Antique Bomb Found

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Sunday January 14 2007
Norway AFTENPOSTEN

         
Antique bomb found
An undetonated bomb that can stem from the 1600s has been dug up at Oslo's Akershus Fortress.

The round, 20-kilo projectile was found on New Year's Day during excavation work under the Old Riding House which for many years housed the Riksteateret, the State Theater.

The ball, which has a diameter of 22-23 centimeters (8.6-9 inches), has a 3 centimeter (1.2 inch) hole that is meant to be filled with gunpowder. After loading, a fuse was inserted and lit and then the whole thing was fired off in a mortar. . . . .

"This is an extremely rare and very interesting find," said senior consultant Britt-Alise Hjelmeland, who has the responsibility for antiquarian maintenance of Akershus Fortress.

The bomb has some melting on each side of the powder hole, which indicates that it has been fired. From its age it could stem from the final attack by Sweden's Karl XII on the fortress in 1716, though he had little heavy artillery with him on that campaign, Hjelmeland said.

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cool find

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Thanks Sue..my kind of story!!!

Sue always comes through with the good stuff...keep it up.

How do you find time to relic hunt with all the time you must spend digging up these great stories?

Dean

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http://www.thunting.com/smf/index.php/topic,1532.msg12979.html#msg12979

Since 6 am I have been called  out twice to run my crew saltng the 401..Canadas main highway..going out later for about 16 hours as we have a storm coming!!

Don't care if you are male or female..your stories are great!!!!

This one is really good because in the US Mortar rounds are better known in the CW..some know that they were used in the War of 1812..but very few know ( anywhere) that they had mortars this large in the 1600s...a very rare find..

Thanl you again Sue...perhaps we should make you the forums 'reporter"  the one and only!!!

Your Friend in Canada

Dean

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The original "cherry bomb," aye, Sweet Sue?

Lordy but that's a big'un!

I'd say finding live rounds, et al, would be the "downside of detectin' " to quote oRo elsewhere on this forum. 

Back when I lived in Wichita KS, it seemed that everytime we had a drought and the Little Arkansas running thru the center of the city, another honkin' unexploded WWII bomb was dug up.  Always made the front pages of the Wichita Eagle.

Megan Rose

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