Also destroyed were half a dozen cannon balls from a war long past. Steve Cassell, of Waipahu, Hawaii, as he lines up training grenades and plaster copies of anti-tank mines for disposal. We are blowing them up as well, just to keep them from showing up again. Lining up rows of green plastic anti-personnel mines in a different pit, Cassell said, These are real. They are all plastic, and even the triggers are mostly plastic.
Metal detectors wouldn t help.
Sometimes local nationals come across items and contact the camp. Other items, such as the canon balls, are uncovered during construction projects. The Army s First Infantry Division also seizes ordnance as it patrols the sector. A guy was threatening another with a live grenade, said Cassell. They were planted in between the rows of vegetables in his garden.