WW1 Luger found on Somme battlefields on Saturday

[alvin]

Originally Posted by alanint

What would posses anybody to throw an unknown object into a kitchen stove??

That behavior was unexplainable. I had the same question. There were a few possibilities and let's put this guy being totally insane aside.... he might try to 'bake' this wet object dry? or he thought this might be an eatable? Hard to guess....