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floating sifter
- Thread starter weston
- Start date
Hi Weston,
I built mine like Clive suggests in his books. Go to a grocery store and they usually have some of the bread totes out back that may have a nick or break in them. Zip tie some of the Walmart swim tubes around it. Zip tie some 1/4 inch vinyl netting to the bottom of it. Then tie a lead or anchor rope to it. I have the holster for my 580 pin pointer attached to it. I lay my scoop on it too. Simpler and works great. In my type of bottom here, I probably save 70% or more in time when I use it in conjunction with the pin pointer.
Best Regards,
Steve
I built mine like Clive suggests in his books. Go to a grocery store and they usually have some of the bread totes out back that may have a nick or break in them. Zip tie some of the Walmart swim tubes around it. Zip tie some 1/4 inch vinyl netting to the bottom of it. Then tie a lead or anchor rope to it. I have the holster for my 580 pin pointer attached to it. I lay my scoop on it too. Simpler and works great. In my type of bottom here, I probably save 70% or more in time when I use it in conjunction with the pin pointer.
Best Regards,
Steve
I would try building an upper frame and a lower frame so that the upper frame sits inside and is hinged to the lower box frame. That way you can put a very fine mesh on the bottom and a looser mesh on the upper frame. That way you can pour in the scoop full and then lift the handle of the upper large mesh frame and see what it is without all the shaking...anything real small will get caught by the bottom mesh...I just reread that and am hoping I make sense to others...Lol
OldBeechnut
Well-known member
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wkZ2-pE9V7Y
Hi OBN,
The second sifter with the foam is exactly like the one I made only I have single foam all the way around it. It sits just a bit down in the water which makes sifting easy. The pvc one you made looks great but I would be afraid to take it to a populated beach in the surf. Although that is lighter weight pvc it could still hit some one fairly hard and cause problems. The foam has much more give to it. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Steve
The second sifter with the foam is exactly like the one I made only I have single foam all the way around it. It sits just a bit down in the water which makes sifting easy. The pvc one you made looks great but I would be afraid to take it to a populated beach in the surf. Although that is lighter weight pvc it could still hit some one fairly hard and cause problems. The foam has much more give to it. Thanks.
Best Regards,
Steve
Chi Town Bruce
New member
n/t
Neat models. Have you ever taken a 2.5 gallon bucket and blown a say 10 to 13 inch inner tube a over and tried. I have not tried but think with the holes drilled in bottom would make a very stable sifter. Only problem would be the valve stem. By the eay half way thru look on the chair and see what is on the back of it. I think momma may not be too pleased with you. LOLOldBeechnut said:
take care and thanks for sharing
Hi Gang,
Over the years I've built and used a variety of sifters to help me find those pesky little bits of metal that can drive a hunter up a wall and to speed up the hunting process.
I find that the more aged this old body gets the easier I want the hunting to be.
My system includes locating the target, digging the target and dumping the results in my Super Sifter. (Thanks to kaptainkosmic for his input!!)
(CLICKING ON THE PHOTOS WILL GIVE YOU AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF MY HANDY WORK!!)
[attachment 163166 SuperSifter2002Large.jpg]
For a find to escape it must pass through one of hundreds of 3/16Th's holes in the sifter (it hasn't happened yet!!).
I have put a large holed Garretts sifting screen inside to act as a rough sorter to allow the coarse material to be quickly examined and dumped out of the way of my Vibra-Probe if the target is not there.
[attachment 163167 SuperSifter2012Large.jpg]
The white part is the flat bottom of a large plastic barrel (very durable).
I put a tether on a large brass snap to hook to my wader belt and and 8 or 9 foot long cord to about a pound of lead sinkers (I now use 3 of these large sinkers instead of two and walk into the current/wind/tide/waves Etc!) to keep the sifter from getting in the way.
[attachment 163168 SuperSifter2013Large.jpg]
Heavy surf will make this combo difficult if not impossible to use.
Where I hunt most of the time that is a non-issue.
I'm glad to finally be able to have you see a hunting tool that works for me.
GL&HH Friends,
Cupajo
For all you newbies out there, this post was submitted last year and sometimes a brief cruise through past posts will get you the info you seek faster than asking a question already answered! I'm a plumber and as I indicated in the above text have tried just about all the mentioned construction methods. Inner tubes leak, plumbing plastic pipes can also leak and are cumbersome. The floaties are cheap and work very well!! One last bit of info---I attached a magnet to a 10" length of 3/4" PVC pipe and use it to pick up bit of ferrus metal such as small wire, nails etc and it is a real time saver!!
Over the years I've built and used a variety of sifters to help me find those pesky little bits of metal that can drive a hunter up a wall and to speed up the hunting process.
I find that the more aged this old body gets the easier I want the hunting to be.
My system includes locating the target, digging the target and dumping the results in my Super Sifter. (Thanks to kaptainkosmic for his input!!)
(CLICKING ON THE PHOTOS WILL GIVE YOU AN EXCELLENT VIEW OF MY HANDY WORK!!)
[attachment 163166 SuperSifter2002Large.jpg]
For a find to escape it must pass through one of hundreds of 3/16Th's holes in the sifter (it hasn't happened yet!!).
I have put a large holed Garretts sifting screen inside to act as a rough sorter to allow the coarse material to be quickly examined and dumped out of the way of my Vibra-Probe if the target is not there.
[attachment 163167 SuperSifter2012Large.jpg]
The white part is the flat bottom of a large plastic barrel (very durable).
I put a tether on a large brass snap to hook to my wader belt and and 8 or 9 foot long cord to about a pound of lead sinkers (I now use 3 of these large sinkers instead of two and walk into the current/wind/tide/waves Etc!) to keep the sifter from getting in the way.
[attachment 163168 SuperSifter2013Large.jpg]
Heavy surf will make this combo difficult if not impossible to use.
Where I hunt most of the time that is a non-issue.
I'm glad to finally be able to have you see a hunting tool that works for me.
GL&HH Friends,
Cupajo
For all you newbies out there, this post was submitted last year and sometimes a brief cruise through past posts will get you the info you seek faster than asking a question already answered! I'm a plumber and as I indicated in the above text have tried just about all the mentioned construction methods. Inner tubes leak, plumbing plastic pipes can also leak and are cumbersome. The floaties are cheap and work very well!! One last bit of info---I attached a magnet to a 10" length of 3/4" PVC pipe and use it to pick up bit of ferrus metal such as small wire, nails etc and it is a real time saver!!
grumpyolman
New member
When diving, I use an innertube with a Wal-Mart plastic clothes basket inside. It holds the dive flag and anything else I want to take as I walk out into the water. The holes are too big for sifting but that could be solved with some screen material wire tied to the bottom and sides of the clothes basket. I only work in fresh water lakes though.
True...the tubes will leak. Maybe I'll try to put one of those Noodles around it. Wonder if a noodle would have the same flotation capacity as the tube? Anybody compared?
True...the tubes will leak. Maybe I'll try to put one of those Noodles around it. Wonder if a noodle would have the same flotation capacity as the tube? Anybody compared?
grumpyolman said:
Short answer: No
Flotation capacity determined by water displaced minus weight of flotation. 6" (cross-section) noodle will provide less than 40% the flotation of 10" (cross-section) inner tube, given equal length. If cross-section of noodle equals cross-section of inner-tube, then the flotation capacity would be equal.