The search for any signs of missing toddler William Tyrrell, including his treasured red and blue Spider-Man suit, is expected to move to isolated waterways in bushland on NSW's mid-north coast.
The shift comes after detectives said they were yet to discover any significant evidence from scouring dense terrain at Bonny Hills, south of Port Macquarie over the past two days.
Drink cans and stakes, similar to boundary markers, have been found in the search and sent off for forensic testing, a police source said.
The source said they were looking for a Spider-Man suit and any other items of interest.
Homicide Squad Detective Inspector Gary Jubelin said part of combing for evidence included looking for a body.
"The question has been asked 'does that include a body' and of course when we are looking for evidence that would also include a body," he said.
While the items seized at the search zone weren't believed to be linked to William's disappearance almost six months ago, they have been sent off for testing.
"But we are erring on the side of caution and we will conduct tests on those items," Det Insp Jubelin said.
A creek and possibly a small lake are expected to be the focus of day three of the search with water police and divers tipped to arrive on Wednesday.
This week's fresh search came on the back of a tip-off and information gathered by detectives.
"Clearly the fact and the resources that we have dedicated to this search, we thought it was worthwhile information to follow up," Det Insp Jubelin said.
Det Insp Jubelin and another detective stopped by the home of local washing machine repairman William Spedding on Tuesday.
Mr Spedding was named as a person of interest in the case after it emerged he was due to fix William's grandmother's washing machine around the time the toddler vanished.
However, he has told police he didn't go to the grandmother's home in Kendall on the day the toddler disappeared.
Mr Spedding has strongly denied any involvement and police stress he isn't the only line of inquiry and isn't a suspect.
Det Insp Jubelin wouldn't detail who he spoke to on Tuesday, but revealed almost 1000 people had spoken with police over the course of the probe.
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