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Beach, Park, Relic hunting Shovels / Spades - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="Northeast" data-source="post: 470574" data-attributes="member: 8209"><p>Are you using it for digging for gold or for the garden? </p><p></p><p>In typical gold country you are probably better off with a pick. The hard, gravelly, compacted ground is not really suited to a shovel. If <u>really</u> hard ground then maybe take along a little crowbar of some sort to crack through it. </p><p></p><p>A spade for the garden are often sold as square mouthed, short types. </p><p></p><p>Same as crevice sucker, I refer a long handled shovel. Then you have post hole shovels, wide mouthed shovels for transferring lots of material, etc, etc. </p><p></p><p>Bunnings or Mitre 10 should have more different types than you can poke a shovel at <img src="data:image/gif;base64,R0lGODlhAQABAIAAAAAAAP///yH5BAEAAAAALAAAAAABAAEAAAIBRAA7" class="smilie smilie--sprite smilie--sprite2" alt=";)" title="Wink ;)" loading="lazy" data-shortname=";)" /></p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Northeast, post: 470574, member: 8209"] Are you using it for digging for gold or for the garden? In typical gold country you are probably better off with a pick. The hard, gravelly, compacted ground is not really suited to a shovel. If [u]really[/u] hard ground then maybe take along a little crowbar of some sort to crack through it. A spade for the garden are often sold as square mouthed, short types. Same as crevice sucker, I refer a long handled shovel. Then you have post hole shovels, wide mouthed shovels for transferring lots of material, etc, etc. Bunnings or Mitre 10 should have more different types than you can poke a shovel at ;) [/QUOTE]
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