A search for Lilly and Jack Sullivan , six and five years old, turned up a number of items, including a child’s T-shirt, blanket and a tricycle.

However, Nova Scotia RCMP say none of the items are relevant to their investigation of the missing children.

It could be disappointing, but search organizer Nick Oldrieve says even a negative search result is still useful.

“If you’re looking for a missing person, you got to be used to striking out more times than you have successes,” Oldrieve says. “Lack of evidence is evidence in itself. So if you walk away from an area not finding anything, it’s still progress.”

The Sullivan children were reported missing by their mother, Malehya Brooks-Murray, on May 2, from their home in Lansdowne Station.

The heavily wooded area bordering the home has

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