UK couple find 7500 bullets in their pond

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UK couple find 7500 bullets in their pond

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Neil Tipping, 33, who lives with his girlfriend Eleanor Mercer, 32, made the shocking discovery while he was clearing weeds from the water feature.

He said he saw a flash of metal and thought it was a piece of gold, but upon closer inspection he found that it was actually a bullet.

Police officers arrived at the house where they discovered 2.2mm rifle rounds, up to 30 machine gun rounds, shotgun cartridges, and a cache of 9mm and 8mm rounds.
2.2mm?
Now the pair are worried there may be more rounds of undiscovered ammunition in their home.

Mr Tipping said: 'It’s really unnerved us. I’m terrified that next time I’m mowing the lawn I’ll run over a bullet that hasn’t been found yet. One of us could be seriously hurt.

We have friends with young children who could have put one of the bullets in their mouth, or one of our cats could have got hold of one - it doesn’t bear thinking about.
Shocked: Eleanor Mercer and Neil Tipping stumbled upon a haul of ammunition in their rented home

Shocked: Eleanor Mercer and Neil Tipping stumbled upon a haul of ammunition in their rented home

'We were planning to be in this house for years - now we want to move out as soon as we can.
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Ms Mercer added: 'I rang my dad because he used to be in the Navy, and he told us not to touch them because they could be dangerous.
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Funny story. One person's small collection of vintage cartridges is another persons cache of machine gun ammo.
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I posted this more than 4 years ago...
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