Originally posted by TEHHEST:

no, you need the stag Breaker to find, and Some "Friendly Trolls" do do your Swamp Mining labors so u can get a Iron pick axes, to be used in the mountains with previous mentioned Ore finding Tool, the Stag breaker. and then from there you can.....

Friendly touch of irony perceived, but thanks for the advice. I already used trolls to provide me enough copper to build forge and bronze pickaxe, and even cauldron before pickaxe. I'll try to use them in the Swamps if I find a suitable terrain (on top of finding metal scraps).