u/Daniel-cfs-sufferer

So unexpectedly had a late afternoon/evening out, off a metal bridge with railings around stomach/chest height and with the UK heatwaves the water levels are very low, the gap from the water to the barrier was around 30ft !!

My first find took half hour to get out (with a quick hand over the barrier from someone who had been watching !)

It was another council scooter (I've now learnt they weigh 30kg)

I'd got it almost within reach after finally getting a good hold before it dropped, but the next hold worked and it was out !

The other stuff

4 bike locks

PlayStation

Road sign frame

Half of an old newspaper sandwich board

Scaffolding bits

Umbrella

A set of cast iron wheels from something !

Belt, coins, battery, chain guard (bike), small length of chain, cutlery knife and spoon, part of a bike bell, part of some sort of small table with wheels, lighter, padlock

And whatever else you can see I've missed (mostly just odd metal)

Was quite the workout today !

Luckily 2 passers-by helped me retrieve this huge thing, no idea what it is or was !

Then we had a set of keys, coins, battery

Scaffolding clips

An old Motorola hand held radio

Small kids wheel ?

Car brake pad

Old wire brush

Motorbike kick start lever !

And random bits of metal

This one is a little place I know where I can go coin fishing !

No it's not a wishing well !

There's an old 1ft square wooden post where the top has rotted, people try to get a coin to land in it, obviously when they miss it ends up in the water !

Went back to a hot spot today and everything was very well stuck in the mud and had been there for a while ! (Even cost me a rope ! Rubbed on concrete edge)

Definitely going back at some point as although I found a lot there's a lot more in there !

2 bikes

Beryl scooter

Outdoor wood burner

Very large metal fencing (2 more bits in there but I'll need help with them !)

A long fisherman's keep net

Landing net

Shopping basket

Watch (broken and bern there a long time)

Coins, spirit bottle security devices, scissors, pen knife (beyond help) cutlery knife, cooking knife with no handle, bar persons bottle opener, rod rest co2 cannister and anything I've missed !

Due to some events that occurred recently, I needed to get out and "away from myself" so I popped out for a bit unexpectedly today

Soon after starting I kept hooking something with a heavy pull, but the mud had a really good grip !

45 minutes later out came the bike with the wheels !

Then some coins, coat hanger, bike brake and cables and a pedal, an ice cream spoon and a pair of needle nosed pliers.

Then whatever the black thing is with the 2 y shaped bits, it did have 2 rubber handles on the floor end !

And finally the bike frame

So not too bad of a day.

I think the river was having a sale on batteries and bikes today ! (And there's more there !)

So anyway A busy day today with lots of finds, I'll be going back there as I didn't even cover it all !

So here's the list lol

3 bikes

Gas tilly lamp

10 batteries

2 long bits of thick rope, (think the bikes were all somehow attached to the rope as well as being very stuck !)

5 wheel nuts (i think)

Nails for a nail gun

Coins, vape, co2 cannisters, chock block strip (electrical connectors) top from a calender, padlock, random bit of metal, what looks like an electric buzzer, drill bit, Scaffolding ckamp and odds

What looks like an attempt at a home made yoyo

Cutlery knife

Little tiny pocket knife, stamped boyztoys

Looks like a lifting carabiner and swivel connector

And some sort of kids toy (looked like a tiny battery in the back)

And whatever I've missed out !

Managed just over an hour

2 trolleys

2 baskets

1 little folding chair

1 kids 3 wheel scooter

Coins and clothes peg and 2 pieces of anti climb fencing

Thought it was a strange sight seeing as it was dry and about 28c ish.

Thought it might be appreciated by some.

Had to move 3 times today as there's next to nothing in this bit !

I won't make a list today but the girder looking bit was a good 60kg or more the other bigger bits were 10kg to 20kg

The girder and pole were a pain to get up.

Let's hope the next stretch is more interesting lol

Not much really but very heavy as the bike and scooter come in around 20/30kg each !

City electric bike

City electric scooter

Shopping trolley

Lighter, coin, piece of rod, little black thing looks like it goes on handlebars and some sort of cable with a metal end

So I went back to the area I found the grenade and gas mask in, hoping to find some more stuff

I was out around 4 hours and should've given up/moved spots after the first couple hours, bit you know how it is when your convinced something must be there ! Lol

What I did find

2 separate old ladders, 1 twice the weight of the other

An old gin trap (animal trap) probably the most interesting find of the day !

What I think was a wing mirror on a long stalk (must be old), Glasses case which looked to say Ralph (something inside)

Piston (what was left) valve, sprocket with splines inside, chain, couple of odd heavy bits of metal, bike lock, fork, long piece of thin box section and just other small but heavy random things

(Not sure what the small square flat ish bit with the hole in the top is, was heavy and made of cast iron )

So as above another yellow bike (the day the scrap man collected it someone else was pulling one out !)

And another trolley (that supermarket isn't far away)

Other bits, coins, earbud, vag with ladies hair things with nail clippers and tweezers, airfix paint tin, odd bits of metal, kids fishing net

Another piece of fencing (there's clumps of them bit very well buried !)

A "necklace" of hooks for your keys and the rings to separate keys

And a victorinox filleting knife !

So the same new guy from Thursday agreed to come and help me get the moped out !

Took a little while and a little struggle but we managed it !

The registration wasn't showing on any police database so they decided to take it away (can't scap a vehicle here without the registration documents)

Unfortunately shortly after he wasn't feeling well and went home and I carried on

Big piece of stand alone fence

Skateboard

Shopping basket

Fishing scales

Large stake

Umbrella, coins, vapes, batteries, kids remote control, beer can from 1985 ! (Well preserved), leads from a battery charger, paint brush, bike lock, padlock, coat hangers, the tool kit from the moped, wing mirror (moped) a glass lens and anything I've missed !

Today's haul wasn't too bad, had a newbie come and try it out, unfortunately he didn't have much luck !

But he did find the little Allen key thing and found the trolley but with a smaller magnet and less experience I pulled it up (it was stuck well !)

I got 2 bikes

Pliers, lures, ladel, 2 spoons, umbrella, coins, battery, earbud, airfix paint tin, coat hanger, bit of a mudguard, piece of chain and some sort of camera holder !

And whatever else I've missed !

Unfortunately not many good pics today as I was forced to leave due to the grenade !

So as the title says this is the other stuff I found apart from the grenade !

Possibly part of ww2 gas mask

Square heavy top from a post ?

2 very heavy odd shaped bits (near the square thing)

Part of an old steel cable that had broken

Some sort of cog

Some sort of stand that bolted to the floor (the 3 legged thing)

Spark plug

Some sort of filter

Security tag and whatever else you can see.

So after a couple of hours of fishing I pulled my magnet up and there stuck to the top was a world war 2 mils grenade !

Obviously called the police who showed up an hour later !

Then proceeded to close roads off etc , although the road was 100ft away and there were houses 20ft behind me !

Bomb squad were called and on their way but they are based about 3 hours away, so what they did with it I've no idea ! Unfortunately.

EDIT, so far the only thing I have managed to find out is that the bomb squad did a controlled explosion in nearby woodland the same evening.
If I find anything further, I will update again