Abstract: A core catcher includes a catcher rod removably attachable to a core drill. The catcher rod is inserted through a pilot hole in a substrate from which a core is to be removed. A catching element is removably attachable such as by clamping the catching element to a distal end of the catcher rod on an underside of the substrate. A bearing may be disposed between the catching element and the substrate. When severed from the substrate, the core falls only a short distance along the catcher rod and comes to rest on the bearing and the catching element. Thus, the core is inhibited from falling to a floor or ground below the substrate. A bucket may also be supported on the distal end of the catcher rod in order to collect cutting fluid.

Abstract: A core catcher includes a catcher rod removably attachable to a core drill. The catcher rod is inserted through a pilot hole in a substrate from which a core is to be removed. A catching element is removably attachable such as by clamping the catching element to a distal end of the catcher rod on an underside of the substrate. A bearing may be disposed between the catching element and the substrate. When severed from the substrate, the core falls only a short distance along the catcher rod and comes to rest on the bearing and the catching element. Thus, the core is inhibited from falling to a floor or ground below the substrate. A bucket may also be supported on the distal end of the catcher rod in order to collect cutting fluid.