A Northern Territory man who found a live World War II bomb and drove it around to show his friends has had the explosive device confiscated by police.
Damien Lumsden, from Milingimbi, 440 km east of Darwin, found the bomb during a clean-up after Cyclone Nathan hit the region in June.
Ms Lumsden said he put the device on the back of his ute and kept it for two days to show his mates before police were informed and he was evacuated from his home, the NT News reported.
A Northern Territory man found a live World War II bomb and put it on his ute to show friends (pictured)
Damien Lumsden, from Milingimbi, east of Darwin, found the bomb during a clean up after Cyclone Nathan
'I went out to show a few people and they were like "That’s a bomb",' he told the NT News.
'Then they saw the pin was still in it and they were like "Oh wow, it's live."
'I was showing it off to everyone like show and tell. I wanted to keep it.'
Mr Lumsden said he sent a picture of the bomb to his boss who 'went off his head' and rang police immediately.
ADF personnel identified the bomb as as a navigation flame float Mk II which had been dormant for 70 years
He had to move out of his house for weeks while the bomb squad found a way to safely remove the device.
Australian Defence Force personnel disposed of the bomb - identified as a navigation flame float Mk II which had been dormant for 70 years - on Tuesday, the ABC reported.
The RAAF bomb squad cleared a one kilometre radius in a remote area and detonated it safely
Mr Lumsden said he sent a picture of the bomb to his boss who 'went off his head' and rang police immediately
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