Oh: and I should have mentioned:

http://aec.army.mil/portals/3/technology/uxo00.html
The U.S. Army Environmental Command (USAEC) is able to provide
unexploded ordnance (UXO) technology methodology and information to
help those in need of UXO technical support. Site managers, site
environmental officers, local, state, and federal regulators,
commercial firms, and private citizens may all benefit from these
available technical services.

Found this site a few years ago which searching for old military
manuals on cartridges.  :-)

On Wed, Jun 10, 2015 at 3:40 PM, Carl Drexler <[log in to unmask]> wrote:
> Colleagues,
>
> A few weeks ago, a very nice James Type I artillery shell was found near
> Prairie Grove, Arkansas. When a city employee posted a photo of it to
> Facebook, the local bomb squad hastily commandeered and destroyed the
> round, before consulting with archaeologists, historians, or staff from the
> nearby battlefield park. Part of the justification behind this hasty action
> was that those who expressed a preservation-minded approach to dealing with
> the artifact could not offer a plan to effectively handle, render inert,
> and curate such a find. This is not an isolated incident, and it is time, I
> feel, to come together and better-define our response to this kind of
> situation.
>
> I am proposing a forum at the upcoming SHA conference (Washington, January 6
> -9, 2016) that will bring together archaeologists, explosive ordnance
> disposal (EOD) specialists from the U.S. military, lawyers specializing in
> explosives-related issues, and bomb squad personnel. In addition to
> defining each groups' interests and motivations when historic (pre-WWI)
> unexploded ordnance (UXO) is recovered, I want to use this forum to develop
> a draft protocol for safe handling, preservation, and curation of these
> finds, which otherwise end up destroyed and lost to us. The title and
> abstract are attached.
>
> This forum will be of interest to more than just those who specialize in
> battlefield research. Any who work in areas where historic conflicts have
> occurred, and who might deal with UXO during research or when contacted by
> an interested member of the public would also derive benefit.
>
> Please send me any thoughts or comments at the below contact information.
> If you have stories about the handling of such finds (good or bad), please
> feel free to share them with me in advance of the conference.
>
> Thanks,
> Carl
>
> ----
> Dr. Carl G. Drexler
> Arkansas Archeological Survey
> SAU Research Station
> [log in to unmask]
> (870) 235-4230



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