‘Finding knives used to surprise me but not now. He later pulled out the weapon’s empty magazine and a kitchen knife. ‘It was jammed and empty, but three armed officers turned up within four minutes,’ Gareth says. He pulled the weapon, capable of firing 1,250 rounds a minute, from Enfield Lock in North London and called the police. ‘I found a Mac-10 submachine gun in July,’ Gareth, 36, says somewhat casually as he hurls his magnet into the river for a second time. This new army of magneteers is lured by the promise of treasure, but mostly get shopping trolleys, though Gareth has had more alarming finds. Gareth, 36, an Army engineer from Manchester, is a minor star of the pastime – Drasticg, a YouTube channel featuring his best finds, has nearly 20,000 subscribers. Another knife Gareth pulled from the water. Although the authorities have encouraged people to bring in dangerous or suspicious finds, Gareth says much of the time they don’t show any interest
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