Overview

• The magnet fishing group known as "Magnet Fishing Edinburgh" dredged up a live World War II grenade from Linlithgow's Union Canal on October 10 during an outing. Their unusual find triggered a response from a bomb squad.
• Despite the shock and nerves, the group members prioritized safety by advising passers-by to take a detour and promptly informed authorities about the potentially explosive find.
• Upon arrival, the bomb squad decided the safest course of action would be a controlled detonation of the grenade. Tragically, the magnet used to uncover the grenade was also destroyed in the process.
• Interestingly, only a week after this event, local magnet fisher James Pearson found a mortar, another type of explosive device used in World War II, in the same Union Canal, necessitating another intervention from the bomb squad.
• The TikTok channel "Magnet Fishing Edinburgh" utilizes a rod fitted with a heavy-duty magnet to find metal objects in water bodies and has gained popularity with over 475,000 followers, demonstrating the appeal and potential danger of magnet fishing.