His parents initially believed in a pipe, no doubt hoped him for coins or a real treasure. But the find turned out to be more worrying for a little boy from Aix-En-Provence who received the metal detector he dreamed of on Monday morning for his ninth birthday.
Neither one nor two, the boy went to test the machine in a cabin of the condominium and his "toy" wasted no time in emitting its first panicked beeps.
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For France Bleu Provence, the father of the family says that they brought this first and bizarre discovery out of the ground and that he immediately spotted engraved inscriptions. A simple check on the internet was enough to turn curiosity into great concern: it was a German shell from World War I.
The family immediately notified the police who secured the perimeter and called the deminers. The fear passed, with a smile she takes this anniversary a bit explosive.
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