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Jacksonville man’s dog finds decades-old unexploded military weapon after digging in backyard
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| March 24, 2024
| Nicholas Brooks
Posted on 03/25/2024 5:45:28 AM PDT by V_TWIN
JACKSONVILLE, Fla. — A local neighborhood is wondering how this decades-old military weapon ended up in someone’s backyard.
Mathew Sims says when he picked up the military munition, he quickly realized what it was that he was holding in his hands and slowly put it back where it was.
Homeowner Mathew Sims said, “Okay is this live? You panic, then you drop.”
That’s what was going through Sims’s mind when he found this, an unexploded military weapon in his backyard Wednesday located at 15th Street E. Sims told us he didn’t want to be on camera but says he was in his backyard when he saw something sticking out the ground.
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TOPICS: Chit/Chat
KEYWORDS: eod; florida; floridadog; jacksonville; mathewsims; nokaboom; ordinance; ordnance
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posted on
03/25/2024 5:45:28 AM PDT
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V_TWIN
To: V_TWIN
You would think it would be obvious what it was; then I realize, being a former Marine I tend to know what ordinance looks like.
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posted on
03/25/2024 5:51:19 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: Spacetrucker
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:00:13 AM PDT
by
Romulus
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:00:44 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: Spacetrucker
“Okay is this live?”
Just like assuming all firearms are loaded......it is until you are absolutely sure it’s not.
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:02:50 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
The old joke is slightly less funny when you actually do see the bomb technician running...
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:08:45 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:15:32 AM PDT
by
IYAS9YAS
(There are two kinds of people: Those who can extrapolate from incomplete data.)
To: IYAS9YAS
I’ll call you back, there’s a phone booth a block away from here...
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:16:50 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: IYAS9YAS
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:17:13 AM PDT
by
null and void
(There’s only one thing that’s for sure. Everyone on all sides a conflict will be happy to lie to you)
To: V_TWIN
Civil War? Seminole Wars?
Probably not that old.
To: Romulus; Spacetrucker
Spacetrucker implied that he knew what it looked like -— he made no claims on knowing how to spell it.
Spelling it correctly has a tad bit lower priority in this case.
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:22:58 AM PDT
by
Oscar in Batangas
(An Honors Graduate from the Don Rickles School of Personal Verbal Intercourse)
To: IYAS9YAS
Funny....always thought Newhart was hilarious
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:26:25 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: Verginius Rufus
There’s a Naval Air Station 15 miles from the ordinance was found.
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:27:20 AM PDT
by
V_TWIN
(America...so great even the people that hate it refuse to leave!)
To: V_TWIN
Florida had many military training bases in WW II. The result is that there is still lots of unexploded ordnance lying about the state. Near Orlando, a former bombing range was thought to have been fully cleared and was sold for civilian development — only to have bombs turn up again and again in backyards and even on the grounds of an elementary school.
To: V_TWIN
Florida Dog....
Florida Man’s Best Friend.
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posted on
03/25/2024 6:40:04 AM PDT
by
gundog
( It was a bright cold day in April, and the clocks were striking thirteen. )
To: Romulus; Spacetrucker
Spacetrucker knows what the ordinance about ordnances look like. They look like it shouldn’t be in this guys yard. He’s 100% correct.
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posted on
03/25/2024 7:10:45 AM PDT
by
BipolarBob
(I'm looking for a blessing that is NOT in disguise.)
To: V_TWIN
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posted on
03/25/2024 7:26:07 AM PDT
by
CIB-173RDABN
(I am not an expert in anything, and my opinion is just that, an opinion. I may be wrong.)
To: Romulus
Never claimed my spelling was perfect.
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posted on
03/25/2024 7:50:36 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: Oscar in Batangas
Thank you, Oscar. Yes, due to my military experience I would hazard the assumption that I could likely identify it as such in q general sense.
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posted on
03/25/2024 7:52:00 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
To: BipolarBob
Thank you, Bob, always count on you for comic relief 😆
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posted on
03/25/2024 7:52:44 AM PDT
by
Spacetrucker
(George Washington didn't use his freedom of speech to defeat the British - HE SHOT THEM .. WITH GUNS)
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