Mass. Police Destroy Box Of Explosives Found In Forest Off Route 1

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Anyone missing their SHTF - EOTW stash of explosives ???


Rowley police officers got a call from a man who was using a metal detector who found a box of TNT and some plastic explosives buried in a metal box in a state-owned forest near Newbury on the North Shore
 
Does tnt and c4 deteriorate and get unstable over time ?
IIRC, TNT needs to be stored properly more for safety than other reasons. Also, it off-gasses which can be an issue. Not like the old/original formula weeping nitro and going off rather easily.

As for the angry putty, not sure how long it's shelf life is. I'd imagine that as long as it's not stored stupidly, it would've good for a decent amount of time. Probably similar to how primers and powder are stable and such.
 
Does tnt and c4 deteriorate and get unstable over time ?

The old recipe for TNT would sweat out nitroglycerine, you would always want to check the paper for staining before handling. New stuff is probably very stable but still very hydroscopic, so it would hate getting damp.

C4/RDX is a polymer, so it should last forever if stored properly. Stuff is fascinating because it reacts with almost nothing and is totally inert unless you hit it with a certain amount of joules.
 

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If you get enough gravel delivered, ypu always wind up with a few undetonated blasting caps.. I never played with them. Maybe they were just defective or . Maybe they weren’t hooked up right

Edit Now that I think about it, they’re probably still in my driveway…

If I ever get back to this mountain project. I have to have somebody to come do some blasting. It’s the only practical way to remove that much ledge…

The polymer that expands and brakes rock is pretty impressive too, but I don’t got all day
 
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Dyno Nobel still manufactures and sells dynamite in North America, but someone would have to school me why one would still use it.

A relative still used it years ago for blasting for construction. Drill a hole in rock; insert dynamite; detonate to break apart rock. I believe he used it during some of the I-91 construction in VT, and at least one VT State gov building site.
 
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