What To Use To Pickup Nails In Yard

Nails embedded in backyard. What to practice?

Long story brusk, there's a ton of nails embedded in my lawn. Looking for tips to remove them. Whatsoever ideas?

I've used a magnetic sweeper and even a heavy magnet for hauling metal out of water (gently sweeping it all around the structure. I'thou still concerned my family will stride on i.

Long of it: I'm in Iowa. They were left from careless roofers and siders since near the start of winter '19. The contractor and crew was so irresponsible in that location'due south no style I'll trust them to remove them.

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Easy. Neighbor kid and a metal detector and a reward of a cadet a boom. Paid a kid similar 40 to de smash my gravel parking spot.

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Nailfinder Pro Tip: Get buy a box of nails prior to starting.

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Aforementioned thing happened to me, OP. They were everywhere. What I did was create zones by guild of importance. The first week I went looking around the driveway for about xv minutes everyday with the magnet sweeper and even bought a stiff fishing magnet to utilise. Did that until I didn't find anymore and felt comfortable I wouldn't go a flat tire. Then the next week I went looking in and around the boat, because there were a ton both in it and effectually it. Aforementioned affair, did information technology for xv minutes every day afterwards work until I didn't notice anymore. Then I moved to the lawn on and nether the deck. Then moved on to the beds in the front yard. A year afterward I was selling my house and establish a couple under the deck and establish 1 wedged between the downspout and the house. Other than that, the cordoning off seemed pretty effective. Spent probably a month, or most 4-5 hours total, picking up nails. I recommend trying information technology.

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This is very encouraging. I've been upwardly to this on the weekends and the areas I've gone over multiple times are starting to produce 0 nails.

Did you nonetheless have concerns after that? I'm merely worried nearly my son stepping on one or a neighborhood dog getting pricked.

Did you consider tilling up afterwards to exercise some loose raking of the few elevation inches of soil?

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Muddy yard and a strong electromagnet.

Followed past a metal detector and hand picking.

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I was only reading nearly people making their ain with speaker magnets. I've never attempted electrical piece of work, but practice enjoy tinkering. Any thought on the strongest type?

I have used a heavy water magnet. I at present realized I take a few 2" diameter neodymium magnets. Mayhap I'll but attach those to a broom handle. Thoughts?

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Agh I detest to ask merely ... new build business firm?

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Not a new house, but new garage. It was such a nightmare. The only overnice thing about it was the tear downwardly.

I got the full general contractor'south recommendation from a friend. SMH

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Maybe a roofers magnet. Dislikes roller they apply after a task to get the nails that cruel off the roof. Don't know if its powerful enough to pull embedded ones though

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It might exist. I did apply a heavy 150 lb pull magnet for pulling stuff out of h2o, merely the magnetic pull on a neodynium should be much higher. I think there magnetic roller I got merely pulls 35 lbs though.

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Large subwoofer would exist a decent magnet if you know anybody into audio

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I was just asking someone else nigh this. However, I wasn't certain if they're as strong every bit some neodynium ones I take laying around from an former project. Thoughts?

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If you really want peace of mind, you could section off the yard with sting and stakes, sort of like an archaeological dig, and systematically check each grid square. If you can keep the string up, you don't accept to do it all in one day and can keep rails of exactly where you've worked. This may not be feasible depending on how much total expanse y'all're worried near, but you could prioritize certain zones within the grid.

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That's a really good idea. I'm kind of OCD nigh information technology. The expanse is sbit large, though. The area surrounding a xxx'x24' garage. What nearly just taking my tiller to the expanse after getting everything I can find, combing through the tillage so fifty-fifty replacing with some now top soil?

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Put in steaks and cord out coordinates for a filigree design. And then practise a metal detector (can fifty-fifty rent one to relieve) and articulate grids as you lot go.

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Medium rare or well done?

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