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- Thread starter bcoop
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Fine looking digger bcoop!
Part of metal detecting for me has been the challenge of creating and building the various tools and devices needed to hunt with less effort.
Sand scoops, water scoops, coil braces, pouches, detector shafts, digging tools, sifters, etc., etc. have all been made or modified as needed over the years.
Buying such items isn't possible in some cases, cost too much in most cases and isn't as much fun as creating and building them myself.
CJ
Part of metal detecting for me has been the challenge of creating and building the various tools and devices needed to hunt with less effort.
Sand scoops, water scoops, coil braces, pouches, detector shafts, digging tools, sifters, etc., etc. have all been made or modified as needed over the years.
Buying such items isn't possible in some cases, cost too much in most cases and isn't as much fun as creating and building them myself.
CJ
I just commented on your HH PI shaft post. You are indeed talented. It seems that when it comes to diggers and scoops I always have the wrong one with me. You can go broke buying a an assortment of tools for this hobby. Being able to make your own is a big plus. Her is my thoughts on scoops:
In the water I like a big scoop at least 6 " that can take abuse from me and the surf. It needs to be light. Aluminum with stainless tip works well. The holes need to be small to retain earring posts, but it needs to have many to help get rid of the sand as I am lifting it. The RTG with stainless tip is close, but I would rather have smaller holes and more of them. Bracing the way RTG scoops are braced is very important. I have never bent an RTG scoop handle. I have bent cheaper knock offs.
In the dry sand I like a smaller scoop with a wire mesh 5" in diameter. The wire mesh really helps with the disposal and sifting of sand. Scoops with holes require too much shaking. It also needs to be light. Aluminum with a stainless tip would be nice. And the wire mesh or grid needs to be able to put up with me putting my weight on it.
If you can make a scoop like one of these I'm a customer.
In the water I like a big scoop at least 6 " that can take abuse from me and the surf. It needs to be light. Aluminum with stainless tip works well. The holes need to be small to retain earring posts, but it needs to have many to help get rid of the sand as I am lifting it. The RTG with stainless tip is close, but I would rather have smaller holes and more of them. Bracing the way RTG scoops are braced is very important. I have never bent an RTG scoop handle. I have bent cheaper knock offs.
In the dry sand I like a smaller scoop with a wire mesh 5" in diameter. The wire mesh really helps with the disposal and sifting of sand. Scoops with holes require too much shaking. It also needs to be light. Aluminum with a stainless tip would be nice. And the wire mesh or grid needs to be able to put up with me putting my weight on it.
If you can make a scoop like one of these I'm a customer.
OldBeechnut
Well-known member
I like it! Very Nice BCOOP...Goodmore is right, scoop's can be very much like detectors.....hard to have one do it all...Good Luck...love to see a new scoop...just keep it lite..