One of my friends just called asking if a magnet will pick up his tungsten steel wedding ring. He dropped it off a dock he was building and can't find it. He also mentioned that it was "triton", but I'm not sure what that refers to.

4/10/2008 11:53:07 AM

not sure, but that sucks for your friend

4/10/2008 11:53:28 AM

on the upside, tungsten's cheaper than gold

4/10/2008 11:54:14 AM

Yep. He's already been swimming. At least it's warm out.

I know some folks on TWW have tungsten rings though. Someone grab a magnet and find out. Google didn't help me.

4/10/2008 11:54:42 AM

no tungsten is not magnetic, a simple google search would have shown you this, but you decided to be a whore and make a thread about it on here.

4/10/2008 11:55:22 AM

1.buy metal detector
2. buy trash bag and snorkel
3.....
4. profit

4/10/2008 11:55:27 AM

my guess would be that it is non-ferrous just based on its location on the table

4/10/2008 11:55:39 AM

so yeah


i came into this thread thinking "wtf, isn't tungsten a gas?"




so im just gonna leave.

4/10/2008 11:57:37 AM

happy diving

4/10/2008 11:58:21 AM

It's probably not a smooth area and got a lot of debris, but if I cared about it enough I'd go and buy a sifter and search for a day rather than hear the wifey bitch for weeks.

4/10/2008 11:58:31 AM

if it wasn't engraved or anything, go buy a new one...odds are against it being a custom job because tungsten's way too hard

[Edited on April 10, 2008 at 11:59 AM. Reason : .]

4/10/2008 11:59:10 AM

buy a new one

4/10/2008 11:59:12 AM

what will suck is that as soon as he touched the bottom, well there goes the visibility

if he has a good idea where it fell, search for indentations in the silt and try not to disturb the bottom too much

thats how we had to find things in scuba class

4/10/2008 12:00:23 PM

Quote :

"steel"

it just has tungsten in it... ((alloy) it should be magnetic))

Quote :

"The most common magnetic metals are iron, nickel, and cobalt. Alloys (mixtures) that contain one or more of those elements are usually magnetic (i.e. will stick to magnets)."

steel is iron and carbon, tungsten steel has tungsten alloyed with it as well.

[Edited on April 10, 2008 at 12:05 PM. Reason : s]

4/10/2008 12:04:03 PM

no you stupid arab, it is not magnetic

4/10/2008 12:05:49 PM

pure tungsten isnt magnetic you fucking dolt

tungsten STEEL is

fucking jackass

4/10/2008 12:07:44 PM

you obviously don't know shit about what you are talking about - steel isn't even magnetic you stupid retard

4/10/2008 12:10:17 PM

did you seriously just say steel isn't ferro-magnetic?

DO YOU EVEN KNOW WHAT'S IN STEEL?

4/10/2008 2:20:46 PM

way to be a jackass

4/10/2008 2:23:02 PM

hey, i didn't start the name calling

they make magnetized tungsten steel bracelets, rings, and necklaces

they even use tungsten steel in speakers

4/10/2008 2:29:26 PM

hahahah i saw the airplane on a tredmill commin from a mile away

4/10/2008 2:30:20 PM

If your magnet is strong enough, it will pick up anything.

4/10/2008 2:38:12 PM

paging Magneto

4/10/2008 2:39:41 PM

Quote :

"hahahah i saw the airplane on a treadmill coming from a mile away "

[Edited on April 10, 2008 at 2:41 PM. Reason : an engineer that can spell omg]

4/10/2008 2:40:41 PM

when she starts spelling everything correctly we will all be shocked.... (firefox spellcheck ftw)

4/10/2008 2:44:21 PM

tww has actually started to help with the spelling thing. But no foxfire for me

[Edited on April 10, 2008 at 2:49 PM. Reason : im not an engineer, what?]

4/10/2008 2:48:33 PM

If the ring hasn't been covered up by leaves or whatever on the bottom, maybe you could get a waterproof flashlight and shine it around? You might see a sparkle or reflection or something.

4/10/2008 2:51:24 PM

Stainless Steel is not magnetic.

4/10/2008 3:01:27 PM

if this were a nintendo game, i'd suggest your friend talk to someone in the village to get the rod, beat the bad guy guarding the mountains for the hook, and then fishing for the guppy who has the ring

but not all things are this easy

4/10/2008 3:05:34 PM

^^ some stainless steel isn't

4/10/2008 3:21:38 PM

^^ftw

4/10/2008 3:25:02 PM

if he finds it, tell him to watch out for this guy

4/10/2008 4:09:45 PM