Re: Looking for a "Marsh Pick"

[Phillip Bigelow <bigelowp@juno.com>]

If you can't find a Marsh Pick, the following is an adequate (albeit
distant 2nd) alternative:

Google "hoe pick"  Estwing still makes hoe picks.  They are well-made. 
But you may already have one of these.

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(sorry, I have no hoe jokes today, but thanks for the interest)


On Fri, 21 Jul 2006 20:51:32 -0400 "S.Green" <2esses@adelphia.net>
writes:
> I am looking to buy a "Marsh Pick" for field work.
> 
> The best web reference I can find for this tool is:
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> http://palaeoblog.blogspot.com/2006/02/introducing-marsh-pick.html
> 
> Strangely, I can't find any companies selling this tool.  Perhaps it 
> 
> goes by other names.
> 
> At our museum lab, we have 2.  One I measured has a 14" head, a 20" 
> 
> handle, and a weight about 1-1/2 lbs.
> 
> Does anyone know where I can get one.
> 
> Steve Green
> Cleveland
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