Farmer Finds Pineapple (Grenade) in Cornfield
Toledo, Ohio The Hancock County Sheriff's Office was dispatched to a Hancock County farm after farmer Levi Haselman found what he believed to be a hand grenade while inspecting his cornfield. According to deputies, the suspect item resembled a MK 2 grenade.
"I just knelt down and noticed a rust sticking up top like a piece of metal or something that broke off a tillage tool. So, I actually grabbed it and pulled it out of the ground and realized what it was, and I already had it in my hands," Haselman told reporters. He then notified authorities.
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Responding officers contacted the Northwest Ohio Bomb Team, out of Toledo who recovered the grenade and determined it was safe to move for proper disposal.
The MK 2 grenade, also known as a "pineapple grenade," was a standard issue anti-personnel weapon during WWII and the Korean War. There is no indication how the munition ended up buried in the field.