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weapons ...dodggy items
- Thread starter gottyfunk
- Start date
The worst stuff I find and the stuff that makes me ill is live ammunition, needles, and those little drug baggies around playgrounds. I used to call the police. One time I found about twenty .22 rounds just laying on a merry go round across the street from an elementary school and I rang them up. It turned into a real ordeal for me and all I did was report it. I was detained for about an hour while other agencies were brought in to question me. I had nothing to offer more than I found these shells, that I suspected somebody was probably loading a pistol, and no I didn't touch them.
I found a pistol in the wall of my last apartment and I kept it. It is a government issue .45. How it got there is probably an interesting story. I've never fired it nor would I. The mechanism is pretty loose. It needs some work. I had a cop friend "run it" and it is not reported as stolen or wanted.
If I see a crime being committed or evidence of such I always report it. I have reported 2 or 3 broken windows at schools and parks. I had to testify once for a kid who did 4 grand of damage to a soda machine. It was worth it.
Chris
I found a pistol in the wall of my last apartment and I kept it. It is a government issue .45. How it got there is probably an interesting story. I've never fired it nor would I. The mechanism is pretty loose. It needs some work. I had a cop friend "run it" and it is not reported as stolen or wanted.
If I see a crime being committed or evidence of such I always report it. I have reported 2 or 3 broken windows at schools and parks. I had to testify once for a kid who did 4 grand of damage to a soda machine. It was worth it.
Chris
Uncle Willy
New member
I've found several knives and even a "Love" pendant with a retractable knife blade. Found lots of pot pipes but they ain't exactly a weapon. HA.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
Yeah hard telling where it had been. 
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
I find condoms without the wrapper - well usedl.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
New member
I see needles in the parks all the time and constantly turn up live bullets or shell casings, but that's common in the big city. Kids will carry live shells around in their pockets and lose them.
Bill
Bill
all righty ...iam a newbie so i was curious
.45 sounds like a real treasure (being a gun nut ) ...3 rd time out i thought i might have found a bomb casing..as i was looking around a very old area that once had a rca training division (this was very close to barracks now residental ) say the least it was a pipe and i broke my shovel finding this out.....opps
.45 sounds like a real treasure (being a gun nut ) ...3 rd time out i thought i might have found a bomb casing..as i was looking around a very old area that once had a rca training division (this was very close to barracks now residental ) say the least it was a pipe and i broke my shovel finding this out.....opps
John 'n' W.Va
Active member
I was talking to a cop yesterday about that. He told me to throw them into the river. 
Another cop said shoot them.
I have a jar full of live bullets.
A cop in Fl. told me to throw it in the trash.
The WV.state police reluctantly told me I could bring them in if I am afraid of them.
Another cop said shoot them.
I have a jar full of live bullets.
A cop in Fl. told me to throw it in the trash.
The WV.state police reluctantly told me I could bring them in if I am afraid of them.
/\/\0rph3u5
New member
John 'n' W.Va said:I could bring them in if I am afraid of them.
More like afraid they'll get into the hands of children or someone who shouldn't have them.
Whenever I found weapons (gun or knives), if they are newer, I have called the police, and turned them in. Crooks love to "lose" some of these items and if it comes back to haunt them, so much the merrier. Usually, these are beyond repair if they are old weapons. I'd love to find a Colt .45 from the 19th century!
Uncle Willy
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It's a hunting round. Ain't going to hurt anyone unless you stick it in a gun. I've found lots of live rounds. Have a whole cabinet full of boxes of shells for my pistols and rifles.
Bill
Bill
Uncle Willy
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Why would one be afraid of an inanimate object? Now if you had some old, sweaty, dynamite laying around that would be a different story.
Bill
Now if you had some old, sweaty, dynamite laying around that would be a different story. Bill
I found a good buck knife one time. Is one of those black/stainless jobs.
Probably was lost by a hunter. Luckily, it had only minimal rust, and
probably was not there too awful long, but it was pretty much buried
in dirt/grass. Maybe an inch down.. Never have found any guns yet.
Some parts to cap pistols though..
Good knife, and was added to my collection.
I've never found anything notorious so to speak..
BTW, I have found plenty of rounds, fired and unfired, but
again nothing I would consider notorious.. Heck, I found a few
rounds here in my own yard. All unfired I think. One was a .357.
Which is weird, as I've never had a .357 at this location.
Didn't come from me, nor any of the others I think.
The only thing I've ever shot here was BB guns.. And I've
found quite a few in the ground too.. The ace 250 will nail a single
BB in the ground no problem at all, even with the 9x12 coil.
Finding one of those will make you glad you broke down and
bought that pinpointer.
Probably was lost by a hunter. Luckily, it had only minimal rust, and
probably was not there too awful long, but it was pretty much buried
in dirt/grass. Maybe an inch down.. Never have found any guns yet.
Some parts to cap pistols though..
Good knife, and was added to my collection.
I've never found anything notorious so to speak..
BTW, I have found plenty of rounds, fired and unfired, but
again nothing I would consider notorious.. Heck, I found a few
rounds here in my own yard. All unfired I think. One was a .357.
Which is weird, as I've never had a .357 at this location.
Didn't come from me, nor any of the others I think.
The only thing I've ever shot here was BB guns.. And I've
found quite a few in the ground too.. The ace 250 will nail a single
BB in the ground no problem at all, even with the 9x12 coil.
Finding one of those will make you glad you broke down and
bought that pinpointer.
Send the knife back to Buck if you can't clean it up.
They have a lifetime warranty.
I found a broken Buck knife once, sent it in, and they sent me back a brand new shiny knife that matched the one I had sent back...and they threw in a leather case!
From their site:
HOW TO SEND YOUR KNIFE IN FOR REPAIR:
*
Tell us who you are and what is wrong with your knife.
Let us know what you think is wrong with your knife. Include your name, address, phone number and email address.
*
Wrap your knife securely.
Please put each knife in a sheath or wrap in cardboard to protect it during shipping. Pack it so the point will not cut through the packaging. You will get your sheath or cardboard back upon return.
*
Packing up your knife.
We prefer that you pack your knife in a box. A padded envelope may also work if the knife isn
They have a lifetime warranty.
I found a broken Buck knife once, sent it in, and they sent me back a brand new shiny knife that matched the one I had sent back...and they threw in a leather case!
From their site:
HOW TO SEND YOUR KNIFE IN FOR REPAIR:
*
Tell us who you are and what is wrong with your knife.
Let us know what you think is wrong with your knife. Include your name, address, phone number and email address.
*
Wrap your knife securely.
Please put each knife in a sheath or wrap in cardboard to protect it during shipping. Pack it so the point will not cut through the packaging. You will get your sheath or cardboard back upon return.
*
Packing up your knife.
We prefer that you pack your knife in a box. A padded envelope may also work if the knife isn
thecrawford2008
New member
I hunt my back yard allot in different modes and one day I found a live round. So I took it the police station next to Garrett Factory and
the lady behind the window very nicely took it out of the Tupperware, unwrapped it from several layers of paper towels and placed it in an
envelope on her desk and gave my my Tupperware back. LOL it was my first live round that I found.
the lady behind the window very nicely took it out of the Tupperware, unwrapped it from several layers of paper towels and placed it in an
envelope on her desk and gave my my Tupperware back. LOL it was my first live round that I found.
I forgot the exact particulars, but seems to me from tests, and first hand sightings
of fired rounds not loaded in a weapon, they aren't nearly as dangerous as
some might think.
IE: I don't think the slugs really go too far, or have much velocity.
I think part of it is that the round has nothing to push against so to speak.
So it tends to just kind of pop, fizzle, and spin around, etc..
Not anything like a round that is fired from a weapon.
I read something about this a year or two ago, but I forgot the exact particulars..
It's for this reason, I don't worry too much at just throwing it in the trash can.
Even if by some weird fluke the act of compacting the trash or whatever,
the round went off, the chances of it hurting anyone are fairly slim to none.
Would be more like firing a firecracker than anything. Course, I'm not too
awful keen on testing this theory myself.. IE: throw rounds in a fire, etc..
of fired rounds not loaded in a weapon, they aren't nearly as dangerous as
some might think.
IE: I don't think the slugs really go too far, or have much velocity.
I think part of it is that the round has nothing to push against so to speak.
So it tends to just kind of pop, fizzle, and spin around, etc..
Not anything like a round that is fired from a weapon.
I read something about this a year or two ago, but I forgot the exact particulars..
It's for this reason, I don't worry too much at just throwing it in the trash can.
Even if by some weird fluke the act of compacting the trash or whatever,
the round went off, the chances of it hurting anyone are fairly slim to none.
Would be more like firing a firecracker than anything. Course, I'm not too
awful keen on testing this theory myself.. IE: throw rounds in a fire, etc..