Park User Finds Buried Munition

Lewes, Delaware A visitor to Cape Henlopen Stake park using a metal detector on the sand dunes found a munition item. The visitor called the park rangers who secured the area until the Delaware State Police Bomb Squad and the Dover AFB EOD unit could arrive.

The munition, identified as a practice 3.5" rocket with a potentially live rocket motor was safely transported by the EOD unit for disposal. The area where the munition was found was once part of Fort Miles that was built in the 1940s and was active through 1958 when the decision was made to close the fort.

More information on Fort Miles can be found in the UXO Site Inventory - Fort Miles.