On Monday, February 15, 2016 at 7:20:07 PM UTC-5, Ignoramus21354 wrote:
I picked up several rods that seem to be made from stainless steel (as
everything else at that place had specks of rust).

However, they are slightly magnetic. Clearly much less magnetic than
regular steel, but magnetic enough to make magnetic darts barely stick
to them and not fall.

What material can it be?

The rods are about 1 3/4" diameter and several feet long.

i

Regular 300 series can be slightly magnetic if work hardened.

The local scrap yard has a XRF which will tell you exactly what a metal is.
Maybe a scrap yard in your area has one.

Dan