--- description: From nunchucks to crossbows. title: Police Find Wooden Coffin Filled With 43 Bizarre Weapons image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00fb848a609b428e/69868eefcd684877ca0949b4/166011931.jpg?branch=production&width=2400&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  * [Newsfeed](/tag/time-section-newsfeed/) ## Newsfeed Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close # If You Lost Your Coffin Full of Weapons, Florida Police Have Recovered It by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:30 PM CUT  Weapon symbols Weapon symbolsGetty Images by [Laura Stampler](/author/laura-stampler/) ## Laura Stampler Update your preferences in [Account Settings](/account/preferences/) Close May 12, 2014 4:30 PM CUT Well this is weird. Police found an abandoned wooden coffin filled with 43 weapons — ranging from ball-and-chains to nunchucks — by the side of the road in Florida late last week. Weapon arsenals can be so hard to keep track of these days! Here are the 43 bizarre weapons that a sad Floridian is currently missing, according to a [local Fox affiliate](http://mynews13.com/content/news/cfnews13/news/article.html/content/news/articles/cfn/2014/5/9/fl%5Fcoffin%5Fweapons.html "undefined"): * Black crossbow * Black ball and chain * Set of nun chucks * Metal pair of forceps * Ball with metal spikes * Double-sided axe with handle * Baseball bat with numerous screws attached * Small black sheath * Scissors, silver in color * Wooden handle with attached metal hook * Wooden handle with attached metal knife * Plastic tube with black handles * Wide black metal hook * Black folding knife * 2 black arm weights * Broken yellow dart * Silver baseball bat * Small wooden handle with attached knife * Black metal crowbar * Silver antenna * Black metal hooks * Black sword sheathe * Silver metal chain * Black handle with attached long knife * Wooden handle with attached rusted knife blade * Black stick with attached chain * Single metal hook * 2 wooden metal hatchets * Silver boat anchor * Black fire poker * Black metal crowbar * Pair of blacksmith pliers * Silver metal sword blade with missing hand grip * Wooden blocking stick * Metal hammer * Double sickle handle * Single handle sickle * Large pair of black metal tongs * 2 wooden axe handles * Wooden sword Non-weapons included: * Black hoodie * Small red square punching bag * Black leather pouch Just go to the Volusia County Sheriff’s Office to claim your goods! ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/96214/if-you-lost-your-coffin-full-of-weapons-florida-police-have-recovered-it/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/96214/if-you-lost-your-coffin-full-of-weapons-florida-police-have-recovered-it/"},"headline":"If You Lost Your Coffin Full of Weapons, Florida Police Have Recovered It","datePublished":"2014-05-12T16:30:07.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:09:37.081Z","description":"From nunchucks to crossbows","url":"https://time.com/96214/if-you-lost-your-coffin-full-of-weapons-florida-police-have-recovered-it/","keywords":["Newsfeed","Crime","police","Florida","Weapons"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00fb848a609b428e/69868eefcd684877ca0949b4/166011931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Laura Stampler","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/laura-stampler/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt00fb848a609b428e/69868eefcd684877ca0949b4/166011931.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"weapons","caption":"166011931","creditText":"Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/96214/if-you-lost-your-coffin-full-of-weapons-florida-police-have-recovered-it/","name":"If You Lost Your Coffin Full of Weapons, Florida Police Have Recovered It"}}]}] ```