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Mortar shell unearthed at Riverside State Park
A Fairchild Air Force Base explosives team removed a buried and rusted mortar round from Riverside State Park on Sunday after a Spokane man reported finding it with a metal detector.
The 60-mm illumination round, which Fairchild officials guessed was about 40 years old, was likely dead because moisture had seeped inside the cracked casing, said Joe Wiles, a Fairchild spokesman.
However, the fuse was still active, he said.
"They brought it back to the base where they will safely store it until they get permission to destroy it," Wiles said.
Jeff Swennumson found the round about a half-mile down Inland Road from Riverside State Park's off-road vehicle park on Saturday, he said.
"I only uncovered it enough to get a good look at it. 1 didn't want to deal with the business end of the thing," he said.
On Sunday, he showed Spokane County sheriffs Deputy Jack Rosenthal where to find it.
Rosenthal said the Sheriffs Office refers all such calls to Fairchild's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, which handles military munitions.
- Alison Boggs
Enjoy SteveK
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Mortar shell unearthed at Riverside State Park
A Fairchild Air Force Base explosives team removed a buried and rusted mortar round from Riverside State Park on Sunday after a Spokane man reported finding it with a metal detector.
The 60-mm illumination round, which Fairchild officials guessed was about 40 years old, was likely dead because moisture had seeped inside the cracked casing, said Joe Wiles, a Fairchild spokesman.
However, the fuse was still active, he said.
"They brought it back to the base where they will safely store it until they get permission to destroy it," Wiles said.
Jeff Swennumson found the round about a half-mile down Inland Road from Riverside State Park's off-road vehicle park on Saturday, he said.
"I only uncovered it enough to get a good look at it. 1 didn't want to deal with the business end of the thing," he said.
On Sunday, he showed Spokane County sheriffs Deputy Jack Rosenthal where to find it.
Rosenthal said the Sheriffs Office refers all such calls to Fairchild's Explosive Ordnance Disposal team, which handles military munitions.
- Alison Boggs
