[Rockhounds] Virgin Valley Nevada Collecting

[Tim Fisher]

Yes, they were designed specifically to pull the clay out of the wall 
at the Royal Peacock while doing the least amount damage to the opal, 
and will move roughly 2 or 3 times the amount of clay in the same 
period of time as an Estwing Paleo pick in the hands of an 
experienced digger. A Paleo pick is about the least efficient tool 
for digging in the clay; the aforementioned army style pack picks and 
plain old hardware store picks do a better job than an Estwing. The 
clay is wet, hard, and dense, and the tine on the Estwing has too 
short a taper to be very useful.

At 12:28 PM 3/4/2008, you wrote:
>Hmm,
>
>Are the Royal Peacock picks largely different somehow in fucntion from
>the Estwing Geo/Paleo-pick
>(http://www.estwing.com/product.php?product_id=5200)?
>
>Dean

Tim Fisher
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