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Rant: My 14 year hunt for a non-rusting camp shovel ended at a garage sale
I kept buying those foldable shovels from big box stores, and every single one rusted out within two seasons. Last spring I finally snapped, dug through three different hardware stores in Spokane, and almost ordered a $90 military surplus model online. Then my neighbor's uncle had a garage sale, and he had this old wooden-handled trench shovel from the 1970s sitting in a bucket of sand. Paid $8 for it, the head is solid steel with a patina like an old coin, and the handle has zero cracks. It digs through rocky soil in my backyard better than anything new I ever tried. I guess the secret is nobody makes tools to last anymore, they make them to be replaced. Anyone else find their best gear at a yard sale instead of a store?
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dylan_rodriguez6d agoTop Commenter
Old stuff was built to outlive us, new stuff just outlives the warranty.
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