There really are guns lost in boating accidents
A man experimenting with a magnet plucked a fully-loaded Uzi submachine gun and several other weapons out of a pond in Massachusetts, reports say.
The unnamed individual called the police after pulling the Uzi out of Pillings Pond in the small town of Lynnfield.
Lynnfield officer Patrick Curran inspected the submachine gun and discovered it was loaded, before encouraging the man to throw his powerful magnet ? attached to the end of rope ? back into the water to see what else he could find.
The magnet fisher pulled another four guns from the pond, including a Glock handgun, a Colt Cobra revolver, a semi-automatic handgun and a revolver with ?significant corrosion?, according to The Boston Globe.
All five of the firearms were loaded, local police said. The weapons were handed over to state police ballistics for further analysis.
A state police diving team was also called out to conduct a more thorough search of Pillings Pond, but the magnet man had done such a thorough job they did not find anything else.
The Lynnfield resident told officers had been watching videos about French treasure hunters who use magnets and ropes to recover World War II artefacts from waterways.
?In my more than 35 years on the force, I?ve never seen anything like it. It?s a little strange,? Lynnfield police captain Karl Johnson told The Daily Item local newspaper, which first reported on the weapons haul.
The hobby known as ?magnet fishing? has becoming increasingly popular in recent years and has led to some unusual discoveries. Earlier this year couple found a hand grenade in a lake in Florida.
Last July a 36-year-old London man pulled an Uzi machine gun out of Enfield Lock using a magnet, before revealing he had previously found a samurai sword and a cross bow using the same technique.
The unnamed individual called the police after pulling the Uzi out of Pillings Pond in the small town of Lynnfield.
Lynnfield officer Patrick Curran inspected the submachine gun and discovered it was loaded, before encouraging the man to throw his powerful magnet ? attached to the end of rope ? back into the water to see what else he could find.
The magnet fisher pulled another four guns from the pond, including a Glock handgun, a Colt Cobra revolver, a semi-automatic handgun and a revolver with ?significant corrosion?, according to The Boston Globe.
All five of the firearms were loaded, local police said. The weapons were handed over to state police ballistics for further analysis.
A state police diving team was also called out to conduct a more thorough search of Pillings Pond, but the magnet man had done such a thorough job they did not find anything else.
The Lynnfield resident told officers had been watching videos about French treasure hunters who use magnets and ropes to recover World War II artefacts from waterways.
?In my more than 35 years on the force, I?ve never seen anything like it. It?s a little strange,? Lynnfield police captain Karl Johnson told The Daily Item local newspaper, which first reported on the weapons haul.
The hobby known as ?magnet fishing? has becoming increasingly popular in recent years and has led to some unusual discoveries. Earlier this year couple found a hand grenade in a lake in Florida.
Last July a 36-year-old London man pulled an Uzi machine gun out of Enfield Lock using a magnet, before revealing he had previously found a samurai sword and a cross bow using the same technique.
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I would have just run the numbers to see if they were stolen and if not I would have kept them instead of reporting them to the police. 0 -
Smitty500mag wrote:I would have just run the numbers to see if they were stolen and if not I would have kept them instead of reporting them to the police.
How do you "run the numbers" without reporting it to the police first?0 -
Yes since not even gun shops as licensed FFLs can "run the numbers" US Military Guy wrote:Smitty500mag wrote:I would have just run the numbers to see if they were stolen and if not I would have kept them instead of reporting them to the police.
How do you "run the numbers" without reporting it to the police first?0 -
If there's not a list of stolen guns out there then how does anyone know if they have a stolen gun or not? I can get access to any info a regular cop can get his hands on. 0 -
Smitty500mag wrote:If there's not a list of stolen guns out there then how does anyone know if they have a stolen gun or not? I can get access to any info a regular cop can get his hands on.
Never heard of such even when had a FFL.
Perhaps you can enlighten us exactly where this 'list of stolen guns' exists that anyone can access :?:
Also, how will the Glock haters explain a magnet picking up a "plastic gun" :?:
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Mark G wrote:A man experimenting with a magnet plucked a fully-loaded Uzi submachine gun and several other weapons out of a pond in Massachusetts, reports say.
The magnet fisher pulled another four guns from the pond, including a Glock handgun, a Colt Cobra revolver, a semi-automatic handgun and a revolver with ?significant corrosion?, according to The Boston Globe.
All five of the firearms were loaded, local police said. The weapons were handed over to state police ballistics for further analysis.
Interesting for sure.
Ballistic testing of a firearm with 'significant corrosion' would see a little risky.
How about fingerprint and DNA testing?0 -
Being in Mass. I don't think dude will ever see them again. No finder's keepers. 0 -
Who is to say any of those were lost, due to a "boating accident?"
Sounds more like stuff thrown out, in order to hide it, in my humble opinion. "Fully Automatic Uzi's?" Please.
Those "plastic guns," (Glocks) have enough substantial metal for a magnet to pick them up. Your view may differ.
Do you think that they have a plastic barrel, or anything beyond the frame? Clearly uninformed. Or is it delusional?0 -
Quick&Dead wrote:Smitty500mag wrote:If there's not a list of stolen guns out there then how does anyone know if they have a stolen gun or not? I can get access to any info a regular cop can get his hands on.
Never heard of such even when had a FFL.
Perhaps you can enlighten us exactly where this 'list of stolen guns' exists that anyone can access :?:
Also, how will the Glock haters explain a magnet picking up a "plastic gun" :?:
I have a few not new guns in my collection. I would like to run those numbers to learn their history. Does "the list" show previous owners?0 -
I too would like to know about this list. There was a way years gone by that a ffl could do that but not any more 0 -
KenK/84Bravo wrote:Who is to say any of those were lost, due to a "boating accident?"
Sounds more like stuff thrown out, in order to hide it, in my humble opinion. "Fully Automatic Uzi's?" Please.
Those "plastic guns," (Glocks) have enough substantial metal for a magnet to pick them up. Your view may differ.
Do you think that they have a plastic barrel, or anything beyond the frame? Clearly uninformed. Or is it delusional?
Should have written in green ...... just poking the glock haters.0 -
You know as I know they have been stolen and or been in serious crimes. A boat don't sink in a small "pond" with that and someone not getting them out. They need to be returned to the rightful owners if possible. I can't imagine the condition though of being in freshwater for any length of time and being functional. 0 -
KenK/84Bravo wrote:Who is to say any of those were lost, due to a "boating accident?"
Sounds more like stuff thrown out, in order to hide it, in my humble opinion. "Fully Automatic Uzi's?" Please.
Those "plastic guns," (Glocks) have enough substantial metal for a magnet to pick them up. Your view may differ.
Do you think that they have a plastic barrel, or anything beyond the frame? Clearly uninformed. Or is it delusional?
Ken,
It was written tongue in cheek since so many on this forum claim to have lost all of their guns in "boating accidents".0 -
Mark G wrote:KenK/84Bravo wrote:Who is to say any of those were lost, due to a "boating accident?"
Sounds more like stuff thrown out, in order to hide it, in my humble opinion. "Fully Automatic Uzi's?" Please.
Those "plastic guns," (Glocks) have enough substantial metal for a magnet to pick them up. Your view may differ.
Do you think that they have a plastic barrel, or anything beyond the frame? Clearly uninformed. Or is it delusional?
Ken,
It was written tongue in cheek since so many on this forum claim to have lost all of their guns in "boating accidents".
Oh I am very aware of the Joke Mark, I've used it a time or two here as well.
I was poking the Bear back on the Glock hate.
No malice intended gentlemen.0 -
Short of having a friendly cop in your pocket , even as an ffl I know of no way to ? run the numbers? . I do see some lists here and there on some gun related forums from time to time listing stolen guns . But these are user generated and usually cover local areas . No national data base that the average person can check that I am aware of . If my information is wrong please enlighten me 0 -
The National Stolen Gun Database is only available to law enforcement .... as recently stated by a retired law enforcement officer. 0
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