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Marie with the small Nut Wizard.

Another contraption that the Eggers’ picked up at the Mother Earth News fair in September was a device called the Nut Wizard® made by Seeds and Such Inc.  It picks up nuts, apples, and nearly anything else from the ground.  We purchased two of these tools, one large and one small.  The large one we use for picking up black walnuts and hickory nuts, but could also be used for medium size fruit such as apples, pears, etc. as well or even golf balls if that is your thing.  The smaller one can be used for acorns but also other small objects such as toy legos or other flotsam that kids may have, also brass from the shooting range.   Of course we use them primarily for foraging and it has cut our time collecting walnuts, hickory nuts and acorns significantly.  A five gallon bucket can easily be filled in a couple of minutes without continuously bending over.  This device saves your back and time and in my very humble opinion worth every penny.  I see us using the Nut Wizard® a lot in the future.  The  The only thing to do now is get those buggers out of their shells……… but wait……….there is a tool for that also so stay tuned.

 Marie us using the Nut Wizard to pick up acorns.  She filled a two gallon pail without much effort.