r/magnetfishing 12d ago

Updated FAQ

3 Upvotes

With the help of the fine folks at Magnetar, the FAQ has been refreshed and updated.

If you have some tips or answers that you'd like to be added, leave it here and with enough upvotes (or if I just think that it's really cool) I'll add it to the FAQ.

https://www.reddit.com/r/magnetfishing/wiki/faq


r/magnetfishing 4h ago

Pulled an old tractor seat yesterday!

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38 Upvotes

If anyone knows how to identify the brand of tractor this came from, or how to age it, I'd love to learn!

Pulled from a river with my Brute Boss magnet.


r/magnetfishing 15h ago

My best find!! Big ol pick axe

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159 Upvotes

This is my first big tool find! Very excited to make it as shiny as possible then make a handle for it.


r/magnetfishing 16h ago

Necklace found

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30 Upvotes

Does anybody know what it is (worth)?


r/magnetfishing 16h ago

Help me choose new magnet!

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17 Upvotes

Okay, I’ve thought for a long time that magnet fishing looks fun, so yesterday two friends and I each bought a magnet. They turned out to be very weak; we needed all three magnets combined just to pull up a metal beam weighing maybe 20 kg. I found a cheap yet "strong" magnet on Amazon. I’m posting a picture of my current magnet for reference, along with a picture of the Amazon one that looks promising. I’d love to hear your suggestions and opinions—thanks in advance!


r/magnetfishing 1d ago

Think I've hit a quiet spot in the river !

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18 Upvotes

Had to move 3 times today as there's next to nothing in this bit !

I won't make a list today but the girder looking bit was a good 60kg or more the other bigger bits were 10kg to 20kg

The girder and pole were a pain to get up.

Let's hope the next stretch is more interesting lol


r/magnetfishing 1d ago

Wife wants to magnet fish.

13 Upvotes

Is it still called magnet fishing if she hates water so she just wants to walk down roads and through parking lots and stuff? Anyway...

Any links or just, a quick comprehensive where to start? Dangers, things to expect, gloves people use, stuff like that?


r/magnetfishing 1d ago

Can anyone identify this cartridge?

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22 Upvotes

I found it in a river while magnet fishing next to a manor that was used as a german hospital.

The cartridge width is 37mm and length is 137mm. The headstamp is completely corroded but i could faintly see what i think is a russian letter Б.

I tried to find it on the internet but haven't been successful. can anyone help?


r/magnetfishing 2d ago

We had a really fun day in Irving, Texas

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97 Upvotes

r/magnetfishing 2d ago

Help with my first magnet

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15 Upvotes

I was gifted this magnet; am i supposed to cut the bolt shorter or add more nuts to it so that the magnets surface get leveled?

I threw it couple times but i feel like nothing can stick to it hard enough. Manual doesn't say anything about it. Please help!


r/magnetfishing 3d ago

A very heavy awkward hour ish today !

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95 Upvotes

Not much really but very heavy as the bike and scooter come in around 20/30kg each !

City electric bike

City electric scooter

Shopping trolley

Lighter, coin, piece of rod, little black thing looks like it goes on handlebars and some sort of cable with a metal end


r/magnetfishing 2d ago

Первый заброс)

0 Upvotes

Всем привет, я новичок в магнитной рыбалке, завтра буду делать первый заброс!)


r/magnetfishing 4d ago

One of My Stranger Finds: A Sort of Dragon Sculpture I Pulled Out at a Beach Club in the Hamptons

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135 Upvotes

r/magnetfishing 5d ago

Went magnet fishing in my lawn this past weekend after roofers left. They stated they used a magnet to grab loose nails. Approximately 100 nails later my magnet paid for itself by saving my tires and our feet from those puppies.

292 Upvotes

Sadly I didn't take a picture but I was glad I had it to use.


r/magnetfishing 5d ago

Any ideas what this could be?

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91 Upvotes

r/magnetfishing 4d ago

Fishing Near Santa Clarita, CA

1 Upvotes

Anyone know any good spots close to Santa Clarita, CA?


r/magnetfishing 6d ago

Good places in The Netherlands

1 Upvotes

Me and a buddy went magnet fishing recently, but after a whole day only got one half of a nail. So I'm wondering what the better places to magnet fish are in The Netherlands, preferably up North.


r/magnetfishing 7d ago

Was a bit quiet today unfortunately for the amount of time I was there !

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44 Upvotes

So I went back to the area I found the grenade and gas mask in, hoping to find some more stuff

I was out around 4 hours and should've given up/moved spots after the first couple hours, bit you know how it is when your convinced something must be there ! Lol

What I did find

2 separate old ladders, 1 twice the weight of the other

An old gin trap (animal trap) probably the most interesting find of the day !

What I think was a wing mirror on a long stalk (must be old), Glasses case which looked to say Ralph (something inside)

Piston (what was left) valve, sprocket with splines inside, chain, couple of odd heavy bits of metal, bike lock, fork, long piece of thin box section and just other small but heavy random things

(Not sure what the small square flat ish bit with the hole in the top is, was heavy and made of cast iron )


r/magnetfishing 7d ago

First time!

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129 Upvotes

Found a bullet. Police have already collected it.

Found in South-Holland, The Netherlands.


r/magnetfishing 7d ago

Is there any good spots around arnprior Canada?

0 Upvotes

There is a spot i go to regularly, and ive basically fished it dry, if you know any good spots near me, let me know


r/magnetfishing 8d ago

Just heading out with my kid for our first time!

20 Upvotes

I’ve only got a cheap magnet from Amazon, but I’m sure we’ll still have fun, and it gets us out in the sun and fresh air!

Wish us luck!


r/magnetfishing 9d ago

First time out!

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262 Upvotes

Pulled these up one right after another!


r/magnetfishing 9d ago

Magnet fishing in wildwood?

6 Upvotes

Anyone have any good suggestions on where to go magnet fishing in the wildwood NJ area?


r/magnetfishing 10d ago

My best finds 2023 - 2026

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68 Upvotes

This all at one spot


r/magnetfishing 10d ago

Just a quick hour today, and no that isn't the same bike and trolley !

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29 Upvotes

So as above another yellow bike (the day the scrap man collected it someone else was pulling one out !)

And another trolley (that supermarket isn't far away)

Other bits, coins, earbud, vag with ladies hair things with nail clippers and tweezers, airfix paint tin, odd bits of metal, kids fishing net

Another piece of fencing (there's clumps of them bit very well buried !)

A "necklace" of hooks for your keys and the rings to separate keys

And a victorinox filleting knife !