[Rockhounds] Virgin Valley Nevada Collecting

[Pmodreski at aol.com]

I'm quite surprised by all this discussion about these special  
picks--there's clearly a whole extra subculture here, that many of us "regular  mineral 
collectors" are clueless about.  I was glad that someone picked up  on this and 
asked, because I was wondering about it from the beginning  when someone 
referred to a Virgin Valley Pick.  I'm still trying  to figure out if this is a 
short-handled pick like a regular "rock pick", or a  long heavy one that you swing 
with two hands, like for a regular big old "pick  and shovel".
 
(I must say, I'm not even sure what an Estwing "Paleo-Pick" is.  To  some of 
us, especially we geologists, there's just a "regular rock pick"  (pointed 
end) which fancy folks call a "geo-pick", vs. a "soft-rock pick",  with a chisel 
end, which I assume is what a "Paleo-Pick" is.)
 
Well, you learn something new every day!     :   )
 
Pete



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