Pulled out this gnarly looking anchor from right in the middle of the canal junction before the CRT bridge operator came out and told me I wasn't allowed to magnet fish in the canal. After that I walked 100m down the towpath and pulled out all of this stuff:
First trip out with the massive Barbarian magnet and it's definitely better at sinking down into the mud, although I don't think I'll be doing full 20m casts with it without a lot more practice.
I tried fishing for a while. I caught a couple when I first started but after my first few lucky catches I got nothing. It was ok for a while, I was just fishing for the sake of going out and doing something, but after literal months of not catching a single fish I got pretty discouraged.