Woman finds live World War II-era bomb

A woman walking her dog Wednesday found a live, World War II-era bomb on a Florida beach, which authorities later detonated.

No one was injured.

Jeannie Emack called local authorities, who determined the roughly 100-pound (45.4-kilogram) bomb was too old and unstable to move. Instead, they evacuated nearly two blocks of homes, while members of the sheriff's Explosive Ordinance Disposal team dug a hole in the sand and detonated the bomb...

--USA Today

Woman hopes for treasure, finds dynamite

Lori Artman thought she'd uncovered a fortune when she found an old wooden box partially buried in her backyard.

But there was no hidden loot in the box -- just dynamite.

"We were hoping for money, a buried treasure," Artman said. "Instead we just had a crazy day with the bomb squad."

The box was found Friday when Artman, her boyfriend and her nephew were inspecting the fence around her property in Buffalo Township, about 25 miles northeast of Pittsburgh.

They called police, who summoned the Allegheny County bomb squad...

--CNN

Quake brings WWII PT boat up from ocean floor

Wreckage from a World War II torpedo boat was tossed up from the sea in the Solomon Islands after a powerful 8.1 earthquake hit the area in early April, an official said Friday.

Jay Waura of the National Disaster Management Office said the explosive-laden boat was exposed when reefs were pushed up three meters (10 feet) above sea level by the April 2 quake, which caused a devastating tsunami in the western Solomon Islands that killed 52 people.

The Solomons' coastline is still littered with decaying military wrecks from World War II, including the torpedo patrol boat commanded by U.S. President John F. Kennedy...

--CNN

Woman Finds WWII Grenade in Potatoes

A woman in a town near Naples got an unwelcome surprise when she bought a sack of potatoes at a nearby market, put them into water to peel and discovered one of them was a hand grenade apparently left over from World War II.

Olga Mauriello had put the potatoes in a vat of water and had just begun peeling them Tuesday when she found the explosive, covered in dirt, police said Wednesday.

An alarmed Mauriello, 74, called neighbors, who in turn called police...

--ABC News

N.J. beach closed after WWII-era explosives found

SURF CITY, N.J. -- A mile-long stretch of beach in Ocean County was closed after an unseen danger was unearthed: bombs and other munitions dating back to World War II.

Several unexploded fuses and artillery shell adapters were found in sand recently pumped into Surf City.

The explosives were found in newly placed beach fill in the area between 17th and 24th streets. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers halted the project and closed the beaches after the discovery was made three weeks ago.Authorities have posted danger signs at the beaches and blocked off the entrances. Security guards patrol the area around the clock...

--NBC10.com