Black powder cannonballs found!

[aspeck]

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!

 

[dwco5051]

That is the area of the Old Allegheny Arsenal where a powder explosion killed some 70 plus workers during the Civil War.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Allegheny_Arsenal

 

[aspeck]

Cool addition to the story, DW!

 

[gm280]

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...
:boom::doh:

 

[WIMUSKY]

Cool!

 

[GA_Boater]

During my visits to Gettysburg, I often wondered how unexploded ordinance was under the grass.