T' hunter finds smoke bombs on Dorset beach

A TREASURE hunter had a lucky escape when he unearthed a cache of World War Two smoke bombs on a West Dorset beach.

Ian Snook, 44, discovered the 24 glass bottles of dangerous benzene and phosphorus while using a metal detector on Cogden Beach, near Burton Bradstock. . . .

Mr Snook said he did not realise what he had found when he started to dig them up the previous evening.

But alarm bells rang when he was able to make out some of the words on a rusty metal label on top of the box in which they were stored.

They included: ?PRECAUTION ? these bombs might instantly... on breaking in air.. Stringent precaution must be taken to avoid cracking during handling ? the caps must never be removed.? . . . . .

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Yikes! What next? I am always watching for drug syringes on some beaches and use a sand scoop and a glove when digging in dirt.





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