What was meant to be an evening of magnet fishing along the bank of my local river, came to an abrupt end after less than 10 minutes. It was a totally bizarre find, and one of the best moments this year.
A small number of viewers have suggested this was set up, or I knew the other magnet was there. This assumption is made because I kept throwing my magnet into the same area of water. This is how it happened. Things tend to get found on either side of a bridge and not underneath. Unfortunately an overhanging tree or bush prevented me from walking further along the riverbank to the left (downstream). So I decided to start underneath the bridge and work upstream - to the right. The plan was to find something -anything- and continually move upstream. After all, I needed some finds to justify the video. I was actually about to move without a find when I found the old magnet. I was also aware of the angle of the area covered by the camera, being on a tripod, so tried to keep the magnet throws within the viewfinder's range. To answer the main question, I did manage to separate the magnets, by whacking the old one with an brick! Not very scientific, but it worked. It moved to the side by an inch, so I kept going until they were separated. Until that happened, my magnet was out of use for around three months, and so it was not something I would voluntarily choose to do. I hope you enjoyed the video.
Rusty Nails interesting video dude greetings from Essex your last video comment where disabled when police where called you found what you didn't know a fuse from ww 2 anti aircraft shell head. 👌🐺💕
I was wondering Rusty Nails I was wondering if you still have the magnet and if she has you want to get rid of it or give it to someone because I want a magnet fish and I can't afford a good strong magnet if you can maybe send my way that would just wanted to ask cuz thank you for your response in advance
Haha! A small tip. Cut the top part off a 2l plastic bottle and slip it down the rope to cover the magnet. That helps stop it getting caught on rocks and tree branches etc.
Lol I'm in north ga in us. All out streams and rivers are mostly rock lined. Other than around bins. Been thinking of trying out magnet fishing but was afraid of loseing my shit. This is a great idea.
Some great and hilarious suggestions there, but the simplest method I've found for getting magnets apart is to simply tap a wooden shim/wedge in between the magnets with a mallet and let the wedge do the work for you. That way there is nothing for the magnets to stick to, and no way to hurt yourself or damage your property.
One idea: tie your magnet to any strong overhanging bar, such as a railing bar on a low bridge or a pedestrian thoroughfare, and tie the "new" magnet with a four-point rope to a wood pallet. And start piling heavy things like bricks onto the pallet. Pallet should only be a few centemeters off the ground, and the magnets tied immediately above so the freed one does not have far to fall. You may also want to wrap the new magnet in a small towel or wrap with duct tape to protect it as it snaps away from the other magnet. The other technique I have read is to slowly and gently wedge wooden wedges between the magnets until they pry loose. The second technique seems the less public.
I’m glad you told us what was the river and what was the magnet. I would’ve never figured it out! LOL! 😂🤣😂🤣 It’s funny that you found a magnet! You’ll either have to hit one on the edge of a concrete abutment while holding onto the other, or put one in a large vice, and smack the other one with a sledgehammer. You can’t pull them apart you have to slide them apart.
haha What a thing to pull out first, and the fact it was exactly the same sized magnet, wow wouldn't wanna even consider the odds of that happening. Nice find, best of luck separating them, don't get your hands in between them. Thanks for sharing. Atb Dave
Being ill with the flu, I thought I'd catch up on viewing some of the videos that have been posted. When you fished out the magnet and then said "That's why they call it magnet fishing!" My chest was killing me as I was laughing that much! Please put a health warning on this vid. It is so funny. :-) Well done.
It’s greatest strength is pulling straight. Try to slide them apart in opposite directions. Once you get a lip on one side, drive a plastic wedge used for felling trees between them, one after another and continue sliding them sideways.
Rusty that is ace! I live in Barrhead so if you ever want a hand to get them separated gimmi a shout. Brilliant video, who would have guessed that you would have found another magnet! Keep up the good work enjoying your videos👍
That's even better than going fishing and catching a fishing rod, which happens occasionally and is funny even when it happens. But catching a magnet while magnet fishing......that has to be a first! You fished up a good story to tell from here on out, that's for sure! You need to play the lottery!
Oh... I think we've all had a laugh with the 'magnet fishing' and you find a magnet !! Who would have thought ?? I heard that about the only way to get them apart is to slide. Hope somehow you get them separated. Good luck, and thanks for taking us with you ! Always so fun to tag along.
Hi Rusty, just an idea but you could try working a very thin piece of plastic (take an old milk bottle cut one side into a flat square piece of plastic about 5x5. Take a very thin sharp blade and try working it between the 2 magnets to try and start an opening. If you can open it slightlty start wedging the thing piece of plastic between the two and gradually work them apart. The plastic will block the power and eventually dislodge the 2 magnets..worth a try.
If you still haven't got the magnets apart, try holding one in a vise. And using a pipe clamp or something that can put constant pressure and try to slide one across the other slowly. And if possible see if you can find or make a wedge to jam in between the two magnets while forcing them apart. This way if something slips out of control you won't lose your progress. The other idea is to use two cars and tie them one to each car and then, while the cars are pulling, trying to jam a wedge in between them until they part ways.
Used to have a great game when I was a little kid. Coloured fish with paperclips on their noses. A rod with a magnet on the end of the string. You put the fish into a 'pond' inside a decorative cardboard surround & then dangled in your magnet hoping to catch the biggest fish. I guess what you are doing is the adult version! Thankyou for sharing.
Hello from Texas! Just catching up on your videos. You honestly made me smile and laugh for the first time today. 😂 Enjoying your videos and humor. Good luck. I hope you find what gives you great happiness. 🦋
robert from usa here. I liked your video. dont worry about what ppl think about set up, stranger things have happened, for damn sure. From one older guy to another, have fun and enjoy your hobby.
Two hints....1 tie the end of the rope to your hand or something stable on shore. That way you won't have as be to go swimming when the rope is jerked out of your hand...... 2 slide the top of a plastic soda bottle over the rope so it covers the top of your magnet. Will help to keep it from getting stuckin rocks and stuff
I think if you went out from under the bridge, you may find something. When someone throws something off the bridge it would not end up under the bridge.
Amazing mate, I thought you might have found an old sign or something....... A magnet of the same size? Fantastic comedy! All the way from back sneddon!!! 😂
Car and an oak tree pull lol no other way unless you see a man about a jcb lol awesome great find and when you separate you'll have two simples lol great video 👍
I don't know how to separate them. I have a small metal shelving unit in the kitchen, and put a strong magnetic knife rack on the top to hold a mirror upright, and never have been able to get that knife rack off that for several years now. Lesson here somewhere!
Chains, steel hooks and a strong heavy puller vehicle should do the trick. Maybe a hydraulic jack and a brace and you can slide them apart. They're not permanently stuck, you just need the right tools. Be careful
I believe you, I got my big magnet wedged in a creek and had to leave it tied off to a tree for almost a month before could go back and get it. It was still there and we managed to get it unstuck, we were lucky. It was a Anniversary present. 💖
just a suggestion, using a workbench vise, secure one of the magnets in the vise and push a thin sheet of a non magnetic material between the magnets, then another, and try to use a brass or other non magnetic wedge to create a space between the magnets, until they are able to be separated. this will prevent or reduce damage to the surface of the magnets.
also, get another rope through that "new" magnet ring and tie both behind a tree, get a hunk of wood. from behind the tree start twisting those ropes like a plane propeller and see if you could pull them apart that way. be careful though that might be dangerous if goes wrong.
Yes. You need all wood box frame. With slot in bottom for the hopefully exiting magnet. Pushing on top magnet with the 2x4 as a push levor. All had to be non ferris, the other mag falls into wood box away from original one. I saw no magnetic demo how to get the neodynum,magnets apart this way. Same is true of you have heavy flat metal stuck on. Good idea for anyone magnet fishing to rig this box up. Look at a paper cutter. The cut overlaps the edge of the plastic holder, giving the cutting legit a bit to,talk over the edge. Same idea with the 2, 2x4. One overlaps the edge, so u can push 2nd magnet with force down the hole u made in the base wood so when pressure begins the slide it can't return back up and stick to original,again. It also puts 2 inches of wood between the magnets.
A bumper jack or tractor jack will pull them right apart. Hook one to the base or foot of the jack and the other to the peg using chain or heavy rope. Then just work the jack. They'll pop right loose.
Keep fishing 'til a third magnet pulls them apart? lol, You gave me a good even chuckle that lasted a while, thank you. I agree with putting one in a vice and running a pipe through the eye of the other to torq slide it apart... good luck!
If you didn't split them yet, get a nylon wedge like they use in tree felling. Hammer it between the two. Another tip, if you get snagged on rocks, don't just pull (that is how the magnet owner lost his), move upstream or downstream the the extent to your rope and pull from a different angle.
Use an hydraulic wood splitter, position the center of the joined magnets against the splitting wedge post and use the ram to push the splitting wedge post between the two magnets. Split the magnets instead of wood!
lol Cool. If you haven't already gotten them separated, I suggest securing one in a vice and tapping the other with a rubber or plastic or wooden mallet and seeing if you can get them to slide apart a little bit, or tie them both to something in opposite directions to keep a lot of tension on them and carefully trying to slip something between them to pry them apart. I don't know if either way will work, just a couple of ideas. Just be careful.
You will have to slide them apart, secure one in a wooden frame after removing the eye bolt and using it or a longer bolt to secure it down to the frame and slide the other off. Mind your fingers though, if they are caught between them they may get crushed.
Hahaha, how on earth! Beaten at your own game. Not only you found a magnet, you found exactly the same magnet! I think the separating trick with one or 2 cars works without breaking windows if you attach a safety cord that prevents the magnets from flying more then one meter. Film it! Cheers
haha.. good one. I know I'm late but who would have tot to catch another same size magnet! I look more forward finding a magnet than a gun! good catch bud.
AWESOME BLOSSOM 🌻 I like Bryan G.'s idea but have one in a vise. I had 2 little magnets stuck. The were almost impossible. I stuck a pocket knife blade between them, then I had one on each side of the knife. Keep trying and let us know if yoy got them apart. Pretty weird bt funny.
I had trouble with weaker magnets. Try clamping one in a vice bolted solid to a heavy table. Then take a hammer and tap lightly on the side of the magnet that's not clamped down. Hopefully it will move side ways and give you less of a magnetic hold. Then might can get them separated.
Hahahahahaha I love it lol try tying one magnet to a fence or something really solid and the other to a tow bar on a car to separate them or pull them apart with a couple of ratchet straps that's what I would try anyway lol GL&HH Simon
Use a coal chisel and an 8 pound mallet ;) there may be sparks. Also try wrapping an electrical wire around one magnet and use a couple small flashlight batteries. It may reverse one of the magnetic fields.
Put 1 magnet in a well anchored vice. Slide the other magnet side ways until it's off ! ! Cut the cover off 1 magnet. Saw or break off small pieces that can be removed more easily.
I've found a, much smaller, magnet while I have been 'fishing'. BTW might be an idea to tie the end of your rope in to your trouser belt loop. One you don't lose your rope, and two if something does happen it's easy enough to put it free.
Anchor one to a solid immovable object (a post) then a strong tow rope or cable/ chain to your tow point on a car/ your car have the magnet braced so that one will slide off the other with applied pressure from the tow rope at an angle preferably, or the idea one person suggested two pipes or bars then rotate and pulling appart at the same time or hammer and a wedge/ chisel, and increase the wedge size until they can be levered apart, or take them to a engineering workshop and use a hydraulic press but try and put some penetrating oil in between them, if all or any of these suggestions fail, go to the put and consume several straight whiskeys and an Aspro sooner or later you will have forgotten about what the problem was or what the Aspro was for(?) If nothing else works increase the whiskey dosage!Cheers👍👍👍👍👍🇦🇺
That is crazy. What luck, now if you lose one you will have another. Once you get them apart that is. And I'm sure you will. I was expecting a motorbike or something like that.
Ha ha ha ha ha... Nice tear in the specs time continueum lol You stole your reflections magnet. You need to tie your rope end to something, then use a wallpaper scraper to get in-between the two magnets and try and force a bit of plastic from a cut open bottle or something in-between. Then try and twist slide one magnet to the side. Hope you can fix it but be very careful these things are dangerous lol Very good find though, now your good magnet can be your back up magnet. ATB Darren
you will have to slide them apart. perhaps some penetrating oil will help; brake fluid is just as good but it stains red. must keep the magnet face slick or covered with some thin Teflon glued on to help in the future. if you have a 350-pound magnet and the other is also 350 lb, maybe a 1/2 ton hydraulic jack will pull them straight apart. but sliding should require less than 70 pounds, just make sure they are both secured, and the ropes drawn tight all the time and tied off to prevent injury from slamming back together. goodluck,
Just look up neodymium magnets on RU-vid and you will find videos that show you how to make a wooden jig that will slide them apart sideways. It looks like a guillotine or a paper cutter where you push down on a wooden arm to slide them apart. Hopefully you'll get them apart so you can have one for each hand! Cover twice the territory!
