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by temp365984365 941 days ago
There's still a lot of it in the ground, and the regular digging up of shells and other war metal is nicknamed the iron harvest.

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Iron_harvest

Choice quote "The French Département du Déminage (Department of Mine Clearance) recovers about 900 tons of unexploded munitions every year."