Kind of Magnets in bottom of sand scoop

[Sandscoopdan]

What type magnets do you guys put in your sand scoop. I have a Stealth 720i sand scoop. I found some earth magnets at harbor frieght but not sure if can tie them on. Anyone else have experience with this?

 

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[onthespot]

Great question, I put earth magnets in my stealth and the broke apart the first outing.

 

[Sandscoopdan]

Thanks. Do you line the inside of the stealth with 1/4in chicken fence? I was thinking about cutting 1/4 in metallic chick fence and zip tying it to the inside of scoop. But only half of the inside and then putting some rectangle magnets I found at harbor frieght in between the sand scoop and chicken wire. Anyone ever done that?

 

[mfitzs70]

If you have an old harddrive that doesn't work take the magnets out of it...they got quite a bit of pull to them.

 

[RON (PA)]

I use two donut magnets (1 one the bottom and 1 on the side) in my yellow plastic sand scoop. I hold them in with zip ties. Works great. I got my magnets from American Science and Surplus. They were rejects because the word "magnet" is on them in orange. They work great for me. It will grab the bobbi pins.

 

[RON (PA)]

I use two donut magnets (1 one the bottom and 1 on the side) in my yellow plastic sand scoop. I hold them in with zip ties. Works great. I got my magnets from American Science and Surplus. They were rejects because the word "magnet" is on them in orange. They work great for me. It will grab the bobbi pins.

 

[Dirtslinger]

Neodymium magnets work well. I use the nickel sized ones, epoxied to my digger. Works well for me.

 

[dustytrails123]

Hard drive Neodymium magnets work well they pack alot of punch

 

[DigitNY]

Hard drive Neodymium magnets work well they pack alot of punch

Where can I get some without ripping a computer apart

 

[Sandscoopdan]

I thought about ripping apart somebody else's computer. This way I don't have to take mine apart. Is it 5 o'clock yet? I'm ready to go home. It has been a long week and there were rip tides in Galveston this week so I am headed down there

 

[maipenrai]

How do the hard drive magnets compare with magnets from a micro wave? I took a micro apart for the magnets, and they are pretty strong, but also kinda heavy.

 

[dustytrails123]

I dont believe microwaves have ND magnets so they wont be as strong... as for the hd magnets a 2-3 gram Nd magnet can pull 1k it's own weight ...needless to say you dont want your finger in between 2 hd magnets its gonna hurt

 

[dustytrails123]

Where can I get some without ripping a computer apart

you could ask a local computer shop or buy them off ebay or get neodymium magnets...if you dont have hard drives laying around