A friend of mine gave me a cool idea today to remove the metal flakes a whole lot faster and easier than a magnet. His idea is to pump it out with a septic tank pumper truck. I will still need the magnet to retrieve the weight and magnet, but the pumper idea for the flakes is cool, huh? The only problem is, I can't afford to hire a pumper truck. So why not build a pump using 3" or 6" PVC? The pump itself I can make out of 1.5" sch 120 with the 3" -6" going from the bottom of the well up and out onto the ground or into a large container. This is going to be cool, and fun.