Jacksonville man’s dog finds decades-old unexploded military weapon after digging in backyard

actionnewsjax.com ^ | March 24, 2024 | Nicholas Brooks

[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.

[Spacetrucker]

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.

[Romulus]

How about ordnance?

[null and void]

Mortar round...

[V_TWIN]

“Okay is this live?”

Just like assuming all firearms are loaded......it is until you are absolutely sure it’s not.

[null and void]

The old joke is slightly less funny when you actually do see the bomb technician running...

[IYAS9YAS]

What about shells you find on the beach?

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ArMf6xbMsLI

[null and void]

I’ll call you back, there’s a phone booth a block away from here...

[null and void]

Use a dime...

[Verginius Rufus]

Civil War? Seminole Wars?

Probably not that old.

[Oscar in Batangas]

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.

[V_TWIN]

Funny....always thought Newhart was hilarious

[V_TWIN]

There’s a Naval Air Station 15 miles from the ordinance was found.

[Rockingham]

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.

[gundog]

Florida Dog....

Florida Man’s Best Friend.

[BipolarBob]

Spacetrucker knows what the ordinance about ordnances look like. They look like it shouldn’t be in this guys yard. He’s 100% correct.

[CIB-173RDABN]

They are still finding bombs in and around London UK.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=s0uyznncCzk

[Spacetrucker]

Never claimed my spelling was perfect.

[Spacetrucker]

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.

[Spacetrucker]

Thank you, Bob, always count on you for comic relief 😆