A GERMAN grenade and a part of a Victorian pushchair were among the finds magnet fishers pulled from the Severn alongside an unexploded wartime bomb.

A group of treasure hunters, best known on YouTube as the Peaky Dippers, paid a visit to Worcester to see what they could find in the River Severn. 

However, the team's innocent fishing trip was cut short after Nigel Lamford retrieved World War One 18-pound artillery shell.

It led to people in the area being evacuated as well as a large police presence before the bomb was exploded in a Worcestershire farmer's field the following day. 

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Worcester News: Here is just some of the items found by Peaky Dippers while fishingHere is just some of the items found by Peaky Dippers while fishing (Image: NQ)

South Quay and Copenhagen Street was cordoned off from 3.30pm to around 7.20pm on Wednesday, December 28.

Peaky Dippers has now uploaded a 40-minute video on the YouTube channel to give viewers a full review of what they found in the city's river Severn. 

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Worcester News: This item was thought to be part of an Victorian PushchairThis item was thought to be part of an Victorian Pushchair (Image: Peaky Dippers/YouTube)

The magnet fishers pulled out other interesting items including a German hand grenade known as a Kugelhandgranate and what is thought to be a training grenade.

Other finds include two bikes, a full-sized wheelie bin, the frame of a road sign, a milk bottle from the 1950/60s, an old street light for building work, a shopping trolley, and what appears to be fishing nets. 

The team, which has released the video footage from their time in the city, also believes they found the remnants of an old Victorian pushchair.

Many of the items had been left beside a tree on South Quay which was cordoned off but was cleared away on New Year's Day (January 1).


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Worcester News: South Quay: The items have now been removed South Quay: The items have now been removed (Image: NQ)

Mr Lamford, who works as an auto electrician, has a track record of finding explosives across the country while magnet fishing.

Worcester News: The team also pulled out a road signThe team also pulled out a road sign (Image: YouTube)

Mr Lamford, aged 51, has been an amateur magnet fisher for the last four years and said he enjoys finding new things.

Over the past three and a half years, the team has been posting their findings on YouTube which has amassed almost nine million views. 

He said: "It is just the hunt, you want to find something better than what you've previously found. 

Worcester News: The team pulled out multiple road signs The team pulled out multiple road signs (Image: YouTube)

"But it's also good for the environment, sometimes we find motorbikes with oil pouring out of them and it is better for that not to be in a river.

"We're called treasure hunters, we look for old things.

"But I've probably found about 15 artilleries, 30 grenades, and 100 guns."