drop them out there! NICE PARTY SPOT!!
Its missing two fins and it needs some more help now that they put a hole in the side BUT I was allowed to keep it! Will post my other finds later, just new change and a bunch of bullets but you never know what your going to stumble on!!
Now where is my Thompson sub-machine gun??
Bomb is on the swim platform of my Four Winns Candia boat in the pictures.
Today I found a lot of 30 cal bullets and brass and 5 or 6 50 cal casings. I did find my very first 50 cal bullet out there and I also found a link that puts the 50 cals in a belt. Well at the end of my dive I was on my way back to the boat and I got a bell tone. That on a CZ means you have a big target like a gun or a boat anchor. I started digging and saw two fins. I THOUGHT they were flukes on a boat anchor and started picking it up. BUT the middle kept getting bigger. It hit me then. I found a BOMB!! I tied my dive flag to it and went to get Kevin. Told him about it and got in my boat to take it over to it. He dove on it and I decided to put it in the boat. LOL I know, not the brightest thing I have ever done.
Called 911 and THEY asked me if it was alive! I said how would I know? Kevin suggested pounding on the end! The Macomb Sheriff patrol came out and refused to touch it. Said to follow them to Selfridge ANG base and the security police would be there. Went there and had to get away from my boat!! They called the State Police Bomb Squad. An hour and twenty minutes later the bomb squad truck pulls up and two very nice troopers came out to talk. Nobody could tell if it was alive or a practice bomb. The plunger was still in the top but the paint is all gone from it.
State police took ex-rays of it and after a bit more examination figured it was a practice bomb BUT they were stumped because it still could have had a charge in it that would blow your hand off and that part was still intact on the bomb. They had to put a hole in the side and clean it out and decided it was totality safe for me to keep!!
They said its from the early 1960's. Most the bullets we are finding are from 1918 - 1921. They also said that the jets were not allowed to land with live bombs and used to just drop them out there! NICE PARTY SPOT!!
Its missing two fins and it needs some more help now that they put a hole in the side BUT I was allowed to keep it! Will post my other finds later, just new change and a bunch of bullets but you never know what your going to stumble on!!
Now where is my Thompson sub-machine gun??
Bomb is on the swim platform of my Four Winns Candia boat in the pictures.
) your right about all the bullets and caseing
