James Kane and Barbi Agostini have hauled guns, grenades, and all kinds of junk from NYC waterways by magnet fishing.
The magnet fisher who promotes his exploits online pulled a slimy safe out of a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Friday.NEW YORK — James Kane has used a magnet to fish all manner of junk from New York City waterways, but stacks of $100 bills he pulled from a safe were something else entirely.
Kane’s girlfriend, Barbi Agostini, 39, thought he was joking when he said their life was about to change, she told The Associated Press on Monday. She was filming as, 40, pulled a slimy safe out of a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park and extracted bags of waterlogged Benjamins from inside it.“Oh, my God!” Agostini said in the video.The bills featured the 3D security ribbon that indicates recent vintage, but the safe bore no clues to a rightful owner.
Kane and Agostini said they called the police to report their discovery and the police said there was no evidence of a crime.The New York Police Department did not respond to requests for confirmation of Kane's discovery. Kane said he and Agostini plan to take their soggy money to the Bureau of Engraving and Printing in Washington to redeem it.The pair have ideas for spending whatever they end up with, including a new vehicle and upgrades to the equipment they use to produce content.
Kane is far from the only magnet fisher who has made a mark in recent years. All it takes is a powerful magnet, a body of water and a rope.“I have seen and worked with other magnet fishers that can hit a spot for three months, and I’ll come along and throw the same magnet and get and find something that they’ve been trying to get the entire time,” he said. “I personally can’t explain that.”
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