[Closed] Found on the beach

Have you tried hitting it?

They sell those in Anne Summers

Mortar I'd say. Can I have your bike if there's anything left if it?

Tap the end..

Go on, 😯
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Oh. Mortars are the exploding ones right?

The Iron Giant used to be anatomically correct.
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Dump it on the beach. That's what I did with mine, looked just like that.

Oh. Mortars are the exploding ones right? (serious question) how do I get rid of this thing in a sensible way, without the bomb squad descending?

Put it back where you found it, and then ring the police?

...assuming you fancy transporting it again knowing what it might be.

Some idiot will pick it up and take it home.

Err, ahhhh, get it out of your house or don't and get the police. Or throw it in the woodburner

It is shell, hence the rifling grooves, might be high explosive or incendiary or fragmentation or armour piercing.

Look at it this way, you might be on regional news tomorrow (explaining why you're such a half wit)

Dump on the beach.

A little less fibre in your diet, perhaps.

Possible darwin award contender.

I'm on a dodgy connection so I've only had a brief look at the picture.
Its not a mortar round. It has a rifling band. I think its a 18 pounder. It doesn't look like it has a fuse ( the pointy end would ne brass) so its not HE or Shrapnel. Probably a solid shot. Is it rather heavy?
Google 18 pounder solid shot.

Sorry 18 pounder shell

Looks like an artillery round rather than a mortar round. (It has rifling band marks on it)

That doesn't mean to say that is not explosive.

Seriously though, get it dealt with properly. Why try and hide it for someone else to find?

OP deleted the pic?

Yes he has.

Panic not guys. I daftly took my Dad's word that it was solid shot - and it does look like it might be, but I'll get the police to deal with it. There's certainly no brass on it.

Panicking cause he hearing the sound of sirens coming from the distance? 🙂

You know that a wee balloon will be getting inflated as soon as you tell plod.

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That does look nothing like this:

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So guess OP is safe.

Definitely remove it from the house before calling the police. A controlled explosion in the living room could be inconvenient.

Its probably a solid round fired as a training from a ship.

Well given the condition it's fairly similar, even if it's not I'm not sure that makes it safe.

Oh, I am not for a second saying it's safe. It's times like these we need a sarcasm font.

I am saying prayers for Mowgli as we speak.

And then you discover it's a fossilised dinosaur turd 🙂

A coprolite? Unlikely, unless its a megasoraus.

Roman sex toy

A coprolite? Unlikely, unless its a megasoraus.

😆

Clearly we've evolved to no longer need rifling 🙂

I heard an interesting story from a fellow nurse involving an ex-serviceman, a 'rectal foreign body' and bomb disposal...

Clearly we've evolved to no longer need rifling

Depends how accurately you want to shit.

Shoot. Not shit, shoot.

Looks like a really big gear cable end cap...is it off a fat bike?

Heh. WTF Mowgli?

How could anyone think that is a good idea to take home?

microwaving it will make it safe.

Looks like a 50p coin. Although it might be a 20p its difficult to tell. If you tell us what size the unexploded shell is we'd be able to scale from that and tell you the value of your find. Strictly speaking you have to declare it as Treasure Trove. What you then have to do with it depends on whether you live north or south of the border. In scotland any treasure is [i]quod nullius est fit domini regis:[/i] "that which belongs to nobody becomes our Lord the King's". The means you have to offer it to your nearest register monarch who can decide whether or not they want to buy a can of Irn Bru with it or take it down the penny slots at the arcade.

Some people have all the luck - never find anything good on the beach 🙁

Is there an image in the OP? It isn't displaying for me.

^^^Could be ideal,for achieving your user name^^^

They deleted it @MCH.

It's in my post here, tho: http://singletrackmag.com/forum/topic/found-on-the-beach-1#post-7744734

Rather unexcitingly, it's been confirmed as a solid shot but the police have taken it off anyway. Will have to source another paperweight somewhere.

Im guessing you've missed out the bit where they congratulated you on bringing it home for them so they didnt have to get wet feet.

Boo! They could have at least blown your worktop up.

Did you let them keep the 50p as a tip?

I guess they don't wan the hassle of having to come out again in 10 years time when it gets left behind during a house move and the new owners discover an unexploded bomb.

When you can see the SS Richard Montgomery from your Nan's old house, you don't pick up anything that washes up on the beach.

Still waiting for that to blow.

http://www.thestar.co.uk/news/police-called-out-to-world-war-two-shell-find-near-sheffield-1-7946847

When you can see the SS Richard Montgomery from your Nan's old house, you don't pick up anything that washes up on the beach.

Still waiting for that to blow.

Not the only one

"This is the coastal town
That they forgot to close down
Armageddon - come Armageddon!
Come, Armageddon! Come!"

Some people have all the luck - never find anything good on the beach

My best "find" is a Jeep Cherokee on the beach at Weston. I think someone had enough of it or thought they were in a land rover.

My best beach find is a 60ft fin whale

An old diving mate of mine used to lift shells off wrecks then pull out the cordite. We'd stuff that into a hole in the ground on bonfire night and it'd be the best roman candle ever.

I think someone had enough of it or thought they were in a land rover.

It had broken down?

We found a near 1m catshark last month, on Abersoch beach. 8)

Wouldn't it have been easier to drop it through the police station letter box

mrsfry - Member
Wouldn't it have been easier to drop it through the police station letter box

You're not still in Belfast now you know....

Wouldn't it have been easier to drop it through the police station letter box

I don't think you understand how big a 50p piece is.

I found a big pile of whale vomit once, useless so threw it away.

I ,well the dog, found this.

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I found a big pile of whale vomit once, useless so threw it away.

I had to google ambergris. Can't believe vomit is worth money!

I hope you're not seriously suggesting you threw away a lump of ambergris!

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Worked on a tree felling job with bomb disposal present.
They seemed very lax about it, anything that didn't detonate as we dropped trees or dragged them out with the tractor would be slung in their pick-up and taken down the beach to blow up with as much extra explosive stuff they fancied that day.

My best beach find is a 60ft fin whale

I found one of those as well, didn't smell too good I remember.

I also found a divers knife when I was a kid which I still have, that really was a great find when you are 8 or 9.

A friend of my Dad found a bale of Moroccan black, he didn't turn it in or sell it but gave it all away to friends.
On the drugs on beaches story, a good friend was in Mexico in the late 80s when they found several massive packages of cocaine. One American they were with couldn't resist attempting to hide it in his van and drive it back into the states. He was never seen again.