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Headphones and Digging Tool
- Thread starter TabMagnet
- Start date
kaolinwasher
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lesh gets thru roots and grass great and hard ground , you will need somthing for getting dirt out of the hole, like a wilcox 18" trowel , it has great pry power and can dig dirt out . I dont recomend the garrett digger as it is hard to push into the ground and the tip is prone to bend, lesh is high quality. and worth the money .
Lesche here and a Ace Hardware $10 shovel that is about 2' long, its manly for my non - manicured turf or when my elbow and forearm is killing me from too much digging.
Sure it isn't a Samson or Shark digging tool but it does quite well and no shipping involved
and for $10 I can put it to the belt sander and shape it how I like.
Lakota
Sure it isn't a Samson or Shark digging tool but it does quite well and no shipping involved
and for $10 I can put it to the belt sander and shape it how I like.Lakota
I second the Wilcox 18" x 2" trowel. It's the digger that I use the most. I keep the edge filed sharp so it will cut easily through the grass roots.
I sure wish that Lesche would make one similar to it except with a T-Handle. The metal in the Wilcox digger isn't all that good.
Here's one that I modified:
tabman
I sure wish that Lesche would make one similar to it except with a T-Handle. The metal in the Wilcox digger isn't all that good.
Here's one that I modified:
tabman
Lakota said:Lesche here and a Ace Hardware $10 shovel that is about 2' long, its manly for my non - manicured turf or when my elbow and forearm is killing me from too much digging.
Sure it isn't a Samson or Shark digging tool but it does quite well and no shipping involved
Lakota
I have a shovel from Cold Steel that sound about like your Ace.... strong as an ox... and sharp as a knife. Should do the job nicely.
MarkCZ
Well-known member
If your looking for the best bang for your bucks, then may I suggest the "GroundWorks" hand spade from Tractor Supply,
Its pretty darn strong,
and if you sharpen the V-notch it will cut right through small roots like butter.
I've never been a fan of the offset handles of the other diggers, but that's just me.
The GroundWork is like $10.00
The other idea is a Lennard soil knife from amazon for like $12.00 plus shipping.
The Green Handled one is from Tractor Supply,
The orange handled one is from Amazon,
Yes, I have tried other cheap spades and have thrown them away! these work really well.
Mark
Its pretty darn strong,
and if you sharpen the V-notch it will cut right through small roots like butter.
I've never been a fan of the offset handles of the other diggers, but that's just me.
The GroundWork is like $10.00
The other idea is a Lennard soil knife from amazon for like $12.00 plus shipping.
The Green Handled one is from Tractor Supply,
The orange handled one is from Amazon,
Yes, I have tried other cheap spades and have thrown them away! these work really well.
Mark
Amen on the "something to get dirt out of the hole"! That is where the Lesche falls short, especially when you start getting below about 5" and are trying to keep the diameter of the "excavation" to a minimum. Although I haven't tried one out yet, I like the Predator Tools "Raptor" design. I have seen videos of it in use and it is a plug poppin, dirt scoopin' thang! As usual though, it is more expensive than most but probably nearly bomb-proof. My $.02. What does that commercial say, Pay Me Now, or Pay Me Later!
I hope that you like the Jolly Rogers. I got a digger off the White's website in the accessory section. Works great, it has a yellow rubber handle and is 6 and a half inches long with inches marked on the blade. I didn't care for the Lesche, hard to dig dirt out of the hole with it, no curve in the blade to speak of.TabMagnet said:
JimmyCT
Well-known member
I can see where it would be much easier on digging. A while back I had injured my hand so badly( from pressing down on the handle) I stopped detecting to let my hand heal. It probably took a good three plus months for it to stop hurting. At least take credit for posting the info as this is a hand saver and game changer! - Jim
tabman said:earthlypotluck said:
I can't take credit for the ideal, because I bought the T-Handle. I can take credit for being smart enough to buy it.
I bought several just in case they stopped making them. They make digging a whole easier.
tabman
That's pretty nice but why not really trick it outtabman said:earthlypotluck said:
I can't take credit for the ideal, because I bought the T-Handle. I can take credit for being smart enough to buy it.
I bought several just in case they stopped making them. They make digging a whole easier.
tabman
MarkCZ
Well-known member
Okay, here is the BEST plugger I've ever used! it does have a problem in that its not a good idea to use in public areas like parks, its draws to much bad attention, it also can get hard to use when the ground gets VERY dry and hard, it cuts the plug okay, its getting it back out of the digger.
I've made four of these to date, one really cool tool. Its cuts a perfect plug, removes it, and then puts it back.
Mark
I've made four of these to date, one really cool tool. Its cuts a perfect plug, removes it, and then puts it back.
Mark
Nice workmanship for sure, if you look close at the pictures you can see a rod like thing sticking out one side of the tool, and it is connected to a piece inside the tube that you can move up and down, as you push the digger in the ground the piece goes up and then you can take your hand or foot and push it down and the plug will come out. At least that is how I figure it to work.TabMagnet said:
MarkCZ
Well-known member
You WIN the price for the first correct answer LoL! j/k about the prize.SkiWhiz said:
The plugger has a long handle so you stand up to operate it.
At the top of the body of the plugger is a piece of flat steel for your foot to push the plugger into the ground, one foot on the plugger, two hands on the handle and you push and twist, after the plugger starts in the ground you can actually stand on it and twist and it will cut its way into the ground.
At this point you wiggle it a bit and pull it out of the ground and the plug will come out with it unless its extremely sandy soil that can't be plugged with anything.
You check the hole and retrieve the target if its still in the hole, if its not and it came out with the plug then the rod on the side of the main body is welded to the ram that's above the plug and follows a near 6" long slot.
If the target is in the plug then you pick up the tool, put one foot on the peg and pull on the handle while pushing on the peg and push the plug out on the ground, it comes out like a rather large roll of sausage.
If the target was in the hole or on the bottom of the plug then you take the tool and insert in back into the hole and just push it out while the body of the plugger is in the hole.
They're is a little design flaw in it that someday I'm going to fix. The two foot pegs shouldn't be on the same side of the tool, the one at the base of the handle needs to come off the other side, or to say, turned 180 degrees.
Mark