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How does the heat treatment affect the durability of the mini pick?
Lesche Heavy Weight Mini Pick for Rocky Soil Detecting
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Open Jun 01, 2026 - 12:56 PM
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Jun 01, 2026 - 12:56 PM
The heat treatment process hardens the aircraft-quality steel to resist bending and deformation when the pick strikes rocks or is used for prying. Heat-treated steel maintains its edge sharpness longer than untreated steel, so the pointed tip stays effective even after repeated impacts against hard substrates. The treatment also increases the tool's resistance to stress fractures that can occur when you're using the pick to lever around embedded obstacles. This makes the Heavy Weight Mini Pick more durable than non-heat-treated digging tools when working in consistently rocky ground conditions.
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Lesche Heavy Weight Mini Pick for Rocky Soil Detecting
The Lesche Heavy Weight Mini Pick is a 16-inch heat-treated steel digging tool built for detectorists working rocky soil conditions. Rocky ground that dulls standard diggers meets its match in this 2-pound pointed pick. The aircraft-quality steel construction and heat treatment deliver the edge rete...
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