From the Jan. 27th Channel 9 CBS WNCT Greenville, NC "Men make Civil War-era discovery in waters near Oriental."
This past Wednesday, two men found a Civil War era explosive device in the water near Oriental, NC. It is about the size of a soft drink bottle and weighs about five pounds. They handed it over to the military bomb squad at Cherry Point and was blown up Friday.
Before turning it over, they hit it twice with a hammer and then took to one of their homes in New Bern. (Smart move.) Nearby homes were evacuated.
The Jan. 27th WITN reports that it was determined to be a 3.1 to 3.5-inch mortar shell from the Civil War-era. It was covered with barnacles and oysters.
Don't Go Messing With Civil War Ordnance. --Old B-Runner
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