Andronicus Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 Geocaching Bomb Squad This one is a little different though... Quote Link to comment
+Ms.Scrabbler Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 That's a switch! Glad he knew enough about it to not try opening it as I might have done. Quote Link to comment
+NanCycle Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 So, when it's really a bomb, they don't blow it up! Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 I thought it was kind of strange that he was able to identify it due to his training, but that his training didn't include the advice not to pick it up in the first place. Maybe the article has things out of order? I pulled it up and held it in my hand before putting it on a rock. ...he knew what he was holding, thanks to his training in identifying military ordnance. If that (military ordnance) had been unstable or live and active, I could not be here today. I got lucky and now it's a cool story. (I love websites that make it a real PITA to copy and paste text.) Quote Link to comment
+Castle Mischief Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 So, when it's really a bomb, they don't blow it up! I guess in Canada they have some way of determining the threat level without blowing it up? Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) I think it goes like this Bob (I will call him bob) picked up what he thought was (junk, geocache, rock...??) Bob, thanks to his training in identifying military ordnance (he is an army reservist), then realized what it was. Bob gently set it down on a rock. Bob called 911 Calgary bomb squade determend that it was safe Bob took bomb home as his greatest geocaching souvenir yet. Edited August 10, 2010 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
+lachupa Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 That should be one heck of a DNF log. Quote Link to comment
Andronicus Posted August 10, 2010 Author Share Posted August 10, 2010 (edited) That should be one heck of a DNF log. Here it is! Edited August 10, 2010 by Andronicus Quote Link to comment
+lachupa Posted August 10, 2010 Share Posted August 10, 2010 That should be one heck of a DNF log. Here it is! HAHA that is awesome since it all turned out ok in the end Quote Link to comment
+geodarts Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 I might have thought the ordinance was just another camo'd cache. Or it was another bit of rusty junk that might be turned into a cache. Or I might have tossed it to the side without a second thought. So I am glad this one had a happy end Quote Link to comment
+fanglyfish Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 WOW... Theres a FTF to remember.... Quote Link to comment
knowschad Posted August 11, 2010 Share Posted August 11, 2010 That should be one heck of a DNF log. Travelbug!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Quote Link to comment
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