Tuesday, September 17, 2024

Landscape gardeners identify unexploded Second World War bomb using Google Lens

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Two gardeners have used Google Lens to identify an unexploded Second World War bomb they discovered while digging.

Landscape gardeners Paul Probert and James Dobson were working at a property in Barbourne, Worcs, on Thursday morning when they made the discovery.

Mr Probert said: “I thought it was a bit of metal to start with, then thought it looked like a coke bottle.

“But then I saw the sharper tip of it and thought, ‘Hang on.’

Mr Dobson added: “I was a bit … confused when we first saw it and I don’t think it really sank in.

“We used Google Lens on it and the app said it was a Second World War bomb – it was bizarre.”

Google Lens is image recognition software that can be used on a phone. Users take a picture of an object and use it to bring up relevant information about it using Google.

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