[Kaleu_Mihoo]

Originally Posted by Snuffy

That's nothing.

Here in the states where the American Civil War was fought, there are still people being killed by unexploded 19th century ordinance. (It's probably not as prevalent here as it would be on continental Europe, but the thought of artillery shells from the 1860s still being capable of exploding and killing someone boggles the mind!)

And having lived on the battlefield of Mechanicsville Virginia (during the 7 days battles), I've found plenty of spent .58 minis all over the place as well as fragments of exploded shells.

I once lived in a small city in Poland, very near to the Oder river, the last big terrain obstacle for the russian army before reaching Berlin and a place for fierce defensive fights of the Germans. Now you can imagine what would you find there with a simple metal detector . MG34s, 42s and such other "devices" , german and russian ammo, grenades, splinters etc. There were some accidents too, when people were trying to disarm a rusty shell etc.
My grandfather once digged up a *.* nazi badge like this one http://www.aganow.webpark.pl/nsdap.jpg in his garden, fortunately its owner wasn't found there also :rotfl:
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