What, so you don't know what it was? I mean, it LOOKED like a few sticks of dynamite, but do you know for sure? Call me a maniacal pyro, but I would've kept looking through it.
Yeah. Here is a great lesson learned here. I have heard of people finding old caches of dynamite in a box, when trying to open it they got blown to hell. You are very lucky you did not a spark from that screw driver. It's also a wonder it did not go off when you drop it. This Shit is very dangerous. Next time handle with care, and do not bring it into your house.
the odds of creating a spark capable of igniting anything inside, with that screwdriver while opening the suitcase is extremely low. Now if you used a grinder or a saw i would believe you, but simply using a screwdriver and his hands alone isnt going to blow himself up.
You must not know much about Dynamite. When dynamite gets old it becomes like jelly. It does not take very much to set it off. You can just hit it lightly and it will go off. Look it up and see for yourself.
timm2020 however they said the case smelled like mold and everything was stiff and hard.. This indicates water has been soaking into that case over the years. the odds that would even go off is slim to none
Rustic Shine thats been my argument for every comment response people have been giving me claiming that they're experts on TNT and that it could have blown up at any second at a totally random point....too bad it needs some sort of impact, shock or some sort of event to set it off, not just a random tick of a clock......if it was going to blow up, it would have blown up by the time he got it on his fucking kitchen table
I found a case of old dynamite in a old mining shack in the Sierra Nevadas when I was about 10. I thought the sticks were no good since they had these weird bubbles in spots that looked like donute glazing. I was walking down a old mountain rd carrying several in my shirt when my uncle finally found me . He almost had a stroke realizing I had a t-shirt filled with Nitro Blistered sticks of 80 + year old dynamite. He gently set it down and we backed away in his pickup . The sheriffs dept was notified and a week later the t shirt full of dynamite was still sitting in the same place
it was a smart idea calling the bomb squad because the dynamite is 25 - 30 years old it has now since become unstable and could of gone off with the smallest spark. and instantly killed this family. dynamite and any explosive material is dangerous and if you find something like this call 911 , evacuate the neighborhood and get the hell away from there (at least 500 ft)
it becomes unstable when it starts to sweat. you dont need a spark, you just need a good bump...and this gentleman looks like he was holding wet logs! yeah, he was lucky
Thank GOD I skipped through this video to find out that a couple of people were scared of old...wet..."dynamite". Instantly tell their kid to leave the room (like it would matter anyway lol) but this whole video just made me laugh... On a side note, did anyone else notice the police shirts said "Got Chalk?" on the back with a police line and body sketch? I found that odd yet amusing.
If that case was from '84 then, that dynamite the chemical reactions cause it to become very unstable and that's what the smell and grease was coming from. If the taped it wrong the whole thing could of blown. The police was be very cautious because they know the threat level. This was no laughing matter
What you did was right. As dynamite ages it sweats a chemical called nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is an extremely reactive compound that can combust due to slight changes in humidity, temperature, and pressure. Just the temperature change from that packaging to your home could have triggered a fatal explosion. Glad your alive and good job handling it. ^_^
they can speak to their kids the way they wanted to who the hell are you to say or tell people how or what to do to people kids . live your life and other live their .
He is lucky that the nitroglycerin leaching out of that dynamite didn't blow up in his hand or as he pryed on the lid. as it ages it becomes VERY unstable. as it sweats it becomes shock sensative. my cousin and I found 2 sticks in an old mine shaft. we sat it at the base of an oak tree and shot it with a bb gun. even from 50 or so feet away behind a tractor we both recieved ruptured eaf drums and required stitches. ear drums from the massive kaboom stitches from the tree hitting us. I should add. it took several shots to hit the explosives.
no need to call the police, it didn't blow up on the ride home, it didn't blow up as you were unwrapping it. Its not gonna blow up. Drive somewhere and bury it. Some people i swear..
I second that , he had no idea of what was in that box. He done what anybody would have done he thought he found something valuable. I'm not sure if I would have moved it once I knew what it was though I think I would have left the trailer and let the cops removed it.
+Ronnie Boardman dont be ridiculous... It was old damp dynamite or something... until the nitroglicerine is stabilised in clay there is nothing to worray about. It well might have been just a firecracker... dont panic like a little wuss..
It's one thing to take chances with your self but he had little kids try to play with the stuff and plus it was in a trailer park , sure it could've been nothing but not worth the chance , old tnt is very dangerous which it very well could've been.
Hahahaha old dynamite could have soaked into all that newspaper too...I would have just drove it back out and not had half the counties PD at my house.
Fellow treasure hunter here. That's a very scary thing, man. I dug up a small gunpowder keg once and about pissed my pants when I saw it was half full. (Lot of douche ass comments on here.)
Got a similar story!! My former buddy coleague got a metal detecting hobby tooo. He got a mortar shell on his fireplace for about five years until his wife does some cleaning before Chirstmass. Well ,she drop it on the floor. There was a visible puff of smoke and shell become warm on touch. So he just place it into shopping bag and drove to near local police station. Police officers left via windows immediately.
Dynamite is made of nitroglycerine soaked into some absorbent material with a little sodium carbonate. When stored for a long time it's supposed to be turned over every now and again because the it becomes 'wet' as the nitro seeps out. If the nitro pools anywhere, a small shock could set it off so wet dynamite is extremely dangerous. The saving grace with this lot was the fact that it was well wrapped in newsprint, stabalising the seeping nitroglycerine. He did the right thing calling the cops.
I love how all you live perfect lives in your Ivory towers, thinking you are important enough to pass judgment on these people. Right or wrong those that live in glass houses always cast the first stone. All thoughs that make judgments are always in the wrong. You have no right to enforce your will on anyone, whether you feel your high horse is taller than everyone elses.
A little advice from someone who actually has experience with explosives. Current explosives are relatively safe to handle but older ones can become very unstable. Dynamite that is very old is often composed of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth, or worse, sawdust. If the cases are not turned regularly, the nitroglycerin will seep out. Dynamite is a high explosive, and therefore shock, not heat, sensitive. The nitroglycerin is even more sensitive to shock. However, heat is a factor, in the form of ambient temperature. The cooler the temperature, the less sensitive, the higher the temp, more sensitive. The smell and "coating" you mentioned was almost certainly raw nitro, and it ( the paper) could very well have saved your life as it acted as an absorbent (sawdust is another form of cellulose). You got lucky. A few sheets less of the paper wrapping, a few degrees hotter ambient temp, and you might not have needed to call the bomb squad. Your neighbors would have called them to inspect the hole where your house used to be. You did the right thing.
you guys think they are mean to their kid? holy shitttttt you should have tried living in my house as a kid. this is paradise. I didn't hear anything wrong said.
+samsonpker yep exactly! Those are usually the "church goers" who act like they are so superior and mighty because of confessional each Sunday then back to sinning behind closed doors Monday to Saturday. Also, lets not even begin with the all religious and perfect priests who love bending kids over? Hmmmm yep Id prefer some real parents who curse in front of me and are real with me instead of fake ones that act as if they are all Godly and turn around and do everything imaginable and unimaginable.
Dynamite is made of two basic components nitroglycerin and a stabilizing component it only explode wen exposed to heat or sudden shock dynamite is sable to throw on the ground and it can't be lightened by a normal fuse
should of tried opening it with a jack hammer - It would of produced the same effect as impatiently poking at it with total disregard to it's potential contents. My favourite moment in your video is 3:40 when your bonehead wife mutters "oh it's.. ffffirkin papers" - as if she was expecting gold bullion or a fragment of superman's kryptonite instead of potentially valuable historic documents or stock certificates. That one single line she muttered perfectly summed up the reason why your living in a trailer. Thanks for sharing this moment in your life.
you seriously called the police and the bomb squad over that? theres no way that shit would have just blown up...you had it in your car for however long, and then you carried it into your house and messed with it to open it....dont you think if it was going to blow up, that it would have by then? You should have just thrown it out and been done with it
Dynamite, over time will sweat out the nitro glycerine. Even some minor vibration would be able to set it off. It was very fortunate he was able to open one package. Many references to what I've said...it's not speculation. Throwing it out would have been very irresponsible.
***** you're honestly going to sit there and tell me that you think this suitcase had a greater chance of igniting after he had already thrown it into his car, drove it to his house, tampered with it to open it and then handled the dynamite and unwrapped it? My point is that if any sort of combustion was going to take place, it would have happened at any point from when he originally pulled it out from under running water for the past 10-15 years, to the point he was physically handling the dynamite. If it didnt blow up by then, all he had to do was dispose of it without making a big fuss about it where he literally had the fucking bomb squad and swat team show up to his trailer park like they had a real bomb threat situation on their hands. That package was fucking harmless unless you were dumb enough to have an open flame or spark around it....get real dude.
***** the point is that it isnt going to explode...he shook the thing around plenty of times before bringing it outside...if it was going to explode it would have exploded by then
Seriously why are you opening that in doors around your child around. That could have serious health issues, some mould spores can actually kill, did you realise that? Not only that, you had no idea what was in there... as we all saw. Seriously if you love your kids, and I'm sure you do, think twice in future!
really? do you really think that could kill the kids? you said "seriously if you love your kids, think twice in the future" how could you say that? it's such a horrible thing to say to any father. and also depending on what time period that case was buried, the worst kind of spores that could be in there would just be mostly just different types of mold. So why don't YOU think twice before you leave a comment like that.
Jeff Chlebowski And that just SHOWS how little you know. Go do some research on mould spores then come back and comment. Plus do you realise how dangerous dynamite is when it turns to crystals? Obviously not.. so yeah I stand by my comment. Here let me help you.. www.moldillness.org/Mold_Symptoms.html What you obviously DON'T know is that when you expose your home to something like this the spores settle and create new toxic moulds.. Oh and one other thing don't make this a comment about attacking a father. Your comment sounds as if you're having issues with a partner and your children. I was speaking as a parent to parent. I was concerned, don't make my comment out to be something it wasn't!!
Am I the only person who actually watched this video? As far as I saw, they moved the child to the living room whilst the case was being opened, called the police and took the case outside immediately after they discovered the dynamite.
FYI I did watch the entire video, but you obviously didn't understand my point and you definitely don't understand how mould spores work, or even the fact that when explosives turn to crystal they are HIGHLY unstable. His actions could have resulted in the death of not only his family, but also his neighbours if that explosives had gone. But I guess that's ok as long as he moved the child to the living room, right?
@@LindaTCornwall Maybe think twice about driving your kids in a car because your hella more likely to kill your entire family in a car crash rather than dying to a bit of mold... Stop fussing over unlikely events because that will cause your children to grow up being extremely reserved and scared of everything. It is not a good way to live and can really screw with people
Jeez, if that HAD blown up, sending the child to the living room wouldn't have saved him! The whole trailer park would have looked like the aftermath of hurricane Katrina!!
It pisses me off that you can't go any where without there being rude and disrespectful haters. For all of you big shots commenting on here dissing the guy for opening the case in his house, the cussing at the kids, or whatever else you have to complain about to make yourself look macho...let me say this: First of all, the guy opened the case in his house because he wasn't expecting there to be explosives in it. I bet if you were in his shoes you wouldn't had either. They yelled at the kids because they were being GOOD PARENTS! They saw what was in the case and recognized the threat and freaked out. They wanted to get it away from their kids and out of the house asap. And yes...people cuss. Get over it. On top of that...for all of the explosive "experts" making rude comments on here...please remember that not everyone is trained in explosives and they don't know any better. They were doing what they thought was right so give them a break. And lastly, to all the people on here making rude comments that call themselves "treasure hunters"...you are the kind of people that gives the hobby a bad name, and why our hobby is being shunned by local governments and archaeologists. You're a disgrace to our wonderful hobby. But that's ok, too, because karma is a bitch! To Squirmdog1, cool find, dude! When I worked as a deckhand on riverboats I was always keeping a keen eye out for my briefcase full of money. I never found it, of course. lol Sorry it was what it was. Perhaps next time, tho! :) And I'm sorry you have to get a bunch of immature and disrespectful idiots on here trying to show their ass. Unfortunately, they seem to be growing in population; which doesn't say a lot for THEIR parents. >:( Just ignore them. But until next time...happy hunting!
When dynomite ages, the nitro glycerine will leak out, making something almost totally stable VERY dangerous.. Nitro can go off from impact and other weird stuff you wouldn't expect.. VERY awesome find, but I'm glad you're all OK! I'd have found something fun to do with the old explosive.. but you did the right thing calling the authorities to dispose of it..
You did the correct thing. Old dynamite can sweat out the nitro. and That was the smell you referred to in the video. Sweating dynamite is most unstable and you had somewhere, as a guess from the video about 20 sticks. Wow.
Cool video dude! I really wish I could have seen what was in those other packets, they weren't all dynamite packets... He was smelling the nitroglycerin when they said it stunk. Lol good thing I know that smell. I know it's semi dangerous dealing with old nitro even without the caps, but I would have had took my chances outside by myself. Anything could have been in those other packets that weren't shaped like dynamite....
God was with you and your family that day. back in the 70's I bought a old dodge p/u and brought it home and started cleaning out the bed it was full of junk and it had a whole box of dynamite they was all broke up rotted. but also we was stupid back them we threw it in our old pound and went on our way.
people commenting saying he didnt finish looking obviously dont know how unstable dynamite is even after sitting for decades it just makes it more unstable.
ok, so to those saying abuse -- its not abuse to yell at your kid to stay away. Maybe cussing so much in front of him is a bad idea (it is), but getting him away was not abuse people
As soon as he says "it smells like its coated in something" with the way it was wrapped I had feeling what it was! Exploring old mines in NV when I was a 12-13 yr old kid I have smelled that same unique odor that sweats out of those!
I thought this was a great find you did the world a favor and you really could have gotten hurt without realizing it to be sure. As for the comments about being mean to the little boy I didnt see them being mean at all they were starting to stress and the kid wouldn't mind. I felt the parents did a great job of getting him out from under their feet and then when they realized they had a very serious and dangerous situation they did the correct and proper thing they contacted the authorities and let them take over. Other folks may have removed it back to where it was found and left it for the next person to find which could have been a kid and it could have turned out way differently! Good Job folks! I for one felt you handled it very well!! Next time open it outside lol!!
There is a certain point (like when it's been sitting in water for 30 years) that dynamite will not explode the only thing you should have been worried about was the mould that was growing all over it and by the way dynamite is not really that dangerous it's only really dangerous when it's being confined like when they use it for mining other wise it's about as dangerous as the same amount of fireworks!
They give it to people in hospitals as a spray for chest pain. I've had it and it definitely gives you one hell of a headache. I wouldn't play with dynamite in any case.
The lesson here is if you find a box, while treasure hunting, you should probably look inside before taking it home. Christ man, your kid was 2 feet from death. I'm amazed that you even posted this cautionary tale.
He's a father. That's what we do. Its called tough love. It Does not make him a bad parent to yell at his kid. A child without Rules and authority grow up to be self centered brats with a sense of entitlement. Hes a good father for teaching boundaries.
now if that dynamite had been in a humid zone then we would of had a seriously short and tragic video, because old dynamite sweats the nitro glycerine out making it completely unstable, one jolt and BOOOM
People do find hidden treasure. I understand this guy's excitement to check it out. Guys into metal detecting dream of a good find. I'm sticking up for him here. He set it outside and called the cops. In the middle of a trailer court there was no one place safer than another to place it.
What, so you don't know what it was? I mean, it LOOKED like a few sticks of dynamite, but do you know for sure? Call me a maniacal pyro, but I would've kept looking through it.
Yeah.
Here is a great lesson learned here.
I have heard of people finding old caches of dynamite in a box, when trying to open it they got blown to hell.
You are very lucky you did not a spark from that screw driver.
It's also a wonder it did not go off when you drop it.
This Shit is very dangerous.
Next time handle with care, and do not bring it into your house.
the odds of creating a spark capable of igniting anything inside, with that screwdriver while opening the suitcase is extremely low. Now if you used a grinder or a saw i would believe you, but simply using a screwdriver and his hands alone isnt going to blow himself up.
You must not know much about Dynamite.
When dynamite gets old it becomes like jelly.
It does not take very much to set it off.
You can just hit it lightly and it will go off.
Look it up and see for yourself.
timm2020 however they said the case smelled like mold and everything was stiff and hard.. This indicates water has been soaking into that case over the years. the odds that would even go off is slim to none
timm2020 Why do you press "enter" after every sentence? lol
Rustic Shine thats been my argument for every comment response people have been giving me claiming that they're experts on TNT and that it could have blown up at any second at a totally random point....too bad it needs some sort of impact, shock or some sort of event to set it off, not just a random tick of a clock......if it was going to blow up, it would have blown up by the time he got it on his fucking kitchen table
Both a stick of dynamite and a candy bar have the same amount of energy in them. The only difference is the way the energy is released.
Lol what you don’t have a single clue what you’re talking about that’s absolutely and entirely false.
I found a case of old dynamite in a old mining shack in the Sierra Nevadas when I was about 10. I thought the sticks were no good since they had these weird bubbles in spots that looked like donute glazing. I was walking down a old mountain rd carrying several in my shirt when my uncle finally found me . He almost had a stroke realizing I had a t-shirt filled with Nitro Blistered sticks of 80 + year old dynamite. He gently set it down and we backed away in his pickup . The sheriffs dept was notified and a week later the t shirt full of dynamite was still sitting in the same place
Good job Squirmdog1, looks like your lady has your back, good idea to get it outside and call for help. Glad everything went well. keep on detecting.
it was a smart idea calling the bomb squad because the dynamite is 25 - 30 years old it has now since become unstable and could of gone off with the smallest spark. and instantly killed this family. dynamite and any explosive material is dangerous and if you find something like this call 911 , evacuate the neighborhood and get the hell away from there (at least 500 ft)
it becomes unstable when it starts to sweat. you dont need a spark, you just need a good bump...and this gentleman looks like he was holding wet logs! yeah, he was lucky
He was like 'This find was da bomb'! He was right.
Thank GOD I skipped through this video to find out that a couple of people were scared of old...wet..."dynamite". Instantly tell their kid to leave the room (like it would matter anyway lol) but this whole video just made me laugh...
On a side note, did anyone else notice the police shirts said "Got Chalk?" on the back with a police line and body sketch? I found that odd yet amusing.
Thunderheart2186 Didnt look wet to me. The paper was still crispy sounding.
That was kinda funny
If that case was from '84 then, that dynamite the chemical reactions cause it to become very unstable and that's what the smell and grease was coming from. If the taped it wrong the whole thing could of blown. The police was be very cautious because they know the threat level. This was no laughing matter
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What you did was right. As dynamite ages it sweats a chemical called nitroglycerin. Nitroglycerin is an extremely reactive compound that can combust due to slight changes in humidity, temperature, and pressure. Just the temperature change from that packaging to your home could have triggered a fatal explosion. Glad your alive and good job handling it. ^_^
Bloody hell why do you speak to your kid like that!
cos they live in a trailer park ? =/
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they can speak to their kids the way they wanted to who the hell are you to say or tell people how or what to do to people kids . live your life and other live their .
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He is lucky that the nitroglycerin leaching out of that dynamite didn't blow up in his hand or as he pryed on the lid. as it ages it becomes VERY unstable. as it sweats it becomes shock sensative. my cousin and I found 2 sticks in an old mine shaft. we sat it at the base of an oak tree and shot it with a bb gun. even from 50 or so feet away behind a tractor we both recieved ruptured eaf drums and required stitches. ear drums from the massive kaboom stitches from the tree hitting us.
I should add. it took several shots to hit the explosives.
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no need to call the police, it didn't blow up on the ride home, it didn't blow up as you were unwrapping it. Its not gonna blow up. Drive somewhere and bury it. Some people i swear..
A lot of you people commenting on here are way more unstable than old dynamite.
really! lol
I second that , he had no idea of what was in that box. He done what anybody would have done he thought he found something valuable. I'm not sure if I would have moved it once I knew what it was though I think I would have left the trailer and let the cops removed it.
+Ronnie Boardman dont be ridiculous... It was old damp dynamite or something... until the nitroglicerine is stabilised in clay there is nothing to worray about.
It well might have been just a firecracker... dont panic like a little wuss..
It's one thing to take chances with your self but he had little kids try to play with the stuff and plus it was in a trailer park , sure it could've been nothing but not worth the chance , old tnt is very dangerous which it very well could've been.
your lucky old dynamite sweats nitroglycerin which can blow up with just a little drop or movement depending on how bad its gotten
Hey squirmdog1, thanks for sharing that. I little lesson for me as I want to get into a little treasure hunting. I'll watch out for those suitcases.
I really want that guys 'Got chalk' t-shirt!
Hahahaha old dynamite could have soaked into all that newspaper too...I would have just drove it back out and not had half the counties PD at my house.
Must be the video.... they all sounded like squirrels.....lol !!
***** She's The Queen of the Trailer Park!
I think the name of the trailer park is "Singlewide".
I bet that briefcase has a pretty interesting back story.
I can hear a TV in the background talking about DNA! To funny! Great video thanks for posting.
Fellow treasure hunter here. That's a very scary thing, man. I dug up a small gunpowder keg once and about pissed my pants when I saw it was half full. (Lot of douche ass comments on here.)
You were just whacking away at the lock. Can you say SPARK, BOOM!
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at 4:40 i was thinking "wow he found really old fish and chips"
Got a similar story!! My former buddy coleague got a metal detecting hobby tooo. He got a mortar shell on his fireplace for about five years until his wife does some cleaning before Chirstmass. Well ,she drop it on the floor. There was a visible puff of smoke and shell become warm on touch. So he just place it into shopping bag and drove to near local police station. Police officers left via windows immediately.
Dynamite is made of nitroglycerine soaked into some absorbent material with a little sodium carbonate. When stored for a long time it's supposed to be turned over every now and again because the it becomes 'wet' as the nitro seeps out.
If the nitro pools anywhere, a small shock could set it off so wet dynamite is extremely dangerous. The saving grace with this lot was the fact that it was well wrapped in newsprint, stabalising the seeping nitroglycerine.
He did the right thing calling the cops.
I love how all you live perfect lives in your Ivory towers, thinking you are important enough to pass judgment on these people. Right or wrong those that live in glass houses always cast the first stone. All thoughs that make judgments are always in the wrong. You have no right to enforce your will on anyone, whether you feel your high horse is taller than everyone elses.
So it was dynamite?
They sound like they have auto tune on their voices it's like a parakeet filter
A little advice from someone who actually has experience with explosives.
Current explosives are relatively safe to handle but older ones can become very unstable. Dynamite that is very old is often composed of nitroglycerin and diatomaceous earth, or worse, sawdust. If the cases are not turned regularly, the nitroglycerin will seep out. Dynamite is a high explosive, and therefore shock, not heat, sensitive. The nitroglycerin is even more sensitive to shock. However, heat is a factor, in the form of ambient temperature. The cooler the temperature, the less sensitive, the higher the temp, more sensitive. The smell and "coating" you mentioned was almost certainly raw nitro, and it ( the paper) could very well have saved your life as it acted as an absorbent (sawdust is another form of cellulose).
You got lucky. A few sheets less of the paper wrapping, a few degrees hotter ambient temp, and you might not have needed to call the bomb squad. Your neighbors would have called them to inspect the hole where your house used to be.
You did the right thing.
No big deal. In UK cities, 1000lb German UXB's are regularly found by builder's excavations. Some bloke from the MOD comes down and defuses it.
WTF ? Don't call the cops call a redneckand film that!!!!
Lo Baxter you are so right
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you guys think they are mean to their kid? holy shitttttt you should have tried living in my house as a kid. this is paradise. I didn't hear anything wrong said.
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+samsonpker yep exactly! Those are usually the "church goers" who act like they are so superior and mighty because of confessional each Sunday then back to sinning behind closed doors Monday to Saturday. Also, lets not even begin with the all religious and perfect priests who love bending kids over? Hmmmm yep Id prefer some real parents who curse in front of me and are real with me instead of fake ones that act as if they are all Godly and turn around and do everything imaginable and unimaginable.
Do you live in Sunnyvale?
That is awesome that you found T.N.T in a suit case... I know what I would do with that. (insert evil laugh here)
That's a hell of a day you had. Thanks for sharing! :)
That's D Y N A M I T E.
well I guess he was right about the bomb part
Seriously u find sticks of dynamite and call the bomb squad its dynamite ffs its not even tht dangerous
Lol you idiot, its so unstable, even a knock can trigger it
When dynamite starts to sweat it forms nitroglycerine which is quite unstable as you probably know
old dynamite will go off at the drop of a hat, it leaks nitroglycerine which if knocked will explode.
Watch Lost already lol.
Could have been a bomb for all he knew.
Dynamite is made of two basic components nitroglycerin and a stabilizing component it only explode wen exposed to heat or sudden shock dynamite is sable to throw on the ground and it can't be lightened by a normal fuse
Pretty cool I think but what did the police say when they arrived?
should of tried opening it with a jack hammer - It would of produced the same effect as impatiently poking at it with total disregard to it's potential contents. My favourite moment in your video is 3:40 when your bonehead wife mutters "oh it's.. ffffirkin papers" - as if she was expecting gold bullion or a fragment of superman's kryptonite instead of potentially valuable historic documents or stock certificates. That one single line she muttered perfectly summed up the reason why your living in a trailer. Thanks for sharing this moment in your life.
you seriously called the police and the bomb squad over that? theres no way that shit would have just blown up...you had it in your car for however long, and then you carried it into your house and messed with it to open it....dont you think if it was going to blow up, that it would have by then? You should have just thrown it out and been done with it
Dynamite, over time will sweat out the nitro glycerine. Even some minor vibration would be able to set it off. It was very fortunate he was able to open one package. Many references to what I've said...it's not speculation. Throwing it out would have been very irresponsible.
you are an idiot fishman, no need to say anything else
***** amen brother
***** you're honestly going to sit there and tell me that you think this suitcase had a greater chance of igniting after he had already thrown it into his car, drove it to his house, tampered with it to open it and then handled the dynamite and unwrapped it? My point is that if any sort of combustion was going to take place, it would have happened at any point from when he originally pulled it out from under running water for the past 10-15 years, to the point he was physically handling the dynamite. If it didnt blow up by then, all he had to do was dispose of it without making a big fuss about it where he literally had the fucking bomb squad and swat team show up to his trailer park like they had a real bomb threat situation on their hands. That package was fucking harmless unless you were dumb enough to have an open flame or spark around it....get real dude.
***** the point is that it isnt going to explode...he shook the thing around plenty of times before bringing it outside...if it was going to explode it would have exploded by then
Seriously why are you opening that in doors around your child around. That could have serious health issues, some mould spores can actually kill, did you realise that? Not only that, you had no idea what was in there... as we all saw. Seriously if you love your kids, and I'm sure you do, think twice in future!
really? do you really think that could kill the kids? you said "seriously if you love your kids, think twice in the future" how could you say that? it's such a horrible thing to say to any father. and also depending on what time period that case was buried, the worst kind of spores that could be in there would just be mostly just different types of mold. So why don't YOU think twice before you leave a comment like that.
Jeff Chlebowski
And that just SHOWS how little you know. Go do some research on mould spores then come back and comment. Plus do you realise how dangerous dynamite is when it turns to crystals? Obviously not.. so yeah I stand by my comment.
Here let me help you..
www.moldillness.org/Mold_Symptoms.html
What you obviously DON'T know is that when you expose your home to something like this the spores settle and create new toxic moulds..
Oh and one other thing don't make this a comment about attacking a father. Your comment sounds as if you're having issues with a partner and your children. I was speaking as a parent to parent. I was concerned, don't make my comment out to be something it wasn't!!
Am I the only person who actually watched this video? As far as I saw, they moved the child to the living room whilst the case was being opened, called the police and took the case outside immediately after they discovered the dynamite.
FYI I did watch the entire video, but you obviously didn't understand my point and you definitely don't understand how mould spores work, or even the fact that when explosives turn to crystal they are HIGHLY unstable. His actions could have resulted in the death of not only his family, but also his neighbours if that explosives had gone. But I guess that's ok as long as he moved the child to the living room, right?
@@LindaTCornwall Maybe think twice about driving your kids in a car because your hella more likely to kill your entire family in a car crash rather than dying to a bit of mold... Stop fussing over unlikely events because that will cause your children to grow up being extremely reserved and scared of everything. It is not a good way to live and can really screw with people
The TNT gel didn't sipped through the waxed paper yet?
That is a crazy find man. Wow dynamite is crazy.
Dude, You don't know how lucky you were. Just the sweat of old dyno can explode
Jeez, if that HAD blown up, sending the child to the living room wouldn't have saved him! The whole trailer park would have looked like the aftermath of hurricane Katrina!!
Angels were certainly watching over this guy. Very lucky.
Hilarious! They bring out that many people and special equipment... and you were opening it up on the dining table! Lol!!!
It pisses me off that you can't go any where without there being rude and disrespectful haters. For all of you big shots commenting on here dissing the guy for opening the case in his house, the cussing at the kids, or whatever else you have to complain about to make yourself look macho...let me say this:
First of all, the guy opened the case in his house because he wasn't expecting there to be explosives in it. I bet if you were in his shoes you wouldn't had either. They yelled at the kids because they were being GOOD PARENTS! They saw what was in the case and recognized the threat and freaked out. They wanted to get it away from their kids and out of the house asap. And yes...people cuss. Get over it.
On top of that...for all of the explosive "experts" making rude comments on here...please remember that not everyone is trained in explosives and they don't know any better. They were doing what they thought was right so give them a break.
And lastly, to all the people on here making rude comments that call themselves "treasure hunters"...you are the kind of people that gives the hobby a bad name, and why our hobby is being shunned by local governments and archaeologists. You're a disgrace to our wonderful hobby. But that's ok, too, because karma is a bitch!
To Squirmdog1, cool find, dude! When I worked as a deckhand on riverboats I was always keeping a keen eye out for my briefcase full of money. I never found it, of course. lol Sorry it was what it was. Perhaps next time, tho! :) And I'm sorry you have to get a bunch of immature and disrespectful idiots on here trying to show their ass. Unfortunately, they seem to be growing in population; which doesn't say a lot for THEIR parents. >:( Just ignore them.
But until next time...happy hunting!
When dynomite ages, the nitro glycerine will leak out, making something almost totally stable VERY dangerous.. Nitro can go off from impact and other weird stuff you wouldn't expect.. VERY awesome find, but I'm glad you're all OK! I'd have found something fun to do with the old explosive.. but you did the right thing calling the authorities to dispose of it..
This is freaking hilarious ! What are you going to do on the next briefcase find ............Just wondering
You did the correct thing.
Old dynamite can sweat out the nitro. and That was the smell you referred to in the video.
Sweating dynamite is most unstable and you had somewhere, as a guess from the video about 20 sticks. Wow.
Every time I go hunting in goodwill, flea markets, or road side pick ups I check the brief cases and suit cases.
My heart stopped when I saw that pure nitroglycerine! Put down and back up really slow.
I like how she says get in the living room now and there already in the living room
Cool video dude! I really wish I could have seen what was in those other packets, they weren't all dynamite packets... He was smelling the nitroglycerin when they said it stunk. Lol good thing I know that smell. I know it's semi dangerous dealing with old nitro even without the caps, but I would have had took my chances outside by myself. Anything could have been in those other packets that weren't shaped like dynamite....
God was with you and your family that day. back in the 70's I bought a old dodge p/u and brought it home and started cleaning out the bed it was full of junk and it had a whole box of dynamite they was all broke up rotted. but also we was stupid back them we threw it in our old pound and went on our way.
people commenting saying he didnt finish looking obviously dont know how unstable dynamite is even after sitting for decades it just makes it more unstable.
ok, so to those saying abuse -- its not abuse to yell at your kid to stay away. Maybe cussing so much in front of him is a bad idea (it is), but getting him away was not abuse people
going around commenting on every 'find' video I see...
Wow I'm just thinking of how you dropped the case and the handle fell off lmao
LOL.. I also like how you're the farthest back from the scene from everyone :)
Enough explosives to blow your neighbourhood of the map
As soon as he says "it smells like its coated in something" with the way it was wrapped I had feeling what it was! Exploring old mines in NV when I was a 12-13 yr old kid I have smelled that same unique odor that sweats out of those!
And good idea, put the dynamite outside 2 meters from the house in case it explodes it wont damage the structure
I thought this was a great find you did the world a favor and you really could have gotten hurt without realizing it to be sure. As for the comments about being mean to the little boy I didnt see them being mean at all they were starting to stress and the kid wouldn't mind. I felt the parents did a great job of getting him out from under their feet and then when they realized they had a very serious and dangerous situation they did the correct and proper thing they contacted the authorities and let them take over. Other folks may have removed it back to where it was found and left it for the next person to find which could have been a kid and it could have turned out way differently! Good Job folks! I for one felt you handled it very well!! Next time open it outside lol!!
There is a certain point (like when it's been sitting in water for 30 years) that dynamite will not explode the only thing you should have been worried about was the mould that was growing all over it and by the way dynamite is not really that dangerous it's only really dangerous when it's being confined like when they use it for mining other wise it's about as dangerous as the same amount of fireworks!
Love that had the mother says get in the living room as if the child would survive the blast by being in the front room
Shit bro, can't believe you dropped that and lived to tell the tale! Lucky escape...
Wet dynamite is not unstable. especially being old. it's like finding shitty old firecrackers.
Dynamite gets really dangerous when it gets old. It sweats nitroglycerin.
Shake it too hard and it'll blow up.
You should have kept it, You never know when you might need a stick of it.
This never gets old
They give it to people in hospitals as a spray for chest pain. I've had it and it definitely gives you one hell of a headache. I wouldn't play with dynamite in any case.
The lesson here is if you find a box, while treasure hunting, you should probably look inside before taking it home. Christ man, your kid was 2 feet from death. I'm amazed that you even posted this cautionary tale.
So how much are you selling the dynamite for? not worth a ton to me since you said it smells bad
Brandon get In the living room now! Lady if that goes off I'll assure you that no one in that house would walk out alive.
Wonder if they put more explosive on this and detonate it to safely remove the treat or just burn it to ash?
He's a father. That's what we do. Its called tough love. It Does not make him a bad parent to yell at his kid. A child without Rules and authority grow up to be self centered brats with a sense of entitlement. Hes a good father for teaching boundaries.
You must feel very lucky it didn't explode when you dropped it on the way to your truck. When it sweats nitroglycerin it becomes very unstable.
your just lucky it wasn't designed to blow up when you opened the case.
now if that dynamite had been in a humid zone then we would of had a seriously short and tragic video, because old dynamite sweats the nitro glycerine out making it completely unstable, one jolt and BOOOM
A stick of dynamite would clear the area around their home and then some. Not like the kid being in the living room will save him haha
People do find hidden treasure. I understand this guy's excitement to check it out. Guys into metal detecting dream of a good find. I'm sticking up for him here. He set it outside and called the cops. In the middle of a trailer court there was no one place safer than another to place it.
When she said "please Jeremy please" Siri popped up and said please Siri please XD
I wounder whats the story behind the briefcase.
They had a lot of anxiety... the mom tried to control her voice, but once learning what it was... the parents were just scared and kids will be kids.
"911 what is your emergency?" Yea uhhhh...I found a briefcase full of dynamite
If it was dynamite, I heard that it gets very unstable over time with the nitroglycerin leaking out. BOOM!
You lucked out.
It could have been one of the 10 un-comfirmed lost briefcases from WWII.
That contain a nuclear weapon.
Why would you open an unknown object in your own home?
honestly though for how rough that shit was being handled this dude and his family are extremely lucky.
I found a big box full of noneof last week and is funny what I got out of it, I did good.
lucky you didn't hit a primer and got a BANG out of the deal....good find
so we're ignoring the fact he found TNT in a briefcase ? you are all arguing over parenting. TNT in a briefcase is a very Mobster thing to do
Wow that's scary. Since 1983 it's been sitting around waiting to go off. Good thing this guy didn't smoke around it.
Old dynamite can form this substance which I forgot what it is and is very fragile and the slightest movement can make it blow up!
Why is everyone complaining about them cussing and yelling. My parents would have done the same thing, they just wanted their kid to be safe.
At least this is real. Not like the hundreds out there “found $1000000 hidden treasure”.
Didn't suburban delinquent or walterific drive through here on a motorcycle?