A father took a live Russian WWI bomb home with him after he found the device while magnet fishing with his ten-year-daughter.
Martin Bailey, 31, spent an hour on Walton-on-Thames on Wednesday, June 19, with his daughter Keira, when they found a 1915 bomb of Russian design.
The body shop technician, from Surrey, did not know what the eight-inch metal device was as it was 'caked in mud and rusty as hell'.
He and his daughter took the bomb home with them before Martin texted a friend a picture of the explosive in his back garden.
Martin Bailey, 31, called the police after he found a live WWI bomb while magnet fishing in Walton-on-Thames. Within 15 minutes four police cars arrived with a firearms unit
He said: 'My friend told me to get straight on to police.'
And within 15 minutes at least four police cars had arrived with a firearms unit to inspect the device.
As he waited in his upstairs flat Mr Bailey says the police told him he had fished out a live 1915 bomb of potential Russian origin.
He said one of the officers added: 'I've been in the service for 30 years, and I've never seen anything like this in my life.'
Mr Bailey and his daughter Keira (left) took the bomb home with them before Martin texted a friend a picture of the explosive in his back garden. Pictured with daughters Keira and Eliza and their magnet fishing ropes
As he waited in his upstairs flat Mr Bailey says the police told him he had fished out a live 1915 bomb of potential Russian origin
Bomb disposal arrived to take the device away before 10pm, he said.
Martin, who started magnet fishing five months ago, said he 'couldn't believe we'd happened to come across the bomb'.
He doesn't know how long it's been there and whether or not there are others nearby.
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