I have been looked at kind of funny at some IPSC and IDPA matches when I show up with my pecan grabber. My grandfather had one and we used to spend hours in his yard picking up pecans with it. It is about 3 feet long with with a coil spring on the bottom. It works great, just walk up to brass, press down around it and pick it up. It has worked for everything from .223 to .45 acp for me. The brass collects inside the coil. When it is full, just dump it.