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Gettysburg park officials found a 160-year-old unexploded artillery shell from the Civil War ๐
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| Feb 9, 2023
| Harris Rigby
Posted on 02/09/2023 11:42:19 AM PST by Red Badger
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To: SunkenCiv
BANG,...............er, uh PING!..................
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:42:43 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
wow. reminds me of Ahab’s arrow.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:43:56 AM PST
by
dadfly
To: Red Badger
“How did they miss [this 7 inch shell for] the last 16 decades?”
The exact same way they missed a 200 foot balloon.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:44:29 AM PST
by
ProtectOurFreedom
(Once you get people to believe that a plural pronoun is singular, they'll believe anything - nicollo)
To: Red Badger
A piece of our racist history. Quick, get Biden over to see it for a photo-op soon! :)
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:44:58 AM PST
by
CatOwner
(Don't expect anyone, even conservatives, to have your back when the SHTF in 2021 and beyond.)
To: Red Badger
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.
To: Red Badger
It’s illegal to dig for relics there.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:52:03 AM PST
by
rdl6989
( )
To: Red Badger
In the battle of Hurtgen Forest in WW2 they sent an average of 1200 artillery shells a day...sometimes as many as five of six thousand a day.
Up to 10% of those were duds.
Do the math. They are constantly digging up unexploded ordinance over there.
They had a forest fire one time, and the people were scared half to death from the explosions of that stuff getting cooked off.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:52:41 AM PST
by
crz
To: Joe 6-pack
Wow, that’s kind of scary.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:52:45 AM PST
by
rdl6989
( )
it might be worth your time to search any local battlefields near you.
Idiot, it is illegal to use metal detectors or keep artifacts from National Battlefields.
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:55:34 AM PST
by
rxh4n1
To: rdl6989
the shell was found within the Little Round Top rehabilitation project area ................
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:56:48 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Joe 6-pack
I wonder if this shell was still dangerous after 160 years?............
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posted on
02/09/2023 11:59:33 AM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
To: Red Badger
“This is a national park, it’s been around forever, and they still just now found this shell? How did they miss it in the last 16 decades? I just find that hard to believe.”
Seriously? How semi retarded do you have to be to utter that?
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:03:12 PM PST
by
DesertRhino
(Dogs are called man's best friend. Moslems hate dogs. Add it up..)
To: Red Badger
Over 50,000 Americans died at Gettysburg.Nope. Not even close. I think the combined KIA total was under 10,000.
To: CatOwner
> Quick, get Biden over to see it for a photo-op soon! :) <
That might be fun, just to see what kind of lie heโd spin while there.
โI worked my way through Harvard medical school as a Gettysburg tour guide. And many were the days when Iโd save someone from an unexploded shell.โ
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:05:09 PM PST
by
Leaning Right
(The steal is real.)
To: Red Badger
Finally, a bombshell report.
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:06:35 PM PST
by
Rubiman01
(Been there, done that, got the T-shirt.)
To: crz
Small potatoes. I believe the estimate for artillery shells fired daily in WW1 was around a million especially during the Battle of Verdun and the fighting on the Somme. That stuff is still in the ground, still dangerous and will probably be so for another 100 years.
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:08:11 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
To: Red Badger
Well, I wouldn’t go poking it with a stick.
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:09:00 PM PST
by
jmacusa
(Liberals. Too stupid to be idiots. )
To: DesertRhino
Now, that wasnโt nice.๐ค
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:09:17 PM PST
by
immadashell
(Save Innocent Lives: Ban Gun Free Zones)
To: rexthecat
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posted on
02/09/2023 12:09:48 PM PST
by
Red Badger
(Homeless veterans camp in the streets while illegal aliens are put up in hotels.....................)
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