tool to assure the optimum angle of 6 degrees in addition to providing a safety feature the selection of a fulcrum 9 having a diameter of approximately one inch is mandated by the angle between the flat forward section 10 of fig2 of the spade and rear section 12 to which the fulcrum is secured the fulcrum 9 must be of a diameter and positioned so that the flat forward portion 10 of the spade blade 5 is parallel to the sub roof when the fulcrum is resting on the sub roof the tool is used by grasping it about the shank 2 and by the d handle 1 and sliding it along the roof so that the flat portion of the blade 10 of fig2 and the bottom of the fulcrum 7 engage the roof this action peels shingles in an upward direction and when the serrations 6 engage roofing nails the angle of the serrations cause the blade to move in a lateral direction and the spade comes to rest with the nail 11 of fig4 at the apex of a serration the spade handle is then forced towards the roof and the fulcrum 7 causes the forward edge of the spade blade 5 to raise and pop the nail from the sub roof the removed shingles may then be discarded by using the shovel in the same fashion one would use a shovel to throw a shovel full of dirt into a wheelbarrow the angle at which the serrations are cut is critical if the angle is too narrow the nail will not slide sufficiently far back into the apex of the serration and when the nail is pried up.