The ordnance was found in Särvere on land owned by the Järvamaa Vocational Education Center (Järvamaa Kutsehariduskeskus) during a clean-up.

Information in the National Archives shows that in 1944 there was a weapons storage facility in almost exactly the same place as the bombs were found.

"Near here, on the other side of the road, there was a German airfield and after they left, a Russian unit was destroying the aircraft bombs. Last October, during a trial excavation, we found more than 60 explosive devices, in the winter we cleared the vegetation, and this week, with the help of metal detectors and heavy machinery, we were able to make the area safer," said Sergeant Mario Maripuu from the Defense Forces Demining Center.

The area is not used by anyone but the ordnance is still considered to be dangerous.

"The clay surface seemed to preserve the aerial bombs which [they] had attempted to destroy here almost 80 years ago. Both the top layer, where you can see for example the factory markings and the year, and the explosives inside the shells, which are still explosive today, are very well preserved," said Maripuu.

The bombs were detonated by 13 specialists at the Defense Forces' central training ground. 

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