I bought a 2500 lb. pull "fishing magnet" some years ago to look for a big stainless prop that was lost in the Savannah River. I bought a synthetic winch rope with a strong attaching clip to use on it. While showing it to a friend in my farm shop one day I put it on a piece of large, steel I-beam and told him to pull it off. He couldn't, and I couldn't. I had to put a large pry bar through the ring on top to use to pry it off the I-beam. These things are awesomely strong!
I wouldn't give up searching for it, even if I had to buy a magnet of my own. I wish the OP the best of luck in resolving this and . . . . THANK YOU FOR YOUR SERVICE!
OBTW, for those of you who are thinking "stainless isn't attracted by a magnet", I went to a buddy's marine shop after I got it and tried it on 12 stainless props. It strongly attracted 11 of them. All stainless isn't the same. I think what we refer to as "food grade stainless" isn't "magnetic", but much of the machinable stainless is.
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