Hello, Mike. I tried it, not enough mass in the pile of eyebolts. The only ones that stayed in were the ones that got caught in the eye. Now I am thinking this may not be for nails, it would be too difficult to plunge these into a nail bin, The nails claws I have seen are perpendicular to the handle, and used more like a rake.I will keep searching. Maybe for handling miniature vises? :-) Regards, Lou