so im doing the mission for dr. li to start work on liberty prime. She asked me to get a high powered magnet. Well, the hospital its located in, i already cleared on a free roam. I remember finding the magnet then, but was so long ago, i dont remember what happened. I have looked threw my inv. and all my stash spots. No magnet to be found. The map marker takes me to the empty trunk that the magnet was in. Im not sure what happened. Is the magnet a junk item, and i used it in crafting? is there another one in the game i can find? im pretty much stuck and cant move forward with the BoS quest line, which is lame, cuz i wanted to do the BoS to the end. Please help if you know a way around this! Or let me know the game just [censored] me.....

I think there's a junk item called high powered magnet- the paranoid anti-synth general store lady in diamond city sells one.

I think I've bought one from Trashcan Carla as well.

sweet. i will start looking around. i was hoping there was more than one

I haven't done that mission yet, but if it's the same magnet, it's a junk item purchasable from vendors. I've bought and scrapped more than a few for the components.

Every hospital I've been through has them. If you revisit a hospital after "X" amount of time (respawn), they'll be another one. Most containers are refilled on respawn.

Good luck finding one.