Larry (IL)
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Now that's funny Kenny.....
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How About A Digger Like This In A Park?
- Thread starter MarkCZ
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MarkCZ
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Okay, I got pretty much what I thought I would get from this post, "Long Handle Diggers Are Bad Ideas In City Parks".
Now, I'm sure they're plenty of other places it will get used.
So, far I have gone through three basic designs,
Version 1 was a 5" digger (to big didn't work)
Version 2 was a 3" digger (to small)
Version 3 is 3-1/2" and seems to be a good size.
Seeing how I have two brothers that also metal detect I made two extras, with slight design changes,
So, That means that they're three different versions of version 3,
Version 3 Red handle no grips (yet)
Version 3.1 un-painted handle with grips,
Version 3.2 Red handle and grips.
See picture below.
Now, I'm sure they're plenty of other places it will get used.
So, far I have gone through three basic designs,
Version 1 was a 5" digger (to big didn't work)
Version 2 was a 3" digger (to small)
Version 3 is 3-1/2" and seems to be a good size.
Seeing how I have two brothers that also metal detect I made two extras, with slight design changes,
So, That means that they're three different versions of version 3,
Version 3 Red handle no grips (yet)
Version 3.1 un-painted handle with grips,
Version 3.2 Red handle and grips.
See picture below.
MarkCZ
Well-known member
Hi Elton,Elton said:
Well, in about the middle of the video (the serious part) the digger is in real use. The digger has a ram in it, on the top of the ram there is a guide rod that fits in the lower part of the handle shaft, (that's why the handle is offset to one side of the digger)
Now the digger has a slot cut it the side that has a foot peg that sticks out, the foot peg is also welded to the top of the ram,
When the digger is plunged in the ground the dirt plug raises the ram, then with your foot on the foot peg you pull the up on the handle and thus push the ram down pushing out the plug.
Below is the link to the video again, notice the first plug I take (real world) you can see me push the plug out on the ground, the same is true for putting the plug back in the hole.
What I've been doing is pinpointing the target with my metal detector and mark the center of the target with a bright colored golf tee,
Then I place the digger over the golf tee, the ram has a good size sight hole in its center that you can see from the top, so center the sight hole over the top of the golf tee, (this is one of the design improvements I mentioned early in the video)
Plunge it in the ground,
Twist it a half turn and remove the plug,
Lay the digger and the plug down and use the detector to check and see if the target came out with the plug, or left in the ground.
If its in the ground then I use the Pro-Pointer and small hand tools to finish the dig,
If the target is in the plug, then I push it out of the digger, use my Pro-pointer and work up from the bottom the plug. I use a soil knife to cut thin slices of the plug off the bottom and let them fall into the hole. Once the target is retrieved then its a simple task of just taking your hand and putting the remaining part of the plug back into the hole, press it down with your foot, brush the grass a little bit and presto!
I tried to use the Video tags but they didn't work for some reason, maybe because the video is uploaded to my own FTP web space and not Youtube? When you click the link a message box will appear with options to "Open" "Save" or Cancel just click run, unless for some reason you want to save the video.
http://users.zoominternet.net/~markc/digger.wmv
Mark
I got permission yesterday because I showed the lady my tool for "popping" targets - not digging targets. But I didn't say I could "pop" every target. This is why I always position my back toward the house as I recover targets. It's true that I can "pop" targets. But on deep ones I dig a 3 sided square flap about 4 x 4 inches.
Yes!!!! This is what I've always believed. The lowly thin blade screwdriver can become a shovel of sorts with the "V" cut. I was approached by the Administrator of ALL the schools in my favorite area and all he did was tell me not to dig too deeply because they are now installing FIBER OPTIC CABLES for security and computer use and when he saw my thin screwdriver all he said was "I don't think that will cause any problems." Right then and there, I knew the correct tools and also understood their concerns.khouse said:
