[mojaveman]

Some idiot was cleaning up some property near where I live and found a metal toolbox that contained several pipe bombs that someone had made. Instead of leaving them at the scene he put them in the back of his pick up and drove to the local Sheriff's station. Needless to say they weren't very happy and as a matter of fact they almost arrested the man for illegally transporting explosives.

Being that we have several large military installations in Southern California ordnance has always been a problem as long as I have lived here. A few months doesn't go by without something being found somewhere where it shouldn't be. The best one that I can remember was a 250lb bomb that someone was using as a mailbox post. A new homeowner decided he didn't like it and pulled it out of the ground. Just as a precaution he called the authorities and they determined that it was a live bomb that someone had found out in the desert. The fuze had been removed but it still contained explosives.