Police and bomb disposal experts were scrambled after magnet fishers hooked a LIVE old grenade from the waters of a canal.
Emergency services set up a cordon surrounding the area as Explosive Ordnance Disposal (EOD) officers were called to the scene near Eccles in Salford.
Footpaths along the Bridgewater Canal were also sealed off, with a cordon in place around Chichester Lane on the Bridgewater Village estate.
