r/magnetfishing

I had a passerby witness me catching a discontinued pistol in Irving, Texas. Hands down made my day

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My girlfriend and I tried a new area in Irving, Texas today and met with AMAZING results.

I found a small caliber pistol, a seine net, rebar, bolts, nuts, lug nuts, deese nuts, a rail spike, two batteries, screws, nails, brake pads, a ball bearing, and lots of mystery items.

Started off a bit slow but it picked up !

There was 1 thing I couldn't get out of the water it looked like a massive ball of nails ! Must've been at least a foot across !

So today's highlights !

2 files, 1 flat and 1 square

Coins

3 Odd hinge looking things

Window latch

Old cast iron gutter joint for downpipe and gutter

3 lighter's

1 speaker

A wood saw (similar to 1 found not far away recently)

Old bolt, cigar tin (and strawberry flavoured luncheon meat !!) Fishing lure, an odd little heavy piece of steel to a very sharp point and other odds and ends BUT

On the last throw I hooked something big, I thought it was a small trampoline to start with but it was apparently a moon chair !

Funny thing to find in the middle of a river lol

After the awesome experience I had restoring the sledge hammer found magnet fishing, I wanted to keep going. I soaked a horseshoe, ball bearing, a strange metallic circle, and a pair of pliers in 30% vinegar for a week. After that they were off to the vice for wire brush cleaning. Overall it was a fun time. The pliers have a neat engraving on the handles. The horse seems to old in my opinion, but I'm not expert. I have no idea what the circle was but it fell apart on the back side. The ball bearing required no wire brush as the vinegar worked exceptionally well.

Can’t believe I found 820 lbs of scrap in just 4 or 5 times out, and also that it only worked out to $55!!! 🤣🤣🤣 I just do it for the experience—the cash has been an unexpected visit.

I had never cashed in a load of scrap before, and it was surprisingly chill. Borrowed a truck, but I think I’ll just use the bucket trunk of my minivan next time with whatever I can fit. I encourage anyone else to give it a try—you could even use the trunk of your car to haul it. Anyone else have any tips to make the most out of scrapping?

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I never thought finding garbage would be so much fun

Found in a south italian dock

My Mississippi honey hole just keeps producing. This was yesterday‘s catch. Kind of cool to find that antique hammer! Maybe someone would want to restore it?

so today was a bit quiet and I expected more, it is a place I've done 6 months ago so obviously people haven't thrown stuff in again yet lol

I did have 1 heavy bit i dragged halfway across the river before the magnet came off and then spent quite a while trying to get it with no luck !

then it happened again in another spot lol

but I did get

2 umbrella's

1 long piece of fresh flat steel

vape, coins, lure, kids fishing net, security tag, some keys and a few odds and ends !

The sledge hammer I caught a few weeks back has a nice soak in 30% vinegar for two weeks. Afterwards my buddy and I spent the Sunday making it operational. I have to admit it was a lot of fun

I visited my hometown and remembered a historic bridge that I've never fished. Upon arrival we noticed the water was extremely shallow so we picked up some decent water shoes from academy and walked down below.

I found what I thought was a musket ball, but it turned out to be something else. Musket balls are made from lead or pewter, which is not magnetic.

Much of our finds had been down there for a long time. We actually had to take a hammer to almost everything featured in picture 4 to uncover what they were. (All the build up is to the left)

Other finds:

•A horseshoe

•Nails

•Rail spikes

• 2 Locks

•A set of lock keys

•A giant chain link

•Steel piping

•A cylinder.

•A tape measure

Tried magnet fishing for the first time today in Oppdal, Norway and honestly… I’m hooked already.

Pulled up a bunch of random stuff, including a big round chunk of metal that weighs around 20–30 kg (44–66 lb) 😅 No idea what it is, but definitely didn’t expect that on my first cast.

Also found what looks like an old shovel, which was pretty cool.

Used an El Dorado Bondi magnet (1600 kg / 3527 lb), which definitely did the job.

Completely exhausted now, used muscles I didn’t even know I had, but 100% worth it. Definitely going back out after a few days of recovery.