A Texas man used this Civil War relic as a paperweight for years; bomb experts later found it was actually a live explosive

A Texas man used this Civil War relic as a paperweight for years; bomb experts later found it was actually a live explosive

The Civil War-era shell sat on a Texas man’s desk for years as a conversation piece. (Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office) A Texas man kept a Civil War-era artillery shell on his desk for years, believing it was nothing more than a harmless dummy round. The object had become a conversation piece in his home, with … Read more