Bomb Squad tries to blow up a What-Is-It relic

[Pete George]

  The mysterious object is bigger than it looks in the photo, weighing 17.5 pounds.

Quote from the news-report:
  The Israeli newspaper Haaretz reported that the maintenance worker who found the device was initially concerned that it was some sort of explosive. He called the police, who in turn called in a bomb squad to conduct a controlled explosion. The object was undamaged.

http://www.foxnews.com/science/2015/12/23/facebook-user-identifies-mysterious-gold-object-found-in-israel-cemetery.html?intcmp=hpbt4

[CarlS]

If in doubt blow it up!