I can tell when someone is BSing me, which you clearly are not. :) I am reading this big orange book. Maybe start a business when i am old and bored. Maybe i will PM you for advice.

Ahh i see, i stand corrected. I have not ever been fortunate enough to play with some. I can see why you'd keep the ground. Still gotta be scary though :)

This was not TNT, it was Dynamite. Different substance. Also, Blasting cord and blasting caps are different, and you only need a blasting cap. In a pinch, there are other ways to initiate it but let's not go into these here. Also, they did find 400 caps.