A pair of magnet fishing enthusiasts reeled in the catch of a lifetime from a New York City lake: a muddy safe with an estimated $80,000 in it.

James Kane, 40, was using a rope and powerful magnet at a lake in Flushing Meadows Corona Park on Friday when his excitement began rising because he had snagged yet another lockbox.

But as Kane pulled out the contents from inside the deposit box, he truly began to grasp the good fortune that stuck him and his girlfriend, 39-year-old Barbi Agostini.