Here is my fossil hunting hammer belt that I added the machete too.
And here is the $4.99 machete I picked up at Harbor Freight. It is inexpensive, yet very effective on so many of the “nastys” we encounter out fossil hunting – burning nettle, buck thorn, blackberry vines, wild parsnip, snakes, spiders and it could be used as a defensive weapon to fend off that overly zealous trilobite hunter that reaches into your spot to whisk away the treasure of the day.
It has saw capabilities, will slash brush and weeds, you can pry small rocks with it and scoop out those 450 million year old mud layers between the shales here in Bluff Country. It will also flick a spider sitting on a tantalizing fossilized rock to the side and gentle move a cold snake sunning itself on the rock you want to investigate out of the way.
It comes with a scabbard for safety, but I slides that on top a bit for easy withdrawal of the tool.
All in all, an excellent $4.99 investment for field work. Of course, you may look like some kind of maniac murderer to passersbys with two hammers and a machete hanging off you… 😀
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