A group of divers have found an explosive device just 400m from a popular tourist beach.
Members from the Civil Guard were doing routine training in underwater activities near Playa del Postiguet in Alicante, Spain, when they stumbled across the peculiar item.
Upon further investigations, they found it was an explosive, as reported by Need To Know.
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A video shows a diver inspecting the device on the ocean bed, where it has likely been buried for over 85 years.
It was found to be from the Spanish Civil War, which was fought from 1936 to 1939, between the Republicans and the Nationalists.
The war ended with a Nationalist victory on 1 April 1939 and Francisco Franco ruled Spain until his death in 1975.
A video of the discovery was shared on 31 July.
The Guard stated they “neutralised the projectile” after a “special group” arrived at the scene.
“The explosive device was 400 metres from the coast, submerged nine metres from the surface,” they said.
In the clip, the diver films the long explosive from top to bottom, which can be seen covered in moss, algae and dirt.
They then attach a sign to some seaweed nearby, which states: “Warning – divers at work.”
Another boat then arrives with more officers from the Civil Guard.
