Team search lakes to find King Arthur's sword Excalibur from a magical love story Watch Video

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A team of filmmakers, magnet fishers, tech experts and divers have embarked on an outrageous quest to find - the magical sword called Excalibur.<br/><br/>The group are searching British lakes to locate the blade said to have been thrown into the water by King Arthur.<br/><br/>They say they have identified several possible locations of Excalibur in Britain and trying to find it for part of a new TV series called ‘Weird Britain’.<br/><br/>Underwater camera operators, drone experts and amphibious archaeologists have joined the hunt for the mythical sword.<br/><br/>Producer Tim Whittard said: “There is much debate about the location of the lake referred to in Arthurian lore. <br/><br/>''Identifying the lake in question is a riddle which has had historians and researchers arguing for centuries, that is if the lake even still exists – or if the legend is even true in the first place.<br/><br/>“This is the first time we have had the opportunity to use underwater drones or submersible ROVs alongside professional magnet fishers in an expedition of this type. <br/><br/>''I think it’s a really innovative and fun application of the drone technology which will make for great TV.”<br/><br/>One expert from the group added: “It is a legend, or is it?! – We don’t really know. <br/><br/>''But Arthur is in our hearts and in our minds, in many parts of the country.<br/><br/>''His sword could be a flight of fancy, it could be real. <br/><br/>''In Cornwall, it could be in Dozmary Pool, out on the edge of Bodmin Moor, but it could be up near Alderley Edge in Cheshire.<br/><br/>“The sword is a magical thing that we are all searching to find, very much like the Holy Grail.”<br/><br/>Nigel Lamford heads up a group called Northants Magnet Fishing, who have been called upon to join the project.<br/><br/>Their exploits have earned them notoriety on their YouTube channel, regularly recovering all manner of metallic matter from waterways and canals.<br/><br/>Nigel said: “We’ve not been beaten yet and nobody has the amount of equipment we have. If it’s in there and it’s magnetic, it’s coming out.”<br/><br/>The project’s director Matt Everett said: “The King Arthur legend is amazing, I’d love for it to be real, and hopefully we can prove that if we do find Excalibur.”<br/><br/>‘Weird Britain’ premiers today (Wednesday) on Blaze (Freeview 64) with episode one – The Search for the Loch Ness Monster.