100 keV Nitrogen implantation reduced initial magnetic permeability and increased coercive force in crystalline nickel wires (d= 0.5 mm) and amorphous Fe,,B,, metallic glass ribbons (-40 pm thick). Permeability was measured with Maxwell br.idge and coercive force with Kerr magnetooptical hysteresisgraph. The bulk permeability of crystalline nickel wires showed a 14% reduction. In amorphous samples due to the smaller range of implanted ions (-110 nm, for lack of focusing and channelling-effect) only the Kerr-method was sensitive enough to show the maximum 30 times multiplied surface coercivity. Unchanged bulk properties in is attributed to the surface irregularities present already before implantation too.