Civil War-era artifact turns out to be live explosive, Texas officials sayHistoric Discovery (Photo: Atascosa County Sheriff's Office)(CBS NEWS) — A man in South Texas had what he thought was a dummy Civil War-era ordnance in his home for years, but it turned out to be a live explosive, local officials said Tuesday. The Atascosa County Sheriff’s Office said the man called deputies just before 8 a.m. and told them that a military friend of his saw the artifact and suspected it was active. The device was a live “parrot round,” the sheriff’s office wrote. It was transported to an explosive range at Camp Bullis, where officials safely disposed of it. It’s unclear how big the live round was.