Englewood, Florida The Charlotte County Sheriff's Office responded to a beach in Englewood after children discovered a barnacle-encrusted object they believed to be a scuba tank. Much to their surprise, the item turned out to be WWII-era UXO.

The children reportedly touched the ordnance and took photos of it before someone realized it could be dangerous. "I was shivering when I heard it was a bomb," said Maci Martinez, one of the children who found it.

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New Forest, England A bomb squad was called in after a child found UXO on a beach and the parents reported the find to the Calshot Beach activity center.

The area was cordoned off until the bomb squad could respond to remove it. A spokesperson for New Forest Police said, "Report made to the control room that a child had found a suspected unexploded ordnance at Calshot beach today."

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Olowalu, Hawaii The Hawaii Inter-Island Bomb Squad (HIBS) responded to assist Maui police after a suspicious object emitting smoke was discovered on the shoreline in Olowalu.

The item, marked "US Navy marker location Marine MK 58 MOD 1," was emitting smoke when the unit arrived. Navy EOD was notified, and disposal operations were scheduled.

The object was rendered safe and taken into police custody ahead of EOD's arrival. The Maui Police Department asked the public to refrain from handling ordnance directly and to contact the department for assistance upon any suspected UXO discovery.

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Ynyslas, Wales His Majesty's (HM) Coastguard Borth and HM Coastguard Aberystwyth responded to Ynyslas beach, part of the Dyfi National Nature Reserve, to reports of suspected ordnance.

The area was immediately cordoned off but the munition was soon covered by the tide. The next morning, the Coastguard team returned to meet an EOD unit who safely disposed of the unidentified UXO.

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St. Agnes, United Kingdom Coastguard officials were alerted by lifeguards at Trevaunance Cove, a beach near St. Agnes, after a suspected UXO was discovered. EOD was notified and a cordon was established around the device.

A spokesperson for the Maritime and Coastguard Agency said, "A safety cordon was put in place and the suspected ordnance was covered by the tide. Safety patrols are continuing today to locate and safely remove the item."

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Mablethorpe, England Mablethorpe Coastguard issued a warning for beachgoers on the Lincolnshire coast. According to their social media post, UXO was recently found, prompting a response from a military EOD response which included a controlled disposal shot on Mablethorpe beach.

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Medmerry Beach, United Kingdom British EOD carried out a controlled explosion on a Selsey beach, after the Coastguard Rescue Team was called in for reports of suspected UXO. This is the latest report in a long line of explosives found on this stretch of the South Coast that newspapers are calling "UK's most dangerous beach."

"The team located several pieces of ordnance, photos were taken and sent to EOD, and a cordon was put in place," said a spokesperson for the rescue team. "Once EOD arrived on scene, they assessed the ordnance, and a controlled explosion was carried out on a couple of the pieces as they were still explosive."

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Destin, Florida The Okaloosa County Sheriff's Office announced a planned detonation of three bombs found last month in the waters off the Florida panhandle. The discoveries include two 250-pound bombs and a 1,000-pound bomb, estimated to be approximately 80 years old, according to a news release issued by county officials.

Eglin Air Force Base reported that the bombs were found in January in Choctawhatchee Bay, which borders popular tourist destinations such as Destin and Fort Walton Beach. The ordnance was located in an area reportedly previously used as a bombing range.

Divers from a Navy EOD Mobile Unit are scheduled to detonate the three bombs. The ordnance was discovered in two separate locations. The 250-pound bombs were found near Two Georges Marina in Shalimar, Florida, and the 1,000-pound bomb was found during an Air-Force funded remedial investigation of the Bay Legacy Range.

Winterton, England A man walking the beach with his 6-year-old cocker spaniel was shocked to see what his dog named Luna uncovered while walking along the sand dunes, a 2-inch mortar round. The man called the police to report the fins who responded and established an exclusion zone around the item.

EOD was called in to investigate and they determined the ordnance was indeed a WWII era mortar round. EOD safely counter-charged the hazard in an open detonation.

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Pajaro Dunes, California A rusty bomb covered in debris washed up on a California shore just days after heavy surf pounded the coastline. The Santa Cruz County sheriff's bomb squad responded to inspect the bomb at Pajaro Dunes, located between Santa Cruz and Monterey.

According to a post on the sheriff's office social media site, an x-ray scan and visual inspection revealed that the ordnance was an inert military ordnance.

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