Two magnet fishers have pulled out a cannon from a river in what is believed to be the first discovery of its kind in the UK.
Dave Sonik Jordan, 46, and Raymond Harper, 73, latched onto the artillery piece while magnet fishing - which is where people use magnets to pull treasure out of water.
It took the pair, who have been fishing together for ten years, over an hour to get the 3ft (91cm) object out of the River Don in Sheffield, South Yorks,
Dave Sonik Jordan, 46, and Raymond Harper, 73, latched onto the artillery piece while magnet fishing - which is where people use magnets to pull treasure out of water.
It took the pair, who have been fishing together for ten years, over an hour to get the 3ft (91cm) object out of the River Don in Sheffield, South Yorks,
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00:00 oh god, it's like a mountain
00:04 you need a bit of help don't you?
00:08 yeah
00:10 I can't fucking go down
00:12 Ellie
00:16 oh god that's, it is, it's a cannon
00:26 a cannon?
00:28 an actual cannon
00:30 wow
00:32 can you drop your magnet on as well Dave?
00:36 yep
00:38 just get these onto it first
00:42 I don't know why I'm not getting it at the bottom somehow
00:46 it hasn't gone flat
00:50 that's alright
00:56 alright I'm on the bridge
00:58 oh no
01:02 we've got an actual cannon
01:20 coming out of the water right now
01:24 you've done it straight away
01:26 that's exactly where you wanted it
01:28 well I knew my rope would be useful for something
01:32 nice
01:42 right Dav
01:48 we need to get
01:50 your spade right under the magnet now
01:52 right there
01:54 Wins
01:56 Wins
01:58 Wins
02:00 Wins
02:02 well at least this magnet's up
02:06 Wins
02:08 that's it
02:12 keep coming
02:14 wait wait stop
02:20 oh this rope's come off
02:22 do you wanna
02:26 I think my magnet's on the bridge
02:28 it is
02:30 so we got it up this far
02:32 and as you can see it's an actual cannon
02:34 we've been working an hour on this already
02:36 and er
02:38 we ain't going home until it's out
02:40 so er
02:42 we've got ropes on it, we've got magnets on it
02:44 we've got the winch on there
02:46 and er
02:48 there's a few guys over there waiting to pull it
02:50 so let's get this thing out
02:52 it's tightening the rope now so
03:08 that's cool
03:10 see I'm hoping it pulls off your magnet
03:12 that's it
03:14 we've got off yours, that's the main thing
03:22 try and get my hand on that
03:34 in there
03:36 and then I can lift up
03:40 go on keep going
03:42 keep going
03:44 I've got my hand inside
03:46 up onto the wall
03:50 keep going
03:54 keep going
03:56 carry on
03:58 stop stop stop
04:04 stay there
04:06 oh
04:08 I'll just stand it
04:12 up against there for a minute
04:14 wow
04:16 look at that guys
04:18 a bona fide cannon
04:20 we've actually gone and
04:22 done it
04:24 it's the first for magnet fishing I swear
04:26 we've had a cannon out
04:28 well done everybody
04:32 we got a cannon
04:34 we got a cannon
04:36 look at that everyone
04:38 an actual cannon
04:40 wow
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