Shovel with scope/chainsaw bayonet/flashlight rail

Halfway down the page.

"Yes that is a section of Picatinny molded into the handle."

http://www.thefirearmblog.com/blog/2018/...-205th-arsenal/


Oh and a pry bar etc.

Just what the world is waiting for. If I am digging in the dark, I much prefer the light in my head, not swinging around on the shovel.

How can I attach a P rail to my head?

Precision digging if attach a laser.

Search for "ITW QASM Ramp" for a piece of P rail could strap to your head

You could probably find a body art shop that would provide you with a Picatinny rail implant. Do you want it on top of your head or off-set left/right?

But then maybe that gives the enemy a point to aim at?

Archaeologists don't have enemies. Everyone loves us.

Corection: The light should be ON the head; not IN the head - that might hurt!

In times of affordable night vision devices and IR cameras might be able to aim even without a flashlight. With a M134 the enemy can aim in the general direction of the light mounted on the handle of the shovel.
As a civilian I would not worry too much about being shot at while using a shovel. In my neck of the woods the mount for the flashlight cannot be owned legally anyway.

Indiana Jones was a graverobber! How low can you get? :-)

qjs

Fairly low,at least a couple of feet below existing ground surface. But remember archies dig graves for science, so whatever they do is OK.

Practices and standards in dealing with human remains have changed radically during my time, and today, much more consideration is given to the wishes of the descendants of those we are digging up, which sometimes means the graves are not disturbed at all or are reinterred by native groups after comprehensive study.

There is a real difference between North America, where recent immigrants are studying the original inhabitants, and Great Britain, where the natives are digging up the natives. I really liked the way the remains of Richard III were handled, appropriate reburial after thorough study.

Indiana Jones has been both a curse and a blessing. People now know more or less what an archie does. That wasn't the case, pre IJ....

And the shovels we use are just plain old hardware store issue.

I can dig it!

Is it the mount itself that is regulated or the way it is used? A small piece of picatinny rail on a hard hat would be great for attaching a flashlight.

First bear in mind that the colors I fly are black, red and gold.
It is the mount and the way it could be used (not the actual use). Owning the mount and a flashlight would be assumed to be a preparation for mounting means of target illumination to a gun. In Germany the preparation and the actual mounting are against the law even if the gun is only airsoft. Usually the law gets people who buy similar mounts for their bicycles and get caught by LEOs.
The law is intended to protect us against criminals using gun mounted flashlights or lasers. I will refrain from discussing that law or make sarcastic comments about it.

I would rather not have a P rail on my hard hat - rather heavy and cumbersome compared to mounting a headlamp with elastic bands to the clips integrated into the attachment points for the inner suspension of most quality hard hats these days. Of course, it would look incredibly tacticool!

Similar to suppressors over here. Ditto on comments

Sounds like I need a new hardhat. The only mounting options mine has are a couple of about 1" slots for adding hearing protection.

https://www.fenix-store.com/fenix-ald-02...ASABEgIci_D_BwE


The link above features set of four clips which join an elastic band to the brim of hard hat. Similar rigs are available from other suppliers. They work pretty well in my experience...

I was thinking they were built into the hat. I split the difference. Streamlight has a helmet mount for their sidewinder light. With a little bending, it will work with hardhats. Ideal would be a light weight mount to allow using the Fenix PD35 I EDC instead of an additional light.