Need help finding roofing nails in my yard

[Paul0709]

I don't have a metal detector. My daughter and her friends want to play in our yard, but I keep finding nails in our yard after our new roof was installed. Questions:

1. Will detectors find roofers nails?

2. Anyone interested in making $20 to go over my yard to help me find the nails before somebody's bare feet find one?

(I can rent a detector for $16 for a day, but would prefer to pay someone who knows what they are doing.)

We live in Frankfort, Kentucky.

Paul

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[ridgecrawler]

how about a heavy duty magnet?

 

[Peyton Manning]

ding ding ding, we have a winner! magnet will do

 

[diggummup]

how about a heavy duty magnet?

ding ding ding, we have a winner! magnet will do

Not if they are aluminum roofing nails.

 

[damiani1]

Not if they are aluminum roofing nails.

Owned :P

If I lived near you I would swing by but I am sure that someone will give you a hand!

 

[GMD52]

Most roofers today are using air coil-nail guns, and those are steel nails.....I hab=ve always used a 36 in. magnet on a wheel frame that came from Northern Tools, and it picks up anything, even dropped tools,

 

[Peyton Manning]

Not if they are aluminum roofing nails.

never used aluminum nails.
drat! foiled again!!

 

[diggummup]

Most roofers today are using air coil-nail guns, and those are steel nails.....I hab=ve always used a 36 in. magnet on a wheel frame that came from Northern Tools, and it picks up anything, even dropped tools,

never used aluminum nails.
drat! foiled again!!

Just sayin... If

 

[Paul0709]

The roofers rolled a big wheeled magnet around, but some of the steel nails are either snagged in the grass or they just missed rolling that area. They aren't aluminum nails. I chose this particular roofer because they are (A) highly rated on Angie's List and (B) only hand nail -- they don't use pneumatic nailers, which are a leading reason why many shingle warranty claims are denied after they are nailed at too high a velocity and go through the shingle.

 

[CWnut]

if you mow the grass short the magnet will work...i bought one at lowes for less than 20.00. all the nails will be near the house with the most concentrations around where the old shingles were thrown into the truck..and after you are done with it the magnet is handy to have around the house for finding lost nuts and bolts and tool etc. that you have dropped...have a good day

 

[Don in SJ]

I will also agree on using a magnet, when my house was rebuilt after a fire, we would daily go around with a magnet to pick up what was dropped on the ground, I used and use to this day one of those old CB antennas what were magnetic, the length of the antenna is great, no bending required to use.

 

[AC500]

I'd be pretty P.O'ed, I remember my brother had his roof done last year, you'd be hard pressed to find a single nail. These guys need to come back and clean up the right way.

 

[claygold]

Hey i use a old speaker magnet when i need to find dropped nails screws tools ect tie a string to it an it workes well

 

[crazy4coins]

A magnet might do you well, but I'd say that it would be more efficient to rent out a metal detector. If you find a signal with the detector, you can hit the pinpoint button and determine how deep the object is. If you're only looking or recently dropped nails, then you should only dig shallow signals. Or you could just have a local meal detectorist do it for you
C4C

 

[jeff of pa]

If your place is old enough to be worth detecting, & you promise the person
the right to search the whole yard for relics & coins also,
You should get some help.

I don't know how old your Daughter & her friends are, But If you don't get any Offers,

Make a Game out of it.

Get a few Magnets & offer the Girls a dime, or Quarter each, for every nail they bring you.
Of course this only works if they are Young, but not Too young to be trusted piking up nails without eating them or stabbing themselves.

 

[releventchair]

Company that roofed my house in winter assured me the rolling magnet would not leave nails,a condition to their doing the work as we own champion and better dogs among the great number of them in general.
lyin scums!
For days dogs were finding shingle pieces with nails.Course i,d paid them with out checking for nails.
i picked a small coffee can of them from all around the house using detector and wheel chair.. many out in front yard where dumpster was too. i let them know they are out further work as a result but still a pain. A patient gridding the best way to remove them and they ring up nice and easy.A rented detector,swing it over a sample roofing nail matching yours to fine tune and its only a matter of time after that.

 

[gleaner1]

Not if they are aluminum roofing nails.

Buzz Kill!!

 

[coinbug]

I have a big old house, and recently had the roof removed, new sheeting and shingles put on, and the garage and buggy shed re-roofed as well. The roofers didn't leave any nails - I've been detecting in my yard and have only found old stuff. They were super-careful around the garage, as the driveway is unpaved, and they pointed out to me that if they weren't careful I'd get flat tires.

I didn't realize how lucky I was until I read your post!

 

[Kydirtfisher]

I live in frankfort.

 

[Rawhide]

I was pulling nails out of my tires for 6 months till I realized it was the neighbors next door had the roof re done. Im not sure how they traveled that far, but a detector and heavy duty magnet from harbor freight helps. Its a great time to start a new hobby, get your self a detector. You will be surprised at what you find in the yard.