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Originally Posted by herr_oberst

^ Amazon sells a camera for 30 bucks for peering into our small, dark places. It even has a magnet to retrieve torx fastners.

Using a magnet on a stick to grab an errant small item (nut, bolt, screw, washer) that's in between 2 ferrous metal plates is going to be a nightmare. But it might be worth a shot. It would depend upon access.