Dropped Screw While Removing Stereo Unit

[welay]

I got a gen 2 RX.

I guess many of you know what I am talking about. It was really hard to catch the two hidden one. Anyway, one of them was dropped to somewhere under the shifter i guess. Is it possible to pick it up by DIY? I have thought of a way that having a small magnet with a string attached then throw it in for a few days. hoping it will fish the screw onto the magnet.

I am scared of having it rattle forever. i know i should have been more careful so dont blame me.

[1990LS400]

One of my favorite tools for picking up dropped metal items is a borescope like one of these: http://www.voscope.com/page11.html

I paid $270 for the VO36-6H model. It has a detachable magnet that supposedly can pick up 1/4 lb. The really cool thing about using a borescope is that you can see what you are doing as you probe around.

A much less expensive magnetic pickup tool is a collapsible magnet -- mine looks like a small five or six inch auto antenna with a magnet on the tip. Mine expands to perhaps 24 or 36 inches. It's a little like this one: http://www.asseenontv.com/prod-pages/flash...ing_magnet.html It clips on my shirt pocket like a writing pen. I think I bought mine at a hardware or autoparts store for just a few bucks.