Jacksonville man’s dog finds decades-old unexploded military weapon after digging in backyard

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JACKSONVILLE, Fla. (WSVN) — A routine day in Matthew Sims’ Jacksonville backyard took a turn when his dog’s keen sense of smell led to the discovery of a decades-old military weapon buried underneath the ground. The news of this discovery exploded arpunf the neighborhood and now the big question is: How did it end up in Sims’s backyard? “I think, ‘OK, is this live?’ You panic and then you drop it,” said Sim, recounting his thought process when…