https://www.huffpost.com/archive/au/entry/girl-pulls-sword-from-legendary-lake-of-king-arthurs-excalibur_au_5cd36f87e4b0acea9500c91a

Because hes an expert on nothing we care about his opinion! Omfg

"I told her not to be silly and it was probably a bit of fencing, but when I looked down I realized it was a sword. It was just there laying flat on the bottom of the lake," he said.

Could Matilda's sword be a thing of history and lore? Her father suspects not.

Though its discovery makes for a pretty cool story, he estimated that it's only 20 to 30 years old.

"It's probably an old film prop," he suggested.