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Jilly_in_VA

(10,846 posts)
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 04:16 PM Feb 2022

A Florida man took his grandson magnet fishing. Police are now investigating what they reeled in

A Florida man and his grandson couldn't believe their eyes when they reeled in more than just some scrap metal and bottle caps during a magnet fishing weekend trip.

Duane Smith and his 11-year-old grandson, Allen Cadwalader, were out on a magnet fishing trip on January 30 in Homestead, a suburb of Miami, Florida, when within five minutes of their arrival, Cadwalader reeled in two sniper rifle receivers and bolt carrier groups wrapped in shrink wrap, Smith told CNN.
This was their first time magnet fishing, Smith said, and he chose a bridge with a canal near where he normally goes hiking.

Magnet fishing uses a strong magnet attached to a thick rope in an attempt to fish out metal objects that have sunk to the bottom of canals, lakes, ponds and rivers.

https://www.cnn.com/2022/02/02/us/florida-sniper-rifle-magnet-fishing-trnd/index.html

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A Florida man took his grandson magnet fishing. Police are now investigating what they reeled in (Original Post) Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 OP
Guess the gangs and cartels will have to toss their murder weapons in deeper water from now on... hlthe2b Feb 2022 #1
I've never heard of magnet fishing! hauckeye Feb 2022 #2
I never had either Jilly_in_VA Feb 2022 #4
All kinds of videos on Youtube here and in the UK that I have seen. Thomas Hurt Feb 2022 #5
Yikes! sheshe2 Feb 2022 #3
Small outboard motors and tackle boxes. multigraincracker Feb 2022 #6

hlthe2b

(106,246 posts)
1. Guess the gangs and cartels will have to toss their murder weapons in deeper water from now on...
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 04:18 PM
Feb 2022

what a world...

Thomas Hurt

(13,925 posts)
5. All kinds of videos on Youtube here and in the UK that I have seen.
Wed Feb 2, 2022, 05:03 PM
Feb 2022

Usually the reason they post the videos is because they find something like a gun or a safe.

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