Fiskars Pro 60" digging shovel is the best I’ve owned. I did eventually break one, but only after a ton of excessive abuse lever-snapping 3" tree roots.
Just looked at the $163 King of Spades though, and if my current shovel breaks that will be my next.
I use a regular shovel with the green handle. I think Ames is the brand. I have 2 and they have lasted me forever. They probably aren’t the best but I don’t pry large rocks and they are cheap.
Ebay
I use a shovel mostly for light dirt work or adding compost or wood chips.
Bought a old standard shovel with a oak handle 15 years ago at a yard sale for 3 bucks. It does all I need.
Normally I have 3 or 4 inches of good top soil then the rocks and red clay start. I use a heavy hoe with long handle to dig holes for fruit trees and to clear sod. Shovel just does not work well on rocks especially larger rocks bedded in clay.
I do have a digging fork… a steel bladed corn scoop I found at an old abandoned post office many years ago. A 7 tine broad fork, a sharp shooter shovel (longer narrow blade).
I also have one of those long heavy steel bar tools… with a flat blade on the end. You can pound your way deep thru lots of rocks with that. I used it last year when setting the end post for my muscadine trellis.
TNHunter
The pro model is what Fiskar upgraded me to after I broke 2 of the long handle steel shovels. So far no issues after 2-3 years.
I suspect that the handle breakage may be due to there being fewer old-growth trees to harvest. Younger trees tend to have larger grain in the wood. A fiberglass handle can be nice if you don’t damage it and expose glass.