Abstract: A pick-up tool comprising an elongated hollow shank having a fixed jaw at one end, a pivoting jaw opposite the fixed jaw, a handle transverse to the shank, a trigger adjacent the handle and moveably mounted thereon, a connection member attached to the moveable jaw and to the trigger, and a spring urging the moveable jaw into an open position.The moveable jaw closes into a notch in the forward end of the fixed jaw. A major portion of the length of the moveable jaw is closely adjacent to the fixed jaw when the jaws are in a position of being closed to the maximum. The connection member is flexible and has a slacking section urged toward a slack position by a spring secured to the ends of the slacking section, the connection member being drawn taut by a sufficient movement of the trigger.