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Man living in 2008 dies from civil war cannon blast

captainfish · Saturday, May 3. 2008 00:32
From a story in Fox News...

As an adult, he crisscrossed the Virginia countryside in search of wartime relics — weapons, battle flags, even artillery shells buried in the red clay. He sometimes put on diving gear to feel for treasures hidden in the black muck of river bottoms.

But in February, [his] hobby cost him his life: A cannonball he was restoring exploded, killing him in his driveway.


Brian?? You still with us? Brian ol' buddy, you still around?
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Brian C. Ledbetter on 2008-05-03 08:45 #1
*"Wow, that's an amazing fin... BOOM."

:-)
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Cletus on 2008-05-03 13:33 #2
*I feel bad for the guy... Shitty way to go
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captainfish on 2008-05-03 17:55 #3
*What is amazing tho.... is that this article came out yesterday and the guy died back in FEBRUARY!!

Wonder if it took that long to find all the parts.
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Richard Geldhof on 2008-06-13 07:13 #4
*Unfortunate tragedy, but history teaches to assume found cannons and cannonballs are "alive." Never prod or cause a spark on them no matter how long buried in soil or underwater.
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