Jim_Alaska Posted December 12, 2016 Share Posted December 12, 2016 Silly me, I didn't think you could do any worse than getting skunked, but today proved that there is something worse. Somewhere along the way, in a very rough and steep hydraulic pit I lost my detecting pick. I didn't just leave it laying, it somehow got brushed out of my pivoting hammer holder on my belt. Too darned wiped out to go back and look today, I'll make a special recon trip tomorrow and find it. I just hate "do it twice" type things. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fredmason Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I feel your pain. I lost my favorite pick in the Brush...no way was I going back into that mess...another time on Jamison Creek, plumas county I left my pick on a rock. After realizing I had left it I continued down stream and found another pick just like it. I figured that was a fair trade and never went back for the first one. "of all the things I have lost, the thing I miss most is my mind"...no idea who said that but painfully true. fred 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Steve Herschbach Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Sorry to hear that Jim. Picks are easy to lose. I had a dozen at Moore Creek I supplied to people and every one of them was lost. People would sometimes find one also but eventually I had to replace them all. Though I always suspected that perhaps a few went home in people's luggage since I was supplying expensive Walco picks on the first go. They got replaced with cheap Walmart picks. Good luck finding yours. 3 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 I can't remember ever leaving tools lay and forgetting them. My normal custom is to carefully look over the area I have been working, whether it is detecting or creviciing and make sure that I have everything. I am sure I know where this pick is, I remember having to pull the tip of a downed tree out of my way to get by it. In doing so I also remember that when I let it go I had to brush against the branches with my lower body. I am sure that this was when the pick handle caught and the rotating hammer holder it was in turned upside down. If it were not for the fact that I have both hands full with detector and cane I could have held the tree top until I got by it. I just hate having physical limitations that make things so much harder, but it just comes with age for many of us. I'll know for sure when I go back to look for it today. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tom Slick Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 A friend left his e-trac leaning against a rock while loading his dog in the car. He remembered doing it so he made a U turn to go back and get it. Gone by the time he returned. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Norvic Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Take your time and have a good look about when you go back to get that pick, there is a good reason why you left that pick behind. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 I did find it, it was exactly where I thought I lost it while getting around the downed tree. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
klunker Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 I have used the same pick for over 20 years and it's nearly worn out but I think it's determined to outlast me. It seems silly to get attached to a damned tool. I took me years to learn to not lean it up against the Jeep while I was loading up my detector after a long day. It spent many long cold nights out in the woods by it's self (and one winter). It's a very historic pick. It's the original one that John Marshall was using when he discovered gold at Sutters sawmill in 1848. It's only had 7 new heads and 13 new handles. 1 Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim_Alaska Posted December 13, 2016 Author Share Posted December 13, 2016 Now the part about it being the original pick at Sutter's is funny Klunker. Thanks for the laugh. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bada Bing Posted December 13, 2016 Share Posted December 13, 2016 Reflective tape is my friend. A couple of bits on the handle - it sticks out like a dunny in a desert. If you can't spot it by day - it lights up like a xmas tree at night.... BB Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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