Best way to attach magnets to the inside of a scoop

[silversmith]

As I ask elsewhere, "Why the magnets?" Iron's only worth about 20 dollars to the ton, less than Zinc.
You could tie one end of a rope to a large magnet and tie the other around your waist and find lots of iron while you're detecting. Why glue magnets to your diggers? Why not just leave all the iron in the holes to rust away in a few years? I'm curious.Tell me 'for I have a fit!

 

[kaptainkosmic]

small rusted iron sometimes fools us and the only way to tell what it is, is to actually lay eyeballs on it! these same targets like to slip thru the holes on lots of scoops and so magnets are an attempt to catch them pesky raskals b4 they sink to the bottom again wasting our time now or later. i have a magnet in my scoop but have much better success in finding not only the small iron but small anything using my sifter in combination with my vibra probe. i don't want the iron i just don't want to find it over and over.

of course this is just my humble opinion but i hope it helps

steve

 

[silversmith]

And sir.....I do appreciate your explaination and opinion. A "tip" of the hat to you! I hope you find a double eagle in your sifter soon.........

 

[rockin tees]

I have read articles on the forum about magnets in the bottom of scoops. My question is WHY you would need a magnet in the scoop. My Whites DFX does not pick up steel on the beach.

I posted the same question on the beach forum, my bad.

Rockin Tees

 

[GoGoGopher]

It also comes down to a morality issue...If you remove it from the beach, neither you, or the next guy/gal has to dig it up again...Also, iron is dangerous for small children to step on, or get stuck with...It is like the pull-tab thing...if you pick em up and remove them, you do not have to dig em up again the next time your out (that is unless your noggin is equipped with a GPS tracking device that marks the exact location of all dug iron and pull-tabs)...


HH,

 

[silversmith]

So I took an old, small hammer handle and hacksawed it at a very acute angle, and JB KWICK welded a super magnet out of a hard drive on it and now carry it in my pouch. Thanks all.....!

 

[landman]

I ended up using silicon and so far so good.

 

[Willee - Texas]

If you use a PI detector to water hunt, bobby pins will be some of the loudest signals you will ever hear.
A bobby pin 6" down in the sand will sound like a silver dollar on the surface.
But ... the pesky things will fall thru the holes of most sand scoops.
The magnet catches them and you dont spend hours blindly chasing them around.

You guys that use VLF detectors really dont need them.

 

[Boogeyman]

Butter one side of the magnet with JB weld, squish the magnet in place. Guarantee the magnet won't budge! Used JB to glue a magnet on a nugget pick to keep it from sliding. Hasn't budged yet

 

[yardhunter]

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