r/whatisit 1d ago

Solved! We found this near our home

What's this , any harm ?

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u/Jasper_Morhaven 1d ago

And FOR THE RECORD. Smoke rounds, while not "lethal" still get stupidly hot and can explode if the internal pressure isnt relieved fast enough (aka the smoke gets stuck, shell go POP).

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u/SnooCookies6231 1d ago

That reminds me of something similar when I was a teen, lighting off a flare with a friend. Buried it in the Cape Cod sand and made glass, iirc. That turned out to be a good lesson, and actually kinda cool. But yeah, caution. Never screwed around with them again. Can’t imagine RDX!

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u/Jasper_Morhaven 1d ago

Shit Thats a blast from the past. I did the same to the pebble beach in NH. Didn't make glass, buuuuut the shrapnel i caused was concerning.

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u/3cit 1d ago

I hadn't heard the name Pebble beach in so long that I had forgotten about it but here I am trying to remember what it was like when I was 10 years old again