Careful walking the beach y'all

http://www.pensacolanewsjournal.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20060215/NEWS01/602150318/1006

"Pensacola Beach residents clearing storm debris Tuesday on the shores of Santa Rosa Sound near Le Port Drive found a 100-pound bomb partially submerged in shallow water. It is believed to be from the World War II or Korean War eras.

The Air Force's 16th Civil Engineer Squadron Explosive Ordinance Disposal team retrieved the bomb, sealed it in a metal container and transported it in the back of a Chevy pickup down U.S. 98 to Hurlburt Field for detonation, said Escambia County Deputy Stan Reed.

Rick Sundstrom, 60, found the bomb, three-quarters of it exposed and covered with barnacles. He thought it was an old cannon..."

Not really surprising that things like that still turn up once in a while since so much of the area has been used for military training at one time or another. There are a couple of places on the Topsail Hill nature trail where you can (or at least used to be able to) see little bits and pieces of non-explosive military debris left over from back in the training ground days.