Magnet Fishing Thread Any experiences with this? I just bought

>>939186
Any time you handle it, wear safety glasses. Learn to keep it away from everything that is metal.

Use a bag over it to prevent metal dust and shavings from clinging to it. If they do and you touch them, they tend to stab through your skin. Don't ever get yourself between the magnet and anything metal. Ever.

>>939186
You actually found a gayer hobby than metal detecting.
Impressive.

>>939186
I found some keys and some bolts. Only went once though. It was fun.

>>939186
"It belongs in a museum!"

Once lost a fishing rod and reel. Took a rake on a rope to try to get it back. Lost the rake and rope. Large magnet on rope got my rake, rod and reel and a lot of other stuff. Now I always take a magnet and rope for fun.

How much are the electro-magnets, with off switches? I wouldn't feel safe with a 5lb neodymium magnet around me that couldn't be turned off...

>>939241
A metal detector broke your heart it's okay

>>939300
You can diy one pretty easily using a large transformer and a battery. Just remove one of the windings on the transformer and expose the core. Even a small one can be pretty powerful.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wzXRFp0DDrU

Just remember that those wires for the coils are coated in a very thin enamel. It needs to be protected from scratches (unlike the video above). One scratch can short them out. Use fingernail polish or epoxy to help fix scratches. You'd also need to make a water proof container for it. The one in the video above is the best you can use in reference to how its primary and secondary coils are put on. Some transformers have the primary and secondary coils wrapped on on top of the other making it a little more difficult to get them apart. Always use the coil that has the larger wire for a electromagnet.

You can also use your own magnet wire to make your own coil for use with an old transformer,

http://www.instructables.com/id/Strong-Electromagnet-From-An-Old-Transformer/?ALLSTEPS

Remember, the more amps used the stronger the magnet. The more wraps of wire the stronger the magnet. The closer the wraps are to the metal you wrap it around the stronger the magnet. Thicker wire allows more amps, but smaller wire allows more wraps. Thus, there's a balance between everything for optimal performance.

Even a tiny battery will give you lots of power,
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SGoOu8cPmeM

If you used a car battery, I'd recommend some sort of resistor so to prevent the wires from burning out. Just use a resistor that allows x amount of watts like a 12-volt incandescent light bulb in whatever wattage would make a weak electromagnet. More watts for the resistor means more power for the electromagnet. Even a tiny transformer can make a seriously powerful electromagnet. The MOTs in the vids could make one that lifts 100s of pounds easily.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6Xo-uaEY2XU

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>>939300
>I wouldn't feel safe with a 5lb neodymium magnet around me that couldn't be turned off...
Why ?

How does the magnet attract fish?

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>>939532
You use them when fishing waterways that are polluted with lots of heavy metals. Since the biggest fish often have the highest concentration of heavy metals, the magnets work great for landing lunkers.

>>939520
Maybe he doesn't want to attract robots

>>939520
Because they can harm you greatly. You can lose fingers, eyes, and hands with ones that large.

https://www.kjmagnetics.com/safety.asp

>>939534
It's not strictly the biggest fish, it's the oldest fish. Biomagnification really works over time. A 7 lb walleye that is 10 years old will have more than a 20lb salmon that is 3-4 years old.

>>939568
>goddamn fucking reason and logic

THIS IS FURCHINS WHAT IS HAPPENING?

RREEEEEEEEE

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Look into getting an old MRI machine, best way to get a low budget very powerful magnet, you can do MRIs with it to pay it off. I advertise on craigslist and do them on the weekend for $400 for people with no insurance, need to do it off peak hours or the electricity is too expensive.

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>>939596
Damn. I bet you could get some big fish if you hook up that thing behind your boat.

>>939568
That is only relevant when comparing individuals in the same species. A naturally fed, 10yo, rainbow trout will always have less pollution than a naturally fed 1 year old shark.

>>939568
Biomagnification has to do with toxins working there way up the food chain
Bioaccumulation describes the build up in individual organisms over time
Both these processes are at work

>>939643
That is exactly what was stated.

>>939186
This looks really neat. How much does one of those magnets cost?

>>940017
$20 and up

>>939186
Where can I get the one pictured?

>>940489
Amazon for about 15 bucks and a bag of your pride.

>>940520
I don't get what your deal is. If I want to dredge waterways for magnetic metal what's it to you?

>>940523
Op here, I totally agree bro at the end of the day a free wrench is a free wrench. I got mine off eBay I just searched for a eye bolt fishing magnet, you're best off going for something with at least a 60kg pull strength and some kind of rope, I use either nylon rope or 550 paracord.

>>940523
About the same as if you want to wear women's clothing.
I don't really want to hear about it on /out/ and if you post it here, be prepared to be openly mocked.

>>940757
It's not open if you do it anonymously.
He's just being anonymously mocked.

>>940757
But it's an outdoors activity you silly fucktard.

>>940757
Also, where's that "Stop liking what I don't like" image when I need it. Cause that spastic kid sitting at that table is you anon.>>940779

>>940821
Didn't mean to link you at the end there

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>>940520
>>940757

>>939596
Youre shitting me

Anybody have any good catch stories?

>>940757 comparing knives and boots is an outdoor activity?

>>939186
Seen some videos on YT of guys doing this.
If you have any areas of historical significance nearby like a ww2 battlefield or something, chance are you could find some historical relics.
Some guy down south finds old cavalry sabres and rifles in creeks and ponds near the sites of civil war era battles and skirmishes

>>939300
>dont feel safe around permanent magnets
>feel somehow safer dipping a 1000 volt electrical device into thew water while I hold onto it

eh, OP i'm not sure you've thought this through all the way

>>942318
How the hell is any of that shit worth anything if it has been buried under a creek for 150yrs?

I remember some History Channel show like that a few years back. Guys go around with metal detectors and find some old belt buckle and say "Oi! This is worth $950!" and you can barely fucking tell what it is beyond a pile of mud and rust.

>>942320
some of it, depending on silt content and water salinity, is surprisingly not in that bad of shape.
mostly its worth more as an historic relic than actual monetary value.

For the guys that do it, its mostly just the fun of finding something cool and the nostalgia of knowing the last person to touch it was a soldier from 200 years ago, or whatever.

for most its just a hobby. don't try to place finite value on another person hobby interest. people enjoy different things. deal with it

>>942319
oops, didn't mean to address OP there.

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>>939186
>>939532
>>939534
>>939568
>>939605
>>939612
Magnets work great for catching steelhead!

>>942320
fuck off namefaggot

>>942342
>namefaggot

>>942347
>trip
>Benis
ftfy

>>939596
This has to be the most retarded fucking post I've seen in years.

10/10 dude.

>>942484
When I started this thread I had no idea it would go in this direction, but I love it.

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>>942484
+1

>>939186
taeh started a month ago,found some knifes and pipes,searching for nazi ww2 things tough.

>>939186
>tfw i live next to a lake that's supposedly filled with old ww2 shit
I considered going magnet fishing, but then again I'm not too interested in rusted ww2 weapons.

>>942687
That's what I'm saying. I mean unless it is something really significant, this shit al exists for collectors already and it hasn't been sitting at the bottom of a lake for decades. How the hell is there any value in this stuff?

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>>942672
Oh wow, aren't you cool, you know about the biggest fucking meme on /out/ and think it will make us look past the fact that you are nothing but a loser. Have you came out as a transgender yet? It would probably help you get even more of that sweet old attention you gobble up like /out/ists view Primitive Tech's videos.

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>>942913
>that pic
Saved

>>939186
Of If the threads still up Wednesday next week I'll post my first time magnet fishing trip results. Ordered two 250lbs pull magnets off Amazon last night.
I plan on targeting some old gameland ponds that are right off the road, maybe find some tossed murder weapons lol.
I also plan on heading down to a major lake to try under the High way bridges that span the lake.

Fun times ahead

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>>939241
>things I don't like are gay

>>939596
So how much would an old MRI cost?

At first I though it was something retarded like somehow luring fish into eating small neodymium magnets and catching them with a big magnet after.

>>945586
Stop to bumping this thread asshole.
You don't can keep bumping this thing

>>945690
What!?!!?

Shhhhh >>945701

>>945690 is trying to communicate. I think. I imagine if we could see its body it would be flailing about spastly and trying to shove any nearby objects up it's ass.

>>942484
na I hate pepsi too, he's a massive faggot, but I just ignore his shit mostly. That fucking fish picture gets on my tits the most.

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>be in country with lots of WW2 duds still constantly dug up
>try magnet fishing
>CLONK!
>BOOOOOOM!!!!!1!
>72 yo virgins as far as the eye can see
th-... thanks but no thnaks

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>>946076
>what is a filter
You know you still enjoy some of the ridiculous shit. And you prefer the fire starting-sharpening knoife over the sneks?

>>946095
>72 year old virgins
Reminds me of the Robin Williams stand up where he claims it is realy "72 Virginians" and just a bunch of rednecks

>>939605
>>939596

when you release the 1000$ worth of helium to get the fish out again you also cool the fish

>>946193
>helium
Wut? How is this working?

Pls spend 1,003 minutes in MS paint and draw a pic of what you are on about with this MRI, helium, and tuna.

>>946163

tfw it just meant that the jihadis will be placed together in groups of 73.

>>943502
Magnets should be in this afternoon, I have a 64 impala floorpan to weld in so I'll take them out and try Thursday or Friday.

>>946611
You better come back with a giant fucking fish or I will be disappointed.

theres a ww2 decoy bunker near me thats flooded now, could i hope to find anything there?

theres also some 19th century estate not too far away that im gonna go around with a metal detector

>>946195
MRI machines use liquid helium to supercool metals so they can become superconductors and then supermagnets that won't let go of your fish

>>946611
Well it's Thursday and the fucking things still haven't gotten here. I bet they got stuck to the UPS truck and they can't remover them lol. If they're not in my hands tomorrow ima be pissed.

Also fuck you chink moot for banning my phone isp due to "abuse." I'm not buying the fucking pass to line your yellow pockets you slanteyed fuck.

>>947680
Ffffuuuck email said magnets should be in NEXT Thursday the 16th. I'll just make a new thread about my adventure then. No more bumps from me.

>>948167
I hope they ship it directly next to lots of Macbook Pros.

>>939596
11/10 post
this is fucking hilarious

>>942484

This is going in my pasta folder

>>940757
You're the one who's being mocked.

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>>942484
Holy fucking shit. My sides.

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>>939596
wat

>>940757
Not that anon bat have you ever worn women's clothing? If you haven't you should at least give it a try to see if you like it. The only thing that feels better than flouncing around in a pretty dress is taking it off and flouncing around in a lacy satin slip.

>>946095
kek
this would also be a concern of mine

it would be fun to catch some old tackle or the missing murder weapon in the lake next to my house but people might have dumped ammunition in it in the end of ww2

>>939520

http://abcnews.go.com/US/story?id=92745

"A 6-year-old boy died after undergoing an MRI exam at a New York-area hospital when the machine's powerful magnetic field jerked a metal oxygen tank across the room, crushing the child's head."

Strong magnets are not to be fucked with.

>>948944
>>948359
>>946076
>>942672
>>942670

What'd the post say?

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>>939596
I just got a business idea

>>950305
I cant believe some mod deleted that glorious anti trip post.
This place is finally too shitty to deal with.

>>950349
Time to move to eight channel. That's the second anti trip fag post I've seen taken down in the past week.

>>950305
>>950349
It got deleted here too? Damn. Somebody posted it in the fishin thread and it disappeared real quick but I thought it was still here.

>>950305
And it was basically "I'm John and Pepsifag is a fag".

>>950354
Have fun. I ain't reporting them. I wouldn't trip if I gave a fuck what people here thought of me.

>>950405
>And it was basically "I'm John and Pepsifag is a fag"
You have to admit it was pretty fucking funny.

>>950405
John was right

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Well they came in yesterday wtf ups.

I made one into a rig

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>>950742
Behold, my rig. I'll take it for a spin this afternoon folks. Stand by.

>>946195 see
>>946830 is right

thats the problem if people get metal near these machines the only way to get something out of the machine again is to let the helium out and these machines have 10tousands worth of helium inside
they have to release all of it so the magnets get warm and stop being superconductors

>>950958
Damn you learn somethin new erryday That was one expensive shopping cart.

as a kid i used a magnet on a cord to get the coins out of the citys wells
i live in a historic town with two wells were the tourists used to throw coins inside.

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>>939534

>>939568
>biomagnification

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>>940889
FUCKING DIED

>>950743

> OP doesn't catch anything

>>953045
Woops sorry thread, not op btw friendo.
Went out to a boat launch, got at least 15 bungee cords and some assorted tools. Hooks and a few rusty jigs also, not much to talk about. Didn't go to the gameland ponds, they are a bit further out and it's been a high of 40 the past few days and windy as fuck so that rope is cold as fuck.

I'm camping/ last trapping run this weekend, I'll see if I have time to toss the magnet out.

Again sorry for not posting sooner, I think only 4 anons are in here anyway.

>>939186
I screw around with magnets when I go canoeing and actual fish aren't biting. If you're not using an electro, don't use too strong of a magnet. If you hook a bunch of rebar, large car parts and such, it can be nearly impossible to retrieve the magnet without swamping the boat. Most of the crap I find is rusted beyond recognition. Trying to figure out what it was can be fun. About the coolest stuff I find regularly on the river is intact cans of food. I have a half dozen unopened and have no idea what's in them. I opened one that looked like a can of Spam, and that's exactly what it was. Don't know how old it was; half rusted, half shiny. I ate it. No scaling, gutting or cooking necessary. Providence.

>>953091
>I ate it.
I...what you ate what?

>>953113
The magnet.

You know how people sometimes have iron defficiencies? I had too much iron. You should've seen that thing on its way out.

>>950349
What is anti trip?

>>953139
The poster was anti- tripfag, as in he hates them

>>953139
'Bout the same as namefagging.

>>953069
Update.
Nothing in the traps,but I knew I wasn't catching anything because 1 night isn't long enough.
I know damn well I had one of those rounde- flat botomed anchors attached, but I hung it up on some rocks about 7 feet from the docks. Pulled so hard I thought the rope shaped, but it was just the magnet detaching. Stronk ass magnet.

I mad. Need a boat to get above it next time.

Oh and I also snagged a shitton of bolts and hooks, best thing was a craftsman adjustable wrench, no rust thanks to good old craftsman...craftsmanship.

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I found a sawed of 12 GA barrel

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And a BBQ. Also, I wouldn't recommend using it around seawalls.

>>955713
Looks like you have one of the larger magnets, what's it's pull and where's it from?

300lbs got it on Amazon for $45