Metal detecting with magnet

[frogginfish]

So, I was thinking of using the below magnet to try and find me some under water finds. Tractor Supply has them for $15.99. They are 5 inches in length and weigh almost 2 pounds with a 150 pound pull. My questions are:
1. Have any of you tried using a magnet in this way before and what have you found?
2. What is the best way to remove the fings from the magnet without damaging the items?
3. What are any helpful tips when using this method?

 

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[gordygroover]

So, I was thinking of using the below magnet to try and find me some under water finds. Tractor Supply has them for $15.99. They are 5 inches in length and weigh almost 2 pounds with a 150 pound pull. My questions are:
1. Have any of you tried using a magnet in this way before and what have you found?
2. What is the best way to remove the fings from the magnet without damaging the items?
3. What are any helpful tips when using this method?

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i have used that same magnet and can answer most of your questions.
I find nails...wire.. More nails. Rusty screwdrivers. Not much treasure.
Don't just hit or miss an area. Try to mentally grid the bottom. Toss the magnet six inches from your last toss to give yourself a better chance of covering the bottom.
Don't worry about damaging an item when removing it from the magnet. The item is going to be iron or steel. It will be rusty. Wear light gloves and just pry the junk off the magnet and put it all into a bucket or bag.

 

[frogginfish]

i have used that same magnet and can answer most of your questions.
I find nails...wire.. More nails. Rusty screwdrivers. Not much treasure.
Don't just hit or miss an area. Try to mentally grid the bottom. Toss the magnet six inches from your last toss to give yourself a better chance of covering the bottom.
Don't worry about damaging an item when removing it from the magnet. The item is going to be iron or steel. It will be rusty. Wear light gloves and just pry the junk off the magnet and put it all into a bucket or bag.

Hey, thanks for the info! I will more than likely pick this magnet up next week sometime and give it a shot.

 

[Mike70]

An easy way to remove items from a magnet is to first wrap a strong piece of cloth around the magnet first. When you bring your magnet back in, just remove the cloth and pull items away from magnet ! Piece of cake.

 

[TheHunterGT]

An easy way to remove items from a magnet is to first wrap a strong piece of cloth around the magnet first. When you bring your magnet back in, just remove the cloth and pull items away from magnet ! Piece of cake.

It are posts like this that make me stare at my monitor and think...."why the hell didn't I think of this"

 

[Skippy SH13]

One of my buddies dads would always go out just after the "Free fishing day" in the state, and hit the ponds where the kids came to fish for the planted trout and such, and they ALWAYS pulled out new fishing rods the day after. The kids would leave them on the banks and the fish would pull them in. I remember his best haul was something like 6 in one pond, once. Pretty funny.

Skippy

 

[Messer]

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what about real findings with this Chinese magnet ?

 

[luvsdux]

The problem is as I see it, most valuable finds are not magnetic so you'll be passing up jewelry and most coins unless they contain iron as modern Canadien coins do.
luvsdux

 

[Messer]

The problem is as I see it, most valuable finds are not magnetic so you'll be passing up jewelry and most coins unless they contain iron as modern Canadien coins do.
luvsdux

yes. it's hard to be found. but some lucky man found it!

 

[CaptEsteban]

I have one that I have used some. Fish hooks & rusty steel are what I have found the most. Cheap fishing reels & trash are often found near piers, etc.
TIP;
Be careful if you toss it into the water & pull it back to you. It is EASY to get hung up under something & stuck. Works better out of a boat . If it gets hung up, go around to the other side & it usually pulls free.

 

[Icewing]

What does that big orange brick weigh? How many times and how far can you throw it? Can you pull it loose from immovable pieces of half buried bridge iron?

Personally I'd be looking at the neodynium magnets with eye bolts.

 

[Messer]

What does that big orange brick weigh? How many times and how far can you throw it? Can you pull it loose from immovable pieces of half buried bridge iron?

1200kg strength guaranted (Link removed by mod)

Personally I'd be looking at the neodynium magnets with eye bolts.

also there's two sided and one sided magnet that you need
up to 800kg pool power strength on eBay like this
ebay item (Link removed by mod)

 

[Icewing]

A 1200kg (2645 lbs) magnet would lift something about the size of a Honda Civic, even the 200kg (440 lbs) magnet could be extremely difficult to remove your finds with out damage. So unless you are lowering them into the river with a tow truck those are a bit overkill.

(Just my opinion)

 

[Escape]

1200kg strength guaranted (Link removed by mod)
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also there's two sided and one sided magnet that you need
up to 800kg pool power strength on eBay like this
ebay item (link removed by mod for rule violation)
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I might get one for my refrigerator. The ones I have keep falling off.

 

[Messer]

A 1200kg (2645 lbs) magnet would lift something about the size of a Honda Civic, even the 200kg (440 lbs) magnet could be extremely difficult to remove your finds with out damage. So unless you are lowering them into the river with a tow truck those are a bit overkill.

(Just my opinion)

you are perhaps right.
but if here's big tank or tractor down in the water...

I might get one for my refrigerator. The ones I have keep falling off.

you can get it with link that i provide on eBay if you want.
but you need to know that there's full 1200kg pull power only when
1 you pull it only vertically
2 surface is not rusted. not painted
3 it's stuck with full magnet suface
4 thikness of metall is not lower than 3mm

little not vertically ? - lowest pull power
not 3mm thikness ? - lower power
not stucked with full surface ? - lower pull power

for example:
if you will stuck there only one sewing needle - there's no any 1200kg pull power for this object.

 

[Davemill]

Icewing is correct. Do not underestimate the power of these commonly submerged objects to grab and hold your magnet:
* shopping carts
* car engines
* concrete with rebar or i-beams
* refrigerators
* bridge or dock pilings

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

Messer, welcome to Treasurenet. Sorry but only Charter Members can list EBay links to sales....

 

[flgliderpilot]

Many foreign (to the USA) coins are attracted to magnets so bridge fishing in other countries can be profitable. In the US though you are likely to get trash instead. : (

 

[Messer]

Many foreign (to the USA) coins are attracted to magnets so bridge fishing in other countries can be profitable. In the US though you are likely to get trash instead. : (

yes. but treasure worth the wait !

 

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So, I was thinking of using the below magnet to try and find me some under water finds. Tractor Supply has them for $15.99. They are 5 inches in length and weigh almost 2 pounds with a 150 pound pull. My questions are:
1. Have any of you tried using a magnet in this way before and what have you found?
2. What is the best way to remove the fings from the magnet without damaging the items?
3. What are any helpful tips when using this method?

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What a great way to cleanup an area before running your detector over it.