Magnetic Fishing?

[Damselfish]

Seems a bit short sighted. If they think there's unexploded ordinance down there then why not put a team together and clean up the river rather than require people to be IN the water to find the ordinance.

Having recently dealt with some oddball laws in Massachusetts I have to say I'm not entirely surprised.

Details- Unexploded ordnance found in Nashua River triggers Devens ban on 'magnet fishing'

 

[maj2]

Seems a bit short sighted. If they think there's unexploded ordinance down there then why not put a team together and clean up the river rather than require people to be IN the water to find the ordinance.

Having recently dealt with some oddball laws in Massachusetts I have to say I'm not entirely surprised.

During WWI, it was so muddy that many shells penetrated very deep into the mud, and remain there today, gradually incing their way to the surface. On a visit to Belgium a few years ago, we were told that even 100 years after the end of WW1, they estimate it will take another 100 years for all of the unexploded WW1 ordinance to finally make its way to the surface. The "Iron Harvest" is an interesting thing to see. And that's just farmers fields.

There has been a fairly concerted cleanup for the better part of the past century (WW2 years excepted), but there is a long way still to go.

 

[Scared Silly]

On weekends we go boating on a white water river popular with people who float on inner tubes. They often get tossed in the rapids and lose their beer stash which goes floating down stream. Being in kayaks and more mobile we then go beer fishing. On a good day one can get a six pack cooler of beer on ice. On a bad day you reel in beer so cheap that tossing it back would be a clean water violation.

 

[coldwaterglutton]

During WWI, it was so muddy that many shells penetrated very deep into the mud, and remain there today, gradually incing their way to the surface. On a visit to Belgium a few years ago, we were told that even 100 years after the end of WW1, they estimate it will take another 100 years for all of the unexploded WW1 ordinance to finally make its way to the surface. The "Iron Harvest" is an interesting thing to see. And that's just farmers fields.

There has been a fairly concerted cleanup for the better part of the past century (WW2 years excepted), but there is a long way still to go.

Even more scary is there is a sapper's tunnel in Messines crammed with a few hundred tons of explosives that remains as UXO today. It can go off at any time.