A father and son recently stumbled across a massive cache of old artillery shells in Czech forest — triggering a two-day operation involving a bomb squad.

The Police of the Czech Republic said the discovery was reported by a 48-year-old father who had gone metal detecting with his son on Oct. 28.

The pair were less than 1,000 feet away from the Czech-Polish border crossing in Bartošovice, nestled in the Orlické Mountains.

The father told officials that he had “found an object resembling ammunition in a forested area,” according to the translation of a release issued on Oct. 31.

Once alerted, police officers were “immediately dispatched to secure the area and conduct an initial investigation,” the statement read.

“The man explained that while recreationally metal detecting with his und

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