Maine State Police say they neutralized what appeared to be a military-style hand grenade found in Limington on Monday evening.

The state police bomb squad responded to the York County town after someone found the item near a dumpster along Number 1 Road, which leads to the Moy-Mo-Da-Yo Recreational Area.

The item looked like an M67 hand grenade, though it appeared to have been altered, according to a news release from state police.

Bomb technicians tried to X-ray the apparent grenade but weren’t able to determine whether it was explosive, state police said.

So the technicians proceeded to neutralize it by detonating a small, controlled explosive charge next to it, state police spokesperson Shannon Moss said in a statement Tuesday.

The M67 has been the standard-issue hand grenade for American troops over the past several decades. Civilians are generally prohibited from possessing grenades — defined as “destructive devices” under the National Firearms Act of 1934 — unless they are registered with the Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives.

Almost exactly 10 years ago, state police were called to the same town when a Limington resident reported that they had seen a military-grade M18 smoke grenade near Route 11. That item also appeared to have been altered, police said in April 2016, and the bomb squad likewise detonated it at the scene.