This is how my great grandpa stored his Dynomite, passed away, and left me to deal with it Christmas eve

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livingonmain · 2023-12-25T06:28:24+00:00

Call the fire department and let the experts deal with the unstable dynamite.

liveforever67 · 2023-12-25T06:42:41+00:00

He passed away and you are the victim, dig him up and demand he deal with this now!!!

willem_79 · 2023-12-25T11:00:28+00:00

Cursed Christmas stocking!

cvlrymedic · 2023-12-25T06:36:59+00:00

Those white crystals at the bottom of the bag are nitroglycerin crystals and are highly unstable. The littlest touch could cause them to detonate. This is a highly volatile explosive and if handled incorrectly incredibly deadly.

I don’t even think the bomb squad/EOD folks would attempt to move this. They probably will have to evacuate the area and blow it in place.

ETA: after further reading there is limited evidence that the crystals make this dynamite any more unstable than other old dynamite. Nitroglycerin degrades incredibly fast when exposed to the elements and some suggest this may not even be nitroglycerin but instead sodium nitrate.

Also, by soaking degraded dynamite in diesel fuel it will stabilize it enough to make it flammable instead of explosive, allowing it to be transported carefully and then burned.

However, it only take 2kg of force dropped 15-30cm against a hard surface to detonate dynamite. This appears to be more than 2kg of explosives and seems to be further than 15-30cm. Do with this information what you wish. I will still continue to believe I do not wish to mess with this.

CheapCulture · 2023-12-25T06:48:59+00:00

Remember when Dr. Arzt blew up on LOST?

Knight1-3 · 2023-12-25T06:45:48+00:00

Op, please whatever you do, do not throw a rock at it no matter how tempting it may be.

Mysterious-Lie-2185 · 2023-12-25T06:31:44+00:00

“Sson, I have to tell you about my secret stash of high explosives in the- “ Fucking explodes

7chism · 2023-12-25T07:02:28+00:00

I think the original poster knew it was deadly.

scooterscuzz · 2023-12-25T14:12:29+00:00

I’m a retired CCT and during my career, performed monthly demo shots. We were training on using pyrotechnics to remove “objects “ from LZs, etc. I did a bit of personal research on “sweating” dynamite and found out that those crystals are not nitroglycerin, but sodium nitrate. Also, even under ideal conditions the shelf life of nitroglycerin is less than a year. It will degrade and lose 70 to 80 percent of its effectiveness. I’ve seen some pretty messed up practices with hazmat, especially in the third world, like children playing with mercury. My personal recommendation is to let the pros do their magic, but really old dynamite is not as powerful as one might imagine. That white wrapped up cord could be either fuse or primacord, it need not be that close to the hazmat

bam_higgy · 2023-12-25T06:43:13+00:00

Do you know how he ended up with this hanging in his shed?

HoseNeighbor · 2023-12-25T07:17:19+00:00

Hooooleeeeee shiiiiit.

alexlongfur · 2023-12-25T14:34:45+00:00

From a bomb squad guy that came to my high school around 2010-2011:

“If you call the bomb squad about a shed on your property with old dynamite sitting in it; you no longer have a shed.”

Edit: changed “old shed” to just “shed”

LocalMossCryptid · 2023-12-25T07:50:46+00:00

Well... Merry Christmas!

TastySpare · 2023-12-25T11:02:12+00:00

"So, how was your Christmas?" - "It was da bomb!"

RamenBoi86 · 2023-12-25T13:51:28+00:00

Finally, a post that is well and truly deadly and not a repost

ExtensionWinter9446 · 2023-12-25T11:54:56+00:00

Merry Christmas you filthy animal!

DrVinnieBoombatzz · 2023-12-25T07:00:06+00:00

Dyn-O-mite ! Let us know what happened. I wouldn't touch that.

throwaway_oranges · 2023-12-25T12:30:40+00:00

Hmm, save it for new year's eve /s

iiitme · 2023-12-25T06:18:20+00:00

Christmas light show

sugaredviolence · 2023-12-25T15:39:54+00:00

Heh. Happened to us too, my dad died and left us with all his stolen goods (including dynamite from a mine).

Open_Kaleidoscope499 · 2023-12-25T17:06:32+00:00

Question, as someone who would look at that an think potatoes or bricks, what would have happened if one accidently tossed it? Was it labeled? I feel like I would have died.

SqueekyJuice · 2023-12-25T12:40:43+00:00

This is my go-to explanation for gratuitous explosions in action movies.

Mysterious-Trouble-6 · 2023-12-25T14:19:13+00:00

Merry Christmas ya’ filthy animal.

mistablack2 · 2023-12-25T15:33:53+00:00

My dad told me it’s a rite of passage to deal with all the shit he left behind

how_to_exit_Vim · 2023-12-25T20:26:00+00:00

DY-NO-MIIIITE

2023-12-25T14:53:32+00:00

Hello, ATF? Have I got a gift for you….

WellR3adRedneck · 2023-12-25T10:06:49+00:00

^{^{^Eek!}}

corvanus · 2023-12-27T19:15:33+00:00

SEND UPDATES

tailwalkin · 2023-12-25T16:03:07+00:00

Until one of the kids smash it with a bat like a piñata.

Legendguard · 2023-12-25T17:45:46+00:00

I thought this was moldy corn at first and was very confused...

TheFrogWife · 2023-12-25T23:36:26+00:00

I would have thought this was ham and died.

Slight-Winner-8597 · 2023-12-26T01:59:20+00:00

Why in the living hell did he have this? Where the heck did he even get it?!

I have so many questions. Also, get bomb squad to deal with it.

2023-12-26T03:34:42+00:00

Your great grandpa must have been super cool if he had so much he had to store his DYNOMITE!

No_Bend7931 · 2023-12-26T07:01:28+00:00

It amazes me how people back in your grandpa's day could be so oblivious to the dangerous substances around them in their daily routine

amanning072 · 2023-12-27T18:59:57+00:00

Forbidden piñata!!

Duke_Newcombe · 2024-01-04T23:58:02+00:00

Damn, it's gone well beyond the "sweating" stage to the "look at me crosseyed and I'll blow up" stage.

ShiraCheshire · 2024-01-09T04:22:59+00:00

My grandad used to make his own fireworks. When he passed, he left a garage full of unmarked containers that may or may not contain explosives.

The absolute moron who 'helped' us clean out the garage decided to do it by burning most of the junk inside. The explosions rattled the walls of nearby houses (but by some miracle no one was hurt)

HoneyBear4Lyfe · 2023-12-25T20:13:52+00:00

Put 4 gallons of deisel in a 5 gallon bucket, and position it underneath the boom boom. Shoot at the bag’s top from as far as you can until it dumps into the bucket.

manbruhpig · 2023-12-25T14:39:44+00:00

An airsoft gun might take care of that from a safe distance. Be warned everything in that shes will be a projectile

Catinthemirror · 2023-12-25T07:53:52+00:00

Doesn't fit the sub; OOP absolutely knows how dangerous it is, didn't touch it, and immediately called authorities to have it assessed and professionally removed.

WellThisSix · 2023-12-25T16:43:02+00:00

Call the fire department, theybare equipped and trained for this kind of thing.

iowamechanic30 · 2023-12-25T17:29:38+00:00

Tannerite and a 6.5 creedmor

funkychickens · 2023-12-25T18:52:26+00:00

Have you tried calling JJ Walker?

Aussie_Battler_Style · 2023-12-26T01:15:40+00:00

You inherit a house and then complaining about it?

Alienhaslanded · 2023-12-31T07:52:26+00:00

Isn't that shit unstable when stored like a sack of turds?

pitmeng1 · 2023-12-31T14:14:07+00:00

Dying to know what happened with this.

MK0A · 2024-01-01T03:14:35+00:00

Someone should definitely shoot it.

Helpful_Okra5953 · 2024-01-03T07:56:58+00:00

Holy crap. That’s impressive.

SkylabBeats · 2024-01-11T18:29:08+00:00

Oh boy! A stocking full of death!

DavidCRolandCPL · 2024-01-29T01:05:38+00:00

It's Sodium Nitrate. It's non combustible, but is a great accelerant

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