Worcester, England A landscaper who thought he had found an old Coke bottle quickly discovered it was a bit more dangerous than that. Paul Probert was using a mechanical digger on a residential property when he uncovered a WWII UXO.

Probert said, "I put it to one side, rolled it out, and that's when I suddenly realized 'this is a bit more than a Coke bottle'."

West Mercia Police responded within 10 minutes to cordon off the area and evacuate the street. EOD was called in to carry out a controlled detonation.

Probert added that the ordnance was "slightly rusted with a bit of a scrape mark on the top where I'd hit it with the digger, my lucky day I think."

Worcester, England A landscaper who thought he had found an old Coke bottle quickly discovered it was a bit more dangerous than that. Paul Probert was using a mechanical digger on a residential property when he uncovered a WWII UXO.

Probert said, "I put it to one side, rolled it out, and that's when I suddenly realized 'this is a bit more than a Coke bottle'."

West Mercia Police responded within 10 minutes to cordon off the area and evacuate the street. EOD was called in to carry out a controlled detonation.

Probert added that the ordnance was "slightly rusted with a bit of a scrape mark on the top where I'd hit it with the digger, my lucky day I think."

Puerto Princesa, Philippines A construction worker discovered a UXO while excavating for a pole placement inside a warehouse. Arian Alvarez reported the find to a project engineer who then notified authorities.

An investigator promptly notified the City EOD and K9 Unit who responded to dispose of the unidentified ordnance (exact type or disposal details not reported).

Bournemouth, United Kingdom a homeowner and his friend working on a new deck in his back garden made a shocking discovery when the uncovered an ordnance item.

While digging the holes for one of the support pilings, the two encountered "metal in ground." They began digging into and around the metal object to dislodge it.

As they uncovered the item enough to get a good look the item, one of them jokingly said, "this may be a bomb" because it was round and was described as "bullet shaped."

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Shetland, Scotland A bomb disposal team was called to Shetland after a suspected unexploded sea mine was discovered by a mussel farmer. It was found on the northwest coast of the island of Yell.

His Majesty's Coastguard confirmed that teams were on the scene near Grimister to secure the area while awaiting a Ministry of Defence EOD team to dispose of the ordnance.