The Official Status Update Thread: Part 79 - Life of Brian

[SEIndSAM]

I just remembered, my MIL gave me a Metal Detector last fall. I need to find it and try it out.

 

[db1959]

That a D Day clicker???

Yep.

Good job Sam!

Looks like chocolate to me. LOL

 

[Sylvain]

I just remembered, my MIL gave me a Metal Detector last fall. I need to find it and try it out.

That's cool.I never did it but always wanted to try.
Kinda scary around it (so many unexploded ordnance from both world wars you can find).
But also lots of neat stuff including guns or old gold coins.

It's like the lottery, it could be a german landmine or a bag of Roman gold coins.

 

[Sylvain]

I remember a few years ago a guy found some old grenades from WW2 in a field, he sold them on eBay (instead of calling the bomb disposal unit to check them).
One guy bought them online and they exploded during the shipment.

 

[db1959]

That's cool.I never did it but always wanted to try.
Kinda scary around it (so many unexploded ordnance from both world wars you can find).
But also lots of neat stuff including guns or old gold coins.

It's like the lottery, it could be a german landmine or a bag of Roman gold coins.

Hell of a lottery.

 

[db1959]

I'm off to bed folks. Have a good night all.

 

[Sylvain]

Night db!

 

[SEIndSAM]

Goood night DB

 

[SEIndSAM]

I remember a few years ago a guy found some old grenades from WW2 in a field, he sold them on eBay (instead of calling the bomb disposal unit to check them).
One guy bought them online and they exploded during the shipment.

Wow!!!! Remember what happened to the guy??

 

[MrsGungho]

night db

I'm off too

I am trying to sell a puppy and I need full concentration

 

[Sylvain]

Wow!!!! Remember what happened to the guy??

You mean legally what happened to the guy who sent it or physically to the guy who got it?

I dont remember if the guy got wounded went he opened it or if that exploded in the post office or whatnot.

I also heard of some explosions from WW1 or WW2 shells falling from fireplaces and exploding after being there for years.
Some people just find stuff and put it in their living room.
It's ok with a GI helmet but can be dangerous with live 60 years old ammo.

 

[SEIndSAM]

Good night MrsG

 

[SEIndSAM]

You mean legally what happened to the guy who sent it or physically to the guy who got it?

I dont remember if the guy got wounded went he opened it or if that exploded in the post office or whatnot.

I also heard of some explosions from WW1 or WW2 shells falling from fireplaces and exploding after being there for years.
Some people just find stuff and put it in their living room.
It's ok with a GI helmet but can be dangerous with live 60 years old ammo.

I meant the guy that sold it. Did he get in any legal trouble.

 

[Sylvain]

I meant the guy that sold it. Did he get in any legal trouble.

Im not sure.Maybe.
It's not like he sent explosives in order to kill someone but it's almost what happened.

We still find many US or British bombs every year, some quite big.

It will probably take a hundred more year or more to find them all.

 

[drysdaleg]

How is everyone on this slow night...

 

[drysdaleg]

What do they do with the bombs after they take possession of it?

 

[Sylvain]

Good, watching a movie.

 

[jdmack79]

Well Sylvain, your mystery item thread crashed and burned. It didn't take long for people to post the name.

 

[SEIndSAM]

What do they do with the bombs after they take possession of it?

I think unless they are in a building in town, they blow them in place.

 

[drysdaleg]

Good, watching a movie.

What you watching? Need ideas, last two movies I watched were horrible.