FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history found in Virginia

Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by chiph on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @09:01AM (#42566055)

For a farmer or other rural resident - getting rid of tree stumps or large boulders. No one in a suburb or city truly needs explosives.

Note that it's not totally unregulated. If you are only an occasional user, you get a permit from the ATF for $25. Plus whatever your state/county wants.

https://www.atf.gov/explosives/federal-explosives-licenses-a...

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by pfdietz on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @09:53AM (#42566332)

Another application is removal of large rocks, or excavation in places where the bedrock is close to the surface. I recall seeing this done in Ridgefield, Connecticut some decades ago. The excavation was right next to a building and a mat was used to contain fragments.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by abakker on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @10:53AM (#42566745)

Haha, as I read your comment I was thinking “yeah, like back in CT.” I saw this done in ridgefield as well. My friends property was basically all bedrock about 1’ under the topsoil.

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Re:FBI: Largest homemade explosives cache in agency history ... by pfdietz on Wednesday January 01, 2025 @01:41PM (#42568072)

It was at the Schlumberger-Doll Research Center (which Schlumberger since moved to Cambridge, MA in 2007).

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