Schrapnel?

[MarkMcJizzy]

What does shrapnel from a howitzer look like? I have been finding chunks of a metallic material, about 3/8 of an inch, by 3/8, by up to six inches long, below the east face of Liberty Bell. It is clearly not a mineral, and some portions may retain some machining.

 

It seems too thick for the shell of a howitzer used for avalanche control, and I'm not aware of any artillery control up there. I'm wondering if it could be the remains of a big aerial iron bomb dumped by an aircraft during an emergency during WWII

[MarkMcJizzy]

What does shrapnel from a zer look like?

 

It seems too thick for the shell of a zer

 

Edit to add:

Thats fucked that this board is so scared of Dan H o w i t that I can't spell h o w i t z e r

[Kat_Roslyn]

Yeah Mark, Noticed a lot of that stuff last week. Not all clumped together, but sitting randomly on top of boulders. It looked like really old half rusted pitons, but after finding a few we just figured it was rock that had a lot of iron.

[MisterMo]

WSDOT does avy control as required while opening the road in the spring. I imagine they do shots in the area you describe, however I don't know if they use an avalauncher or military stuff.

[archenemy]

hey Mark,

 

My brother works with UXO for a living. If you give me a piece of your schrapnel, I can have him look at it and diagnose it for ya.

[crazy_t]

I have found a lot of WWII shrapnel on the slopes of Elbrus; it looks like what you are describing. Jagged/rough, rusty, and about the same size range.

[G-spotter]

There are these really cool signs along the Coquihalla Highway that state that the area is avalanche controlled, unexploded ordnance may be present, and thus "anything you touch may explode and kill you." skull

[MarkMcJizzy]

Here are some (poor) photographs

 

 

 

Most of the avy rounds I have seen were fired from a recoiless rifle, and were concussive rounds. These appear to be anti-personnel. And, they probably required a heavier gun than most avy control shooting

[crazy_t]

That looks just like what I've seen and had identified to me as shrapnel.

[crazy_t]

That shrapnel having been from WWII and employed for "anti-person" use.

[archenemy]

Where'd you get a twenty dollar bill?

[tvashtarkatena]

I'd start looking for alien skeletons in the immediate vicinity.

[archenemy]

Good thinking. Or for the Chupacabra.

[Raindawg]

 

Your answer can be found here, on page 57.

 

And look around for the bones of one these next time you're up there: