Playing around with the quest Set Them Ablaze! (3463)

and for some reason it seems you have to equip the item, before you can "gather"

 

So is there a way to "save" equiped item - so the toon can swith between those, so it actually can fight between the Sentries

 

 

Var.SetVar("MyOldItem", 12345);

var oldItemID = Var.GetVar<int>("MyOldItem);