Quantico, Va. — A large amount of ammunition dating back to the early 20th Century was unearthed at Quantico.
Construction workers on Feb. 3 working to bury cables under the town’s Catlin Avenue dug up 10,000 rounds of unused ammunition. Officials told the Quantico Sentry the avenue, and subsequently the unused bullets date back to at least 1918, as they were believed to have been buried there about a year after the base opened.
It was common for people to simply bury unused ammunition during that time, one base official told the newspaper.
The ammunition was disposed of at one the demolition ranges at the Marine Corps Base.
Officials said barring the discovery of more unused ammunition, the cable-laying project would continue as planned.
