This Community Is Dedicated To Magnet Fishing, And Here Are 35 Things They Found Underwater That Shouldn’t Have Been There

"What an exciting find that was!" the moderator told Bored Panda about finding the bridge-side pistol.

"I very much enjoy the tranquility of the birds chirping and the sun hitting my face while I magnet fish in a quiet spot somewhere. Even if I don't find anything, I'm outside and it's relaxing. The adrenaline whenever something catches onto the magnet is a great feeling, sure, most of the time it's just garbage, but occasionally you find a recognizable item and that truly gets me excited," they told us that this gets them wondering how the thing got there, what happened in the area, whether they could clean the thing up and use it again. Scroll down for our full interview with the moderator of r/magnetfishing, u/Syberz, Pandas!

Redditor u/Syberz is the sole moderator of r/magnetfishing. However, they are not the creator of the actual community. They took over after the original creator was out of the picture. "I asked the Reddit admins if I could take over from the original creator whose Reddit account hadn't logged in for 3 years or so," they explained to Bored Panda what had happened.

"My interest in the community started when I discovered the hobby via some YouTube videos in 2017 and thought that I could help build it out a bit. In the 5 years I've been moderating, the membership grew 100-fold and I never expected that kind of growth. I believe that the coronavirus pandemic really helped grow the popularity of the hobby since everyone was looking for things to do on their own and around their home," they explained that the lockdowns led to people picking up new hobbies, especially ones out in nature.

"We went from a pretty unknown niche hobby to being featured in news articles all over almost overnight. At first, it was mostly Americans, but now we've got members from all around the world."

The moderator was humble and said that they couldn't take credit for the entire FAQ. "It started from one that a member created and I've only added to it over time. Judging by the questions popping up on the sub, I'd say that the contents are fairly complete. I would perhaps re-iterate that the pull strength of the magnets that we use does sound ridiculous (some use 500kg strength magnets) and that people might think that 50 or 100kg is more than enough because, 'I can't lift 400kg!!', but the high strength merely ensures that small items remain stuck to your magnet and don't come off too easily in the mud or algae," they urged not to underestimate more powerful magnets.

"Another point I'd mention is that the hobby is not for those who are looking to make money. With metal detecting, there is a chance at gold, silver, and other precious metals, but not with magnet fishing. We only find rusted iron-based items and at a few cents per kg of scrap, it will take quite some time just to recoup the cost of the magnet."