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People please read and understand what is written in this post one of the most dangerous things you can do is remove or play with UXO
If you should find a suspicious item, that may be UXO, do not touch or disturb it. It's been there for many years, it won't hurt you if you don't disturb it.

Unexploded ordnance (UXO, sometimes abbreviated as UO), unexploded bombs (UXBs), or explosive remnants of war (ERW) are explosive weapons (bombs, shells, grenades, land mines, naval mines, cluster munition, etc.) that did not explode when they were employed and still pose a risk of detonation, sometimes many decades after they were used or discarded. World War I munitions filled with poisonous gas continue to be a hazard. Munitions found are often destroyed in controlled explosions, but accidental detonation, sometimes fatal, of very old explosives occurs.
Unexploded ordnance, however old, may explode. Recovery, particularly of deeply-buried projectiles, is difficult and hazardousjarring may detonate the charge. Once recovered, explosives must either be detonated in place or transported safely to a site where they can be destroyed.

Unexploded ordnance both in current and former combat areas and on military firing ranges. A major problem with unexploded ordnance is that over the years the detonator and main charge deteriorate, frequently making them more sensitive to disturbance, and therefore more dangerous to handle. Construction work or detecting may disturb unsuspected unexploded bombs, which may then explode. There are countless examples of people tampering with unexploded ordnance that is many years old, often with fatal results. Believing it to be harmless they handle the device and it explodes, causing deaths, injuries. For this reason it is universally recommended that unexploded ordnance should not be touched or handled by unqualified persons. Instead, the location should be reported to the local police or military so that bomb disposal or Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) professionals can render it safe.

Actions on finding a suspicious item:

If a suspect UXO item is found - DO NOT TOUCH, disturb or tamper with the item in any way. This includes making any attempt to move the item to a 'safe' location.
Carefully note the appearance of the item and the location. Take a photograph if it is possible to do so without further approaching or disturbing the item.
If possible, mark the location so that it can be found later. Coloured tape or paint make easily recognised marker material. Note the route to the item.
Inform the property owner.
Inform the Police that a possible ammunition item has been found. They will instigate a request for Defence personnel to attend and dispose of the item.
Unless the UXO was deliberately disturbed (picked up, played with, kicked, thrown, etc), there are no known instances in Australia where an item of UXO has injured a member of the public.

The most dangerous munition you can come across if you venture into live fire areas

High Explosive Anti-Tank (HEAT/751) and High Explosive Anti-Tank - Rocket Assisted
Projectile (HEAT-RAP/551) - May be fuzed for point detonation, delay or airburst. Some are
composed of tandem charges. RAP has a rocket booster motor.

This one when a misfire or non explosion at the other end is very much sort after to be destroyed they are very dangerous
most of my work was destroying these
The problem is a shadow from you or even the clouds covering the sun or vibrations from walking can set them off
I am not trying to scare anyone but just trying to say stay out of live fire ranges its not worth the risk for a few grams of gold

http://www.abc.net.au/news/2015-07-03/w ew/6592766

http://www.ozatwar.com/ozatwar/militarycamps.htm
 
Some one was badly injured at Mogo by picking up a phosphorous flare.
I often found the remains of them.
Steer clear.
 
Years ago I used to work for the (then) Caloundra City Council and we had a UXO management plan and specific people allocated to deal with them. Most were coming from the North in the suburbs of Currimundi etc and they were from WWII. Over the period most of the old landing areas had been reclaimed and there were houses everywhere and the amount that "grew" out of the ground after 60 odd years was amazing.

Plenty of the old fellas would see these things coming up into their garden beds so out would come the crowbars and shovels until they got them out. There were even a few who would put them in the boot of their car and drive to the main office to advise the customer service people that they had these and where could they go to dump them. Obviously didn't realise that they were still live. Speaking to the bloke who was in charge of these he said you would be surprised how many had gouges in them and nicks taken out. Bloody wonder someone didn't blow themselves up but never heard of it happening so they must have some level of protection around them (wouldn't want to test that though). We used to laugh about it but were a bit horrified at the same time
 

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