I'd say the opposite. I would consider using a shovel or some other found object, while recording.. to add a unique sound effect in a certain place in a song. But I would probably not bother hauling it out to a job and setting it up, etc., if I only planned to use it on one number in the set.
Our original banjo player was a big jug-band guy.. we had quite a few of those old-time jug-band/vaudeville-style numbers in our sets. As the percussionist, those tunes always gave me great openings to use mounted cooking pots and lids, and other novelty items. Kick drum made from 5-gallon bucket. Taxi horn, etc. You get the picture. Fit the music, was fun for me and the audience, and provided a visual element too. There was enough usage to warrant setting it all up on the bandstand.
Our current banjo player is more of a progressive bluegrass picker, and our band has been moving steadily in the direction of acoustic rock. We play bluegrass standards, but also Beatles, Stones, Pink Floyd, CCR, Dylan, etc., that we arrange for bluegrass instrumentation. We don't do enough jug band numbers anymore to make it worth bringing out the kitchenware. I still play the spoons, washboard, and circular-saw-blade-on-cymbal-stand, on every gig. But other than that, using mostly 'conventional' drums and percussion in the act, these days.
But I remain a big fan of that whole DIY/vaudeville/novelty/found-object/folk aesthetic in percussion. Always experimenting and tinkering at home. Always a chance that something could finds its way on stage with me.
Keep it up, man !