Magnet fishing to retrieve submerged items, including Civl War things.

[LincolnMan]

(12-07-2019 02:27 PM)L Verge Wrote:  

(12-06-2019 09:37 AM)LincolnMan Wrote:  Have any of you magnet fished? Have you watched any of the videos on YouTube? I haven't done it but Donna and I are talking about trying it. We have plenty of water here in Michigan! All kinds of things are being pulled out of the water, including Civil War era stuff. I wonder what the laws are on this, if any. Magnet fishing in public waters, ok?

First time that I've heard of this, but it seems a wonderful tool to assist underwater archaeology as well as encourage large-scale development of equipment that could clean up the waters as well -- thinking along the lines of the old oyster dredges that literally raked up their bounty. Many of the old ones still existed in the Chesapeake Bay and Southern Maryland rivers when I was a child.

I’m finding not many of my peers have heard of this new hobby. I think it’s fascinating. There have been a few explosives that have been pulled up- cannon balls and grenades. So it has it’s dangers. Still-it has so much potential to aid in history. One fellow found a mounted British light cannon from the Revolutionary War in a pond. Cool stuff!