Abstract: A holder is described designed to securely mount a hand shovel on various different kinds of equipment. The holder includes a pair of channel iron brackets mountable at spaced locations on the equipment. A first one of the brackets includes a slot for receiving the handle of the shovel adjacent its scoop, a pair of apertures on opposite sides of such slot for receiving a padlock or the like to close the open end of such slot, and a tongue extending angularly upward from the bottom of the slot to prevent removal of the shovel from the slot by passing the shovel handle longitudinally through the slot. The second channel iron bracket has an opening for receiving the free end of the shovel handle and maintaining it in place. A neoprene gasket circumscribes the opening to prevent the handle from contacting the metal edge of the opening and being damaged.