[Joe 6-pack]

I went to Gettysburg College from '87 - '91 and spent a lot of time tramping around Little Round Top. Probably stepped right over that 1,000 times.

When I was stationed at Ft. Riley, KS after college in the early '90s, a friend of mine was the commander of 74th EOD Detachment. He was telling me about an old 19th century artillery shell that somebody had found in their attic in Junction City, KS, just outside of post that they had been called to clear. He estimated it was from the 1870s.

[rdl6989]

Wow, that’s kind of scary.

[Red Badger]

I wonder if this shell was still dangerous after 160 years?............

[PLMerite]

My favorite EOD/UXB tale is about RAF Scampton’s (near Lincoln, UK) gate guard which turned out to be a fully armed Grand Slam 22,000 pound bomb.

Jury is still out as to whether it’s true:

https://thelincolnite.co.uk/2020/02/myth-busters-the-raf-scampton-gate-guardian-which-turned-out-to-be-a-live-bomb/

[dljordan]

“He estimated it was from the 1870s.”

Someone brought me some gourds (yes gourds) of black powder they found in an old log house in Texas. This was really old so I decided to see if it was still good. Yes, yes it was. Worked real good.