Why do people panic and do that?

Munitions are still historically important and anything less than a live hand grenade can be demilled / deactivated with relative ease or with relatively little cost at least.

If anyone has Civil War era muntions do not freak out and call the police.  There are plenty of people out there that demill that material for a living throughout the country, and are good at what they do.  Usually someone in a black powder artillery group [live fire - not reenactors] can point you in the right direction.  At the very least most of those projectiles are worth some $$$ and can be deacessioned with a profit instead of a 'bang.'

Dave Naumec


--- On Thu, 5/29/08, Joshua <[log in to unmask]> wrote:

> From: Joshua <[log in to unmask]>
> Subject: Re: Live Munitions
> To: [log in to unmask]
> Date: Thursday, May 29, 2008, 2:44 PM
> The museum I work at was in a similar situation.  I
> contacted local law
> enforcement which in turn put me in touch with a local US
> Army base and
> ultimately a bomb squad.  Talk about an easy case for
> deaccessionng!
> 
> Regards,
> 
> Joshua K. Blay
> 
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> -----Original Message-----
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> 
> Morris,
>  
> When we discover live ammunition in our collections, we
> contact our local
> law enforcement.  They come pick up the ammunition and
> dispose of it
> properly.
>  
> Kelli
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> 	
> 	Hello All-
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> 	I can't remember which museum listserve(s) I saw this
> on, and I
> didn't need the information at the time so I didn't
> file it, but we have
> discovered live ammunition rounds in our collections and
> need to know who to
> contact to dispose of them. 
> 	
> 	Thanks for your help.
> 	
> 	 
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