Be Careful Digging in Your Backyard

From the January 7, 2018, U.S. News & World Report  "St. Augustine Man finds Civil War-era Mortar in Yard."

Well, a mortar or cannon shell actually.

Digging in his backyard a man found a Civil War explosive.  He was digging a grave for his dog and found a cannonball with two ports sliding out.

He told the St. John's County Sheriff's Department who called a bomb squad to deal with it.

St. Augustine Lighthouse archaeological conservator Andrew Thompson says there was no Civil War action in the area in which it was found.  He thinks it might have belonged to a collector who discarded it. (I kind of doubt that.)

After it has undergone tests, it will be offered back to the finder or to a museum.

Like, BOOM!!  --Old B-Runner