Garden ornament turns out to be live bomb

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Milford Haven: Garden ornament turns out to be live bomb
bbc.com
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Tests proved it was live, but with only a tiny amount of charge

Even the BBC resorts to clickbait nowadays smh

The EOD team assessed the item and determined it to be a 64lb naval projectile

Even a tiny amount of explosive can result in a big bang, and certainly hurt someone. If this is a 64 pound projectile, then there has to be a few pounds left even if it was just a tiny amount.

Live and tiny amount likely means it has a fuse that is potentially live.

still probably best not to bang it with your trowel

That's what got me. A bouncy 7 mile ride back to home. 2 world wars. Regular trowel cleaning. A paint job in 1982. And set in concrete, which EOD had to remove it from. What a ride, for the shell and the reader. Whew!

and it finally went out with the bang it was designed for, without hurting anyone! going out with style

This article is worth reading just for the perfect quotes from the couple. I'm American and can still hear the accent they're said in.

I read all of the family’s quotes in Grampa Simpson’s voice.

Quit a conversation piece in the garden