Dropped $28 on a cheap hand trowel at a dig near Tucson and it bent on day two

Mason Lopez · 2026-10-18T09:40:02.075051+00:00

Bought a no-name trowel from a hardware shop before a survey and the blade folded on the second hole. A guy on the crew handed me his worn-in Marshalltown and it was a night and day difference, so now I'm wondering if I should just pay up for a good one. What trowel do you all actually carry, and does the price tag hold up in rocky soil?

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