Lucas McGuire Featured in New York Post After Unusual River Discovery – AllOnGeorgia

Lucas McGuire Featured in New York Post After Unusual River Discovery  AllOnGeorgia

Lucas McGuire has gained national attention after his unusual river discovery and a magnet-fishing hobby that has led to uncovering history, returning lost items and helping solve a crime. What began as a hobby during the COVID-19 pandemic has led Lucas McGuire of Rome to uncover hidden history, return lost belongings to their owners and even help reunite a family with a loved one’s cremated remains. Now, his story has reached a national audience through the New York Post. The newspaper featured McGuire in an Oct. 26 article titled “Magnet fisherman makes shocking discovery while casting for treasures: ‘Why was it in the water?’”. The story highlights an unusual discovery McGuire made in the Oostanaula River while attempting to recover a fishing line and magnet he had accidentally dropped.

After putting on a wetsuit to retrieve the equipment, he found a box containing a woman’s cremated remains. Rather than leave the discovery behind, McGuire set out to find the woman’s family. Using an identification tag and help from relatives who work in the funeral business, he was eventually able to return the remains to the family, bringing them a sense of closure. According to the New York Post, the woman’s husband had accidentally lost the box in the river while attempting to scatter her ashes according to Hindu tradition. McGuire’s