What's the type of pipe? Later in the thread, we're told it's
copper, but I am not sure that was you writing. If it's copper,
get the biggest magnet you can from the hardware. Also buy a
plumber's drain snake. Atach the magnet to the snake with several
tie straps (cut the loose ends off). Send the drain snake down.
Use some common sense, and some of your other five senses to
figure out when you stuck the screw driver. Withdraw it up the
pipe very slowly.

I've never done this. But I did score a free screw driver and
pair of diags someone dropped into the wall. Cept, with this
moment I used a magnet and string.

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"Winston" wrote in message
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Yes, I'm a dumbass. This has become quite apparent, so there's
no need
to remind me.

Long story short, I dropped a 10" screwdriver tip-first down an
open
2nd floor toilet drain pipe, and it is now stuck at the base of
a
45-degree bend just under the basement ceiling. I know it
couldn't have
gotten any further than this point, due to 2 sharp 90-degree
bends that
follow the 45-degree bend. Unfortunately, I can't see it from
the drain
opening because I can't look down the pipe due to a slight
offset just
past the toilet flange. Do you know of any specialized
plumber's snakes
or other tools that could be lowered into the pipe to grab the
screwdriver somehow?