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Magnet Fishing.
I'm not entirely sure why I enjoy it so much but I suppose it's a combination of different things. It gives me a dopamine hit in a similar way to opening a loot crate, the difference being I'm mostly getting rusty, muddy scrap rather than anything valuable, and some stuff can be quite interesting. It's very satisfying pulling out large objects like bicycles, or even just big pieces of iron. It's nice to feel like I'm cleaning up waterways too, but that's not what attracts me to it.
Also magnets are cool.
I'm assuming the magnets you use are quite powerful. And heavy? How do you go about transporting them to where you use them? Any dangers in having them in cars/near your electronics? Or have I watched Breaking Bad too many times...
The one I have has a 600kg pull force, but I would like a stronger one. Obviously you have to be able to pull whatever gets attached to it off, which sometimes needs a good yank. It's not particularly heavy, maybe 1kg. Usually I just stick it in a bucket attached to the rope, but I keep it in the polystyrene and box it came in when it's at home or if I'm travelling far. The only danger having it in the car is it sticking to it, but that's easily avoided. Takes a good yank to get it off if it does get stuck to a piece of steel as large as a car body though.
Electronics are never really a concern, the only thing the magnet is likely to come close to is my phone but I try to remember to not have it in my pockets while magnet fishing, and that's really because I don't want to drop it in the water. Fixed magnets have to move over a conductor to induce a current, and it would be quite small I think. The electomagnet in that breaking bad episode is very large, probably with a pull force magnitudes higher than a fishing magnet, and I can't speak for the shows accuracy (I don't actually remember what they used it for now).
This was really informative, thanks!
You're welcome, thanks for being interested! If you happen to be interested in seeing some finds or just generally hearing more about magnet fishing, I've started posting in a (very small, but I hope it will grow) community here !magnetfishing@feddit.uk
I'll be following!