:usaflag: A lesson is to be learned here somewhere Friends!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

In the late '60s I was stationed in Bitburg, Germany.

Friends of mine poked around some of the old bunkers still in evidence at the time.

They were fenced off, but a fence never stopped a damned fool or a teenager poking around (Same creature!!)

One of the fellows told me of reaching up high on a stone wall to retrieve a rusted thing that might be a relic he could relish owning to discover he had in his hands a potato masher grenade!

It could have been extremely sensitive to movement and killed the young fool!

He gently (Not a total fool!!) placed it on the closest protected surface and walked quietly away.

He called the authorities to report the find and lived to enjoy another day!!

There is a lesson here somewhere Friends,

CJ

 

[BarberBill]

Good point. We need to be using our brains always. I nearly poked my digger into a live, buried electrical connection one time. Fortunately, it didn't look anything like treasure, did look pretty much like what it was and quite close to a pole with a transformer and line coming down so it was easy to put 2 +2 together and back off.
HH
BB

 

[Cupajo]

Only if you are paying attention Friend!!

Some don't and they may die!!

CJ

 

[nwdetectorist]

n/t

 

[Cupajo]

 

[edjcox]

So you have found a Claymore mine.....

What now.......


Carefully back away and get to the back side and walk to a phone and call 911 for EOD.

Unlikely though unless your on a Military range area, or in one of the many former combat zones around the world.....


If it's ordinance, I'm history as fast as possible...

 

[Cupajo]

Today anything is possible!

Awareness of ones surroundings and appropriate reactions to the unexpected are key survival elements.

Common sense is often not so common in these sorts of situations.

I never heard if the "potato masher" was a dud or not, but taking extreme care was the order of the day!

There are un-exploded devices scattered all over the world and no-one, especially young folks because of their natural curiosity, is immune to chance encounter.

Had the curious youngster used more mature judgement he would have known that when poking around such sites not to touch something without due consideration!!

Better yet, stay out of such places because they are "off limits" for good reasons.

Thanks for your reply Friend,

CJ