Silver tool

Silver Items are items found only in Animal Crossing: City Folk, such as the silver axe, net, slingshot, watering can, shovel, and fishing rod that have better attributes than the original tools, but are not as rare as the golden tools. The silver net, fishing rod, and slingshot can be purchased from Tom Nook for 500 Bells, while the other 3 must be aqquiried in other ways.

Improvements over normal tools
The Silver items are better than the Regular Items, but are not better than the gold items, which are fairly rare. The Silver Net has a slightly wider rim, improving chances to catch bugs. Silver Shovels instead of digging faster give a 10% chance of finding twice as many Bells from Money Rocks, while the silver axe actually does cut faster and cannot shatter like a regular axe. The Silver Fishing rod can attract more fish from a farther away distance. The Silver Slingshot fires two pebbles side by side. Silver Watering cans can bring dead Red Turnips back to life. Silver nets, Fishing Rods, & Slingshots are sold in Tom Nook's Shop. Silver Axes, Shovels & Watering Cans must be obtained through other means, as a bribe (shovel), gift (watering can), or just through pure luck (axe).