How to find the poles on a spherical magnet? To any nonmagnet, the whole sphere is a magnet. To another spherical magnet though, there is a rough area on the surface where it is strongly repelled. 
Given a spherical magnet, how should the poles be found? 
My crude attempts were as follows


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*Grip one sphere in a forceps

*Bring another sphere close to the forceps

*Rotate/roll the spheres until the most repulsion is sensed

*Mark the facing surface of the sphere in the forceps using a permanent marker


The trouble with the above approach is that I rely upon tactile memory to determine maximum repulsion. 
Is there a better, inexpensive way to do this?
 A: If the magnet can support its own weight, I'd stick it on the underside of a piece of well leveled, (ferromagnetic but not magnetized!) sheet metal. It should hang from one pole or the other, as the center of mass of the magnet should end up vertically in line with the strongest part of the pole.
A: Stick it to fridge, it'll stick by the pole (approximately). For more accurate results do that on top of the fridge, or under a piece of sheet metal. Alternatively you can stick it to a flat magnet.
A: Use a tiny compass. It works good. 
A: Here's an approach.  You'll need:
1)A cup that can hold the magnet, and allow it to roll freely on a flat bottom.  A pyrex bowl would be ideal
2)another permanent magnet, with a flat top
3)some spacers.  Paper would work fine
4)the spherical magnet, obviously
Place the spherical magnet in the cup.
Place the permanent magnet underneath the cup.
Add enough spacing so that the spherical magnet can just barely roll
Wait for the spherical magnet to settle.  It should end up with the appropriate pole pointing toward the permanent magnet.  
A: Magnetic field viewing film will show the exact borders of each magnetic domain. So, you rotate the magnet under the film until the equator is shown on the film and shows up perfectly vertical. Remove the film, and now your left hand side and right hand side are the poles.
A: Stick a piece of paper to the magnet over the approximate pole (found from sticking the magnet to a fridge door etc), then stick the magnet back and spin it around on the pole, it will mark the paper with a dot where it was touching the metal.
