A suspected World War II-era grenade has been unearthed at a Rosetta building site, with the bomb squad called in after the device was spotted in a pile of dirt.
The discovery was made around 9am on Sunday at a property on Marys Hope Road in Hobart’s northern suburbs.
A Tasmania Police spokesperson said a person at the site contacted officers after locating what they believed to be “old military ordnance”.
“Police, including specialist resources, attended and determined the ordnance was inert and posed no risk to the public,” the spokesperson told Pulse.
Photos obtained by Pulse show the device was a heavily corroded, egg-shaped iron object.
Tasmania Police have not confirmed what type of grenade was found.
However, its segmented body and shape appear consistent with a Mills bomb, the standard fragmentation grenade used by Australian troops in both world wars.
It is understood the item may have been brought to the site in a load of fill dirt sourced from elsewhere in Hobart.
