digging tool

I was a at a friends house this weekend and he showed me his custom fabricated digging tool. It's like a mini-backhoe that you push into the earth and then pull the lever to scoop up. He said it works well in the hard soil of VT. What do you think?

I just heard that the Lesche Digger Facebook page is having a drawing for a FREE Lesche digger. :headbang: