If you’re going to be learning a trade, you should pay attention to you tools. That pickaxe the scavenger gave you is alright, bbut you can do better than that.
Here, let me gather some schematics to help you get started. Try making an asherium pickaxe. Let me take a look at it when you’re finished.
You received Schematic: Asherium Pickaxe Head.
You received Schematic: Crude Mining Pickaxe.