[Rockhounds] Virgin Valley Nevada Collecting

[steve travis]

Long handled with a much narower blade and pick point Steve
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From: <Pmodreski at aol.com>
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Sent: Wednesday, March 05, 2008 8:12 AM
Subject: Re: [Rockhounds] Virgin Valley Nevada Collecting


> 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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