Digging in sandy soil

[Crikhunter]

Practicing in my back yard. Soil is pretty sandy in lots of places and down here there's a lot of that. Oh there's grass on top but immediately below is soft sandy soil. How do you cut "plugs" and such and "leave no trace" when you're 'tecting around places like that??

 

[mudpuppy]

We have very sandy soil here in Mich where I live...I dont cut plugs at all, I just stab the signal with a screwdriver, ream a hole through the sod, and pull the object up like that...Its very quick and works with no trace on targets up to 5" deep..HH
Mud

 

[targets]

i too am digging targets in sandy under soil (good earth on top for 8 inches) and it seems the targets are very deep ,i reckon they slip down deeper due to the uncompacted soil and sand .its easy digging once i know the score and have the big tools ready to go deeper

 

[Ray S ECenFL]

Since I live in Floirda, I can appreciate your sandy soil issue. In most cases I do not dig a plug. I use a probe and extract the target by prying it out of the ground. I have a brass pobe and another probe that I use for clad. The other probe is an ice pick that I have dulled the point on. It works for me.

After you get the hang of it, it works great, no trace of where you have extracted the target. Probing is a great method for sandy soil. Give it a try.

Ray S ECenFL

 

[cuzzi25]

Yeah, I havent found a way to neatly recover targets in those conditions either