Favorite Pick

[vanursepaul]

I hear ya Brett

I don't think they will let me drive too much..

Thanks for towing me out of the desert!!! 

[whitebutler]

I found a brand new medium sized older Walco and love it. My next favorite is one I hand forged out of spring steel super great picks. Here's a pic of a pick. This is the one I made by hand it's a six pounder but I swing one handed with it all day and it's not to much of a chore to use. It's narrow enough and heavy enough the way I made it that I don't have to swing but a few times to get depth. 

[whitebutler]

Here's the end result. I love this pick!

[fredmason]

Nice pick, I bet your ears are still ringing!

fred

[deathray]

Hodan is my favorite too. Broke the handle on mine. Put a new handle, ended up breaking it too. Lol.

[whitebutler]

When replacing a handle on the pick or hammer watch the grain of the wood. At Tha hand end the grain should go from the head of the hammer to the claw end. Same on a pick it should go from the point to the spade. I have used this for my wedge axes that I fall timber with. It works. I've had the same handles near eight years. That should help a few folks out with fixings. 

[vanursepaul]

On 4/1/2017 at 5:33 PM, goldrat said:

vanursepaul , 

                   Just google supersede pick and several detector shops in Australia have them for sale . With replaceable parts available and pop riveted , how strong are they .

Cheers

goldrat

I they aren't pop riveted the bolts are held on with Nyloc s

Strong enough for me

[Chris Ben]

My favorite "pick" is a modified potato rake used with a traditional pick. It works really good for the initial scrape after a signal. Easy to pull the rocks out of the way. Then when I get to hard pack I use the pick then rake out. I'm sure most people are comfortable using just a pick, but it works for me.

[Aussieau]

bit old but yes finders keepers still have that pick but its MASSIVE...biggest bloody pick I have seen