Relics in two places

Tyrol: Children find grenade with metal detector

The grenade discovered in Scheffau.

(Bild: Uta Rojsek-Wiedergut, Polizei)

Two grenades were found this weekend in Tyrol. First, on All Souls' Day, two children in Scheffau (Kufstein district) came across the war relic while playing with a metal detector. A day later, a 51-year-old local found a grenade in Stanzach in the Außerfern region.

The two children were searching for metal objects with a metal detector at Hintersteinersee in the early hours of Saturday afternoon. Suddenly the device must have gone off. At a depth of around one meter, the two found a "bomb-like" object around 50 centimetres long, according to the police.

The discovery site was cordoned off for a short time (150 m) until the demining service could be consulted.

Die Polizei

They informed the police in Söll. The relic found was a grenade cartridge from the Second World War. "Until the demining service could be consulted, the site was cordoned off for a short time (150 m)," said the police. According to the demining service, however, there was no immediate danger.

After the demining service arrived, the grenade was removed. According to the police, there was no immediate danger.

Second find on Sunday
The demining service had to be called out again on Sunday morning. At around 8 a.m., a 51-year-old local man found a grenade on the banks of the Lech in Stanzach and reported it to the police. The relic was a grenade about 20 centimeters in size. It was recovered after consultation with the explosives department. The demining service finally collected it.