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I'd bet that we all have our favorite tools, many of which are standard in this hobby (the basic box sifter, etc.). But I'm curious as to the ingenuity of this group and the development or modifications of these favorite tools. I'm sure there are common themes, but various creative ways to get it done. I have two tools that I hit my favorite beach area with and both were modifications of tools designed for other purposes. I will post pictures in a near future post (gotta take some pics) of them. One is a modified clam rake, and the other one is a turkey cooking utensil
I will save the surprise for the pics, because they will describe them with more impact than my typed words.
That said, what are your favorite creations that you use in your hobby? What thought process lead to the development their development? And, do you have pics to share of any of them? How do you use them and what type of area are you using it to collect in?
Testing pic posting...if this works, here are some teeth that I found a couple years ago in MD along the bay cliffs:
[IMG]http://img.photobucket.com/albums/v19/fatboykevin/aaKWmegatooth2.jpg[/IMG]
Sorry, I'll try again...
The cetacean tooth, small meg, and the 1/2 meg all came in one scoop of my modified clam rake! I scooped and scooped the same spot for an hour straight looking for that other half (and many days after that I'd try again too).
Sorry for being so late to post pics of my tools as promised, but here they are...
The first pic shows my favorite tool that I bring no matter where I go. It saves my back from having to bend down a thousand times a trip. I also have a magnifying glass attachment for looking for small stuff, but I forgot to take a pic. That will come later.
[IMG]Pick Up Tool.JPG[/IMG]
The second device is a clam rake modified with 1/2" mesh, and this too comes in handy for many things including sifting for big stuff, pulling stuff up on the beach, raking, limited digging, and most of all as a wading stick or for leverage while climbing over obstacles.
[IMG]Clam Rake.JPG[/IMG]
Sorry, I'll try again:
No gators unless their Univ. of Florida fans. I hunt usually in Maryland. The tidal waters have fossils, and the Chesapeake Bay is famous for it's Miocene exposures.
What we lack in gators we make up for with skeeters and biting flies!
I guess my clam rake might help against the small gators, but those big ones would snap it like a toothpick.