10th January 2009, 09:48 PM
We use those little green gardening canes for fieldwalking. With hazard tape wrapped round the top. Simple, cheap, easily repairable.
Drawbacks tho are that they have the same trouble with hard ground as plastic (but not an issue on a ploughed field), and it's a pain if you have to make hundreds of them. They're also not the neatest things to store, but hey if you get sick of them you can always burn them and toast marshmallows over them.
...also splinters add an element of danger. But i've never had one from them. Yet.
Drawbacks tho are that they have the same trouble with hard ground as plastic (but not an issue on a ploughed field), and it's a pain if you have to make hundreds of them. They're also not the neatest things to store, but hey if you get sick of them you can always burn them and toast marshmallows over them.
...also splinters add an element of danger. But i've never had one from them. Yet.