Explosive discovery

A NSW dive instructor and self-professed “treasure hunting addict” says a World War II bomb he found in Sydney Harbour is his strangest discovery yet.

Tony Strazzari was exploring Jones Bay at Pyrmont with a friend on Wednesday morning when he found the unexploded 40-50cm device in thick silt.

“I was just feeling around in the mud,” Mr Strazzari said. “I felt something very heavy and pulled it out, above the silt cloud and saw it was a bomb.”

He has previously found bullets and a rifle but Mr Strazzari said this week’s discovery was the strangest yet.

“I could tell by the heaviness of it and the fins on the tail of it that it was some sort of bomb,” he said.

Mr Strazzari carefully brought it to shore and waited for police but said he was not concerned about it exploding.

The ADF said the bomb was a three-inch British Stokes Mortar.