Prospecting Picks

[flakmagnet]

2 hours ago, Swegin said:

The original designer was Joe ???

His online handle was Joeforthegold.

[MannyScoot]

9 minutes ago, Mugsy said:

My all time favorite pick is made in Australia, the company is "CCpicks". The owners name is Craig and he is very easy to deal with..  May cost a few bucks to get it here but was well worth it.

The price for this one was cheap

[MannyScoot]

13 minutes ago, davsgold said:

Wow, I have send a few of my Gold Digger medium size picks to the USA and total was $185 AUD (for pick and postage)

Spotted Gum handle 700mm long and weight is aprox 1.7kg

 

Now you pay $150.00 AU for the pick and they charge you import tax, any package over 24" inches pays additional fees and it sits in EU customs and California or New York customs for weeks ........ That's why I bought it in the US and is guaranteed for life .... it was $59.99 and it weighs 1.22 Kg./2.70 pounds .... and can't wait all that time while someone plays with my pick (It's a pretty nice pick)...... and I'm happy .... Now I can say Mine is bigger than yours to my buddies... Ha

[MannyScoot]

4 minutes ago, davsgold said:

No worries, just sayin, and they never sat in customs etc and went straight through, and there were no extra charges, just sayin.

cheers dave

Yeah man shipping overseas has become a nightmare since New Years 2020 ........ Take care man, you do have beautiful picks .....

[Jin]

This is my pick.....much faster at recovering/discounting targets. Quick kick of the ground and if it moves out of the loose stuff i move on. Pesky pellets are a little more annoying but general a inch into the hard stuff and if the target comes out i move on. The golddigger pick only comes out for deeper stuff. A quick recovery is a good recovery. See too many people stuff around on a hole for 10 minutes when it could have been done in 30 seconds.

 

[MannyScoot]

Just now, Jin said:

This is my pick.....much faster at recovering/discounting targets. Quick kick of the ground and if it moves out of the loose stuff i move on. Pesky pellets are a little more annoying but general a inch into the hard stuff and if the target comes out i move on. The golddigger pick only comes out for deeper stuff. A quick recovery is a good recovery. See too many people stuff around on a hole for 10 minutes when it could have been done in 30 seconds.

 

Finding shallow targets it's a luxury to me...... Everything I dig is 12" to 18" inches and tons of rocks...... I get lucky once in a while with one the size of a scoop in length ...... I do try kicking shallow target but the ground here in Arizona is like concrete .....

[madtuna]

Thank god your pick has a lifetime guaranty then....you're going to need it

[madtuna]

To clarify, what I mean is if you are constantly digging 12 to 18 inch holes in concrete hard rock strewn ground, you need a good and larger heavy duty pick.

I'm sure your pick is a beauty and I don't want to take away from that but it looks a bit light on...the blade is obviously the front part cut off a shovel as can been seen by the indent in the middle. 

I can see some of the ground you've pictured resembles some of ours, and I'm afraid I'd kill that pick in under a week by either snapping the handle or bending the blade. Even if I didn't, frustration and fatigue would see me lobbing down a mineshaft.

You need a pick to do the work, not you to work the pick.

[MannyScoot]

26 minutes ago, madtuna said:

Thank god your pick has a lifetime guaranty then....you're going to need it

Yeah, the picks suffer with hard material and abuse, the owner lives by the moto " Try To Break It" .... The guy lives in my area here in Arizona.... So I just drive by and have him sharpen it, poly the wood, and keep it always in top condition....Ha ha..... Don't tell him that ....... I'm going to carry it in my Apex Pick holder on my belt, so I needed a pick that wouldn't pull my pants down.... Not a pretty sight.