A schoolboy with a passion for fishing went viral after reeling in a series of guns and grenades instead of his dinner.
13-year-old George Tindale has taken up magnet fishing as a means of staying off the streets and having an exciting hobby full of surprises.
In just under a month, the schoolboy, who started magnet fishing together with his dad, reeled in a haul of two military handguns, two unexploded grenades, a machete, two pistols, and a pinfire revolver.
Watch 13-year-old Magnet Fisher Reel In Guns And Grenades!
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12 months after taking up the unusual hobby, the pair has recovered over 50 knives, three bombs, five guns, as well as dozens of mobile phones, shopping trollies, power tools, safes, motorbike, and even lawnmowers and shopping trollies.
“It’s very rare for magnet fishers to ever find a gun in a river, so to pull out as many as I have is very rare. We’ve had some amazing finds,” 13-year-old George, who shares his finds on his YouTube channel Magnetic G, said.
“Some of them must have been there for decades, if not centuries. We hand all the weapons into the police so they can be checked. We get them back if the police are sure they’re safe. It’s incredible what people dump.
“I got into it through watching a Youtuber. I thought ‘I have got to do this.’ I find it really fascinating. I use a 200kg magnet. It’s the best magnet to use for magnetic fishing.
“I’ve never been one for computer games or hanging around the streets, I like to get outdoors and do shooting with my dad and metal detecting.”
Speaking of his latest find involving explosives and guns, the boy added:
“I found a German stick grenade from 1915 in the River Soar. This is when the Bomb Squad were called. I found an English Mills grenade also from 1915 in the same spot.
“It’s quite possible they were left by the same person or thrown in there at the same time. I also found four handguns in the River Soar. One was a Paramount pistol.
“I have to check what these guns are and hand them into the police, as it’s illegal to own a handgun. That one was handed over. I was allowed to keep two obsolete calibre guns. A Belgian Pinfire revolver and a 320 Webley revolver. The other one was too rusted to tell what it was, but it was some kind of revolver.”
While George’s hobby isn’t what most parents would expect their kids to pick up, his mother, Denise Newton, couldn’t be any prouder of her son.
“He’s only been properly magnet fishing for one year, but to find so many weapons is unheard of – he’s on a roll at the moment,” she said.
“It is fascinating but concerning that, there’s so many guns and knives in our waters but I’m glad he’s helping the environment. All of these things have a story to them, how did they end up there?
“He has been environmentally conscious since he was just seven and would help clear up a lake by our home. Every piece he is removing is helping the planet, a lot of it is draped in plastic and will end up in our oceans.
“Some of the items are mundane but they are all polluting the water and killing fish and wildlife, so I’m very proud of what he does.”
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