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I haven't had an implanted magnet, but I have had a (quite strong) magnetic ring, and I can tell you that the ring offers nowhere near the sensitivity of the implant. With the ring the most impressive thing I can detect is studs in a wall. My friends with implanted magnets can detect live wires.
The implant adds enough sensitivity to make you superhuman, in a way the ring definitely does not.
I thought that sensitivity might be the answer. Not that hearing fairly sensitive perception of magnetic fields is possible makes me want the ability enough to stick magnets in my fingers. Yet.
I've heard about other superhuman sensory devices, like the compass-sense belt, though, and the more I hear about this stuff, the cooler it sounds. Perhaps sometime the rising interest and falling cost/inconvenience curves will cross for me. :)