Man Keeps Found Munition For Three Years

Jackson, Georgia A local resident dropped off an old artillery shell he had sitting in his house to the High Falls Fire station. The station called the Monroe County Sheriff's Office to respond who responses along with the Bibb County Bomb Disposal Unit. The man told authorities that he found the ordnance while digging for a sewer line approximately three years earlier.

It's unknown why the man decided to keep the munition in his house and what prompted him to finally turn over the munitions. The exact type of munition was not reported but the bomb squad secured the munitions as they awaited the arrival of the military to further examine and dispose of the ordnance.