Magnet fishing anyone?

[oldbandnerd]

Has anyone tried their hand at magnet fishing ? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cLqhPArBFkE

I'd liked to know if you've ever pulled up something other than metal junk. I'm also looking for a source for reasonably priced N52 magnets to use for this. I understand these can be expensive so I'm not looking "cheap" but just reasonable.

[nobody]

I've tried it at our local lake. Our lake has about 8 feet of silt on the bottom and it was pointless in trying to drag the magnet anywhere. I'd bought one of those special magnets from Cabelas to use for this.

[Dan Schultz]

Magnets for any occasion:

http://www.forcefieldmagnets.com/catalog/

[Donn]

I lived on a houseboat for a while, and had some ideas I might be able to recover a few of my own possessions that way. Don't remember that I hooked anything. Better magnets are now more easily available, though.

[Michael Bush]

One of my sons tried this in the pond we had. He used a really strong rare earth magnet I had for other things. It stuck to something immovable on the bottom and the best he could do was recover as much of the rope as he could reach with a knife.

[Beavis]

how about these...??

[Donn]

"Beavis", huh ... on the internet, nobody knows? but that voice sure sounds familiar!

[Michael Bush]

... that voice sure sounds familiar!

Yep.

[arminhachmer]

I've tried it at our local lake. Our lake has about 8 feet of silt on the bottom and it was pointless in trying to drag the magnet anywhere. I'd bought one of those special magnets from Cabelas to use for this.

and then what happened?

[nobody]

I've tried it at our local lake. Our lake has about 8 feet of silt on the bottom and it was pointless in trying to drag the magnet anywhere. I'd bought one of those special magnets from Cabelas to use for this.

And then what happened?

I pulled up a muddy magnet.

[edsel585960]

Harbor freight has a 250 lb magnet that runs under $20.