I think I wil be more careful when walking past scaffolders working in the future given how dropsy they apparently are. I think there's loads more scaffolding down where I pulled those up but it was the last spot of the day so I only had time for a few casts.
I let a couple of passing kids have a go and they managed to find someone else's small fishing magnet, so they were pretty pleased to get one for themselves, and I saw them again later that day having a go in Castle park. I also pulled up another larger single sided magnet that someone hadn't loctited their eyelet on properly.
I didn't find much this time around but that's frequently the case when trying new spots. I definitely want a bigger magnet, there was a lot of deep mud and a larger one would really help finding stuff buried in there.
I was very tempted to create traffic chaos using this sign I pulled out, but I decided that Bristol has enough of that already
My current magnet is the Magnetar Hardcore, which has 600kg pull force so it's quite strong, but often it will come off of objects easily if they are stuck in mud, oddly shaped or not very magnetic. It also only weighs about 700g so doesn't sink far in the mud. The road sign took probably 10 or more attempts to get out.
I'm thinking I will just go all out on a Barbarian (1600kg pull force) for a Christmas present to myself, although I am nervous about getting it stuck somewhere I can't unstick it from.