School me on Prospecting Picks...

[Tejaas]

Is APEX the golden standard, or is there a better alternative...?

My Criteria:

1. Prefer a mid-sized pick - something small enough to strap to a rucksack or use while kneeling, etc... not a hand pick, and not a full size pickaxe.

2. Magnets are not required, but also not a dealbreaker.
I'd like one on the bottom of the handle, but will add it myself if need be.

3. Needs to be "general purpose"... suited for use metal detecting, prospecting (should I ever try it), point sifting, etc...

4. Hardwood handle... preferably easy to find a replacement for and re-handle shall the need arise.

5. I'd imagine that price isn't gonna be a factor here... but let's keep it under $100 just in case I'm not aware of some $300 limited edition prospecting pick that charges your iPhone or some crap, haha!

Thanks in advance for any input!

~Tejaas~

 

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[KiddoTheMiner]

We are just as much a "gold rusher" as he/she was.. !

give or take, yea I guess

we where told by a friend or saw online you can find gold, and look where we went

pretty similar if you ask me

 

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[TheGoldProspector]

give or take, yea I guess we where told by a friend or saw online you can find gold, and look where we went pretty similar if you ask me

..and the fact that the pick is less than 100 years old.

Keep up the diggin Kiddo.

 

[2cmorau]

Geo pick is great, had mine for decades, a little bent but works fine, once i am done breaking up slate, hardpack what ever happens to bedrock i just turn the baby sideways and use as a rake

 

[TerryC]

PM Calvin Bunker. He posts as BUNK. I made a tool that is industrial strong and not very large. I took an ESTWING 22 oz pick and had some one weld on a blade about 2 inches wide on the hammer end. I sharpened up the blade and it doubles as a root cutter for coin shooting. TTC