by KYW's David Madden
 
Just days before the unofficial start of summer, Surf City, NJ beaches were littered once again with World War I era munitions. But officials say the beaches will remain open.

This month’s nor’easter (see related story) churned up the same stuff that had been dumped in the ocean a long time ago and started resurfacing last year. 
 
Khaalid Walls, with the US Army Corps of Engineers, says about a dozen items surfaced this time:

"They were World War I era munitions -- basically, boosters and fuses."

It was not immediately clear whether the items were uncovered by the erosion or had been deposited along with deep-water sand being dredged up for the beach replenishment.

A section of beach was shut down for two months before last year’s tourist season. Not this time, though. 

But officials are prohibiting digging deeper than one foot deep into the sand, and you can’t bring a metal detector on the beach. 
   
Walls also suggests that anyone seeing something that looks suspicious tell a lifeguard about it. The town can call in a Corps of Engineers staffer who will be stationed in Surf City all summer just to handle those concerns.

(File photos)