What’s hidden in the Canals of Manchester UK (Magnet Fishing) 

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Yes it is it’s called ferrule

Most definitely

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He could not work that out for himself 🤣

That was definitely a cannon

12mm paint brush

Or don't have kids its up to you...

I also seen the anchor ⚓ emblem

I immediately thought cannon too definitely looked like a cannon as well, could of been a major find!

That’s what I thought. I recognize an anchor emblem of some sort.

That was my first thought too.

Yes I think you are right, wow! Someone have to try getting it out! 😱

That's what it looks like to me too c cannon

Yea my mum just said the same! I think we’re on to something guys! 😄

In mm so not so old

Exactly a paint brush ferrule

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just a cast iron mooring bollard, loads of them around the canal.

it is a cast iron mooring bollard, I have two identical ones in my garden.

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The story: In 1745, Charles Edward Stuart, aka ‘Bonnie Prince Charlie’, wanted the throne of Britain. His family, the Stuart dynasty, all the James and Charles kings, had been ousted from their position in 1688. Charlie invaded Scotland from France, Scotland being the ancestral heartlands of the Stuarts. He raised an army and marched on London passing through Manchester where, in the area that now forms Byrom Street and St John’s Gardens, he practised with his cannons. You might notice a small street in the area called Artillery Street. Problem was Charlies’ army was too small and despite gaining recruits in places such as Manchester, most of England was cool to the adventure. After reaching Derby he realised he was in danger of being surrounded by the overwhelming force of the British Army and retreated back to Scotland and ultimate defeat. Several Manchester men were hanged, drawn and quartered for taking part and thus, their treachery. Two of the heads were sent back as a warning and placed on the Exchange roof (roughly where the M&S cafe is on Market Street). To mark the area’s association with the insurrection and the artillery once fired here someone had a bright idea. When the area was developed with a church, two cannon were inverted and now stand at the top of St John’s Passage. They’re listed and protected as Britain’s only bang bang bollards.

@@jelgerhuis1985 I knew he got to Derby and had to turn back...there's a pub on the spot with a monument (Kern). It's the north bank of the river Trent (I believe) and would've had a basically impossible to pass marshland beyond it. It was easy enough to defend, however, Derby itself was over-run...one of the historic buildings there being used as a HQ, I believe.

The canal wasn't there then its a bollard

mary look back at his old vids theres one showing the convertion

Thats exactly what it is you can tell its super old by the way the rope was made

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