Most of the military ordnance were detonated after the tide receded.
The bomb squad was sent to Folly Beach, South Carolina, on Sunday after Hurricane Matthew unearthed an old Civil War ordnance, officials said.
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The Charleston County Sheriff's Office said that the cannonballs were discovered by a resident Sunday, but the bomb team had to wait a day to get to the area because of the high tide, according to WTOC.
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The resident who made the discovery, former Folly Beach Mayor Richard Beck, said he believed there were about 15 cannonballs and that they had been welded together by rust.
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A majority of the ordnance were successfully detonated Sunday. People in the area said they could hear loud booms as the cannonballs were detonated, WTOC reported.
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