Abstract: An apparatus for finding studs within walls has an elongated magnet having a round and smooth outer surface. The magnet is attached at one of its ends to a bead chain wherein each of he beads is able to rotate relative to the next so that the magnet is essentially free of any restriction in rotating about its long axis with respect to the chain. In use, the magnet is held suspended from the bead chain and moved across a wall until it detects a metal object within the wall. The magnet then rotates against the wall until it places itself at the center of the object thus defining the center of a stud or other hidden object.