Holy snapping turtle shells Batman!

[Arwon]

Went out for a bush walk and detect with the whole family (+1) today. The aim was to find an old gold mind on the south coast NSW. After about a 5 km bush walk that felt to be more uphill than down, two creek crossings, we reached the location (according to the GPS). We found a few of diggings in the general area but no actual mine.

One of the mounds I diggings looked like a sink hole about 3'deep and 20 ' wide, so thought I would detect the area. In the middle I got a scratchy signal but a strong signal, so thought what the heck and started to clear off some of the top soil and found this

They all have a black plastic tips so I assume they are blanks and possibly dropped during a military exercise at some point in time. All up we counted about 40 rounds and there where still signals coming out of the depression. We decided not to uncover anything more in case the next find might be somewhat a little more explosive.

Not knowing what to really do with them we decided to re-bury them in the same hole and place some timber over the top of them.

What do you do with these sort of finds???

 

[Ramjet]

Ouch. Wouldn't want to hit them with a pick!

 

[Pr2cv]

I think it be worthwhile contacting the local wallopers or the Army to arrange for their safe removal that would. ensure some other detectorist is not blown to bits .Blanks or not they will still contain powder & could be lethal

Maybe you should consider buying your self a lottery ticket!

Pete

 

[Nugget]

Very lucky there mate. Yep, call the Army to come and clean up their mess :lol:

Reminds me of this blank I dug up https://www.prospectingaustralia.com/forum/viewtopic.php?id=50

Nugget.

 

[Mudguts]

Hooly dooly

 

[Rusher]

Gees that's not good can't believe some of the crap people dump or leave behind in our beautiful bush

 

[Scoopa]

Just goes to show, we just never know what may be in the next hole we dig! Still,that's another find you wont forget in a hurry!

 

[silver]

Found this n thought all you shell aficionados just had to see it ,..... I know it's an old post and we should leave em in archive, but hey !
Enjoy 8)

 

[Goldfreak]

Throw them in the fire :Y:

 

[Occasional_panner]

Don't stress, rifle ammo won't hurt you.
For starters they look like the black plastic dummy rounds (M60)
For rifle ammo to be dangerous it needs to be contained in the rifle chamber where it is fired, the pressure builds up and the projectile is forced out the barrell, continually speeding up all the way to the muzzle. Smokeless powder is very safe and just burns like a fuse, it won't go Kabam!

 

[Occasional_panner]

Throw them in the fire :Y:

The primer would make a loud bang and the powder would just burn away, if you put all of them in at once the result would be a bit more dramatic.

 

[Goldfreak]

Don't stress, rifle ammo won't hurt you.
For starters they look like the black plastic dummy rounds (M60)
For rifle ammo to be dangerous it needs to be contained in the rifle chamber where it is fired, the pressure builds up and the projectile is forced out the barrell, continually speeding up all the way to the muzzle. Smokeless powder is very safe and just burns like a fuse, it won't go Kabam!

What he said.

 

[ballarat_gold]

Put em all in the fire at once.! Lol

 

[Goldfreak]

Put em all in the fire at once.! Lol

No no I changed my mind, the microwave :Y: