Black powder cannonballs found!

aspeck

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http://pittsburgh.cbslocal.com/2017/04/26/cannonballs-found-lawrenceville/?ftag=MSF0951a18

Lawrenceville is just north of Pittsburgh, more of a suburb ... and construction of a rental property was stopped till the bomb squad could remove more than 300 possibly pre-civil war exploding ordinance. Hey Honey, look what I found! Back in 2008 a gentleman in VA found one and it exploded in his driveway killing him and sending shrapnel through a door 1/2 mile away ... def not to be messed with!
 

gm280

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I realize messing with them can be extremely dangerous, but at the same time it seems so intriguing as well. Just glad I didn't uncover them because I know me...
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During my visits to Gettysburg, I often wondered how unexploded ordinance was under the grass.
 
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