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Resident tells Pennsauken committee an artillery shell was found in Pensacola Creek; origin unknown

6429176 · October 17, 2025
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At the Oct. 14 Pennsauken Township Committee meeting a resident said a ‘magnetic fisherman’ recovered an artillery shell from Pensacola Creek; township staff said the bomb squad detonated the device, the discovery was posted to Tip411 and officials said the origin is unknown and may be decades old.

A resident said at the Oct. 14 Pennsauken Township Committee meeting that a person using a magnet to search the creek found an artillery shell in Pensacola Creek and that the township’s bomb squad later detonated it.

The resident said they heard “an explosion I haven't heard since I was in the military” and that when they went to investigate they were told “there was an artillery shell at Pensacola Creek.” The resident…

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