Retired pharmacist Trevor Staley may not be too popular with his neighbours right now.
He was digging in his back garden at Storrington when he unearthed a large rusty object.
The bomb squad was called in and much of the village was sealed off for three hours before the object was found to be nothing more dangerous than a water tank.
The police say you can never be too careful. But Trevor may wish he'd let it rust in peace.
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