Photo from Museum Rotterdam in the Netherlands via Wikimedia Commons
God. I’ve seen what you have done for other people and can only ask for the same.
A British man was using his magnet fishing equipment in a canal in Weedon Bec, Northamptonshire when he managed to snag something a lot stranger than the watches and tools magnet fishermen typically find. To the man’s surprise he pulled a magazine out of the water, and then he pulled out a Sten MKII followed by several more magazines and more firearms.
As it would turn out, the canal the British man was magnet fishing in was located next to a former Royal Ordnance Depot site.
The firearms were in surprisingly good condition for being in a canal for so long, they might even be able to fire if taken to a proper gun smith. These firearms ended up being sent to a local military museum and one day they may end up as part of the display.
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