Photograph by Curtis Foreman
A grandfather was surprised to find that the silver ring he spotted and pulled from the ground was a pin attached to a buried hand grenade.
John Hill, 67, was looking for treasures on farmland in Sampford Peverell, Devon with a metal detector when he spotted what he thought to be an ancient ring peeking out of the dirt.
His two grandsons had gathered around him to see what he found, but as he began to pull out the ring he discovered it was attached to the safety pin of a Second World War hand grenade. He quickly made sure the pin had not been dislodged from the grenade and shouted at the boys to “run as you never know” according to the Express and Echo.
He then placed the grenade carefully on the ground before running for cover himself.
A bomb disposal team were then called and the grenade detonated in a controlled explosion.
