A 15lb Second World War shell was discovered on Brean beach. 

Burnham-on-Sea Coastguard were called at 7.12pm on Saturday (August 26) to the beach after a metal detector enthusiast discovered something out of the ordinary. 

On arrival at the scene crews set up a 50 metre cordon and closed off pedestrian and vehicle access to the beach to ensure residents' safety. 

Some pictures of the ordnance were taken and quickly emailed to the services' operations room in Milford Haven which they then passed on to the EOD (Explosive Ordnance Disposal Unit) who decided that the items may be live and would need to be inspected by their team the next day. 

Members of the Coastguard, BARB and the police manned the cordon until the morning. 

A spokesman for Burnham Coastguard said: "As the event continued it drew a steady stream of curious people stop to ask what had happened.

"On one occasion led to a very disgruntled dog walker who was very aggressive and vocal towards the teams and an attempt to walk right through the cordon and past the ordnance."

The EOD team arrived at around 8.30am on Sunday (August 27) and after inspecting the ordnance they discovered it was the tail end of a burst bomb that we had dealt with a few weeks before.

The shell housed lead balls, which scattered above the trenches when it exploded.

The item was declared safe and crews packed up their equipment after a 14 hour operation. 

If you find anything suspicious looking or dig something up that you think may be explosive then leave it in place, mark the location and either find a beach warden, lifeguard or call 999 and ask for the Coastguard.