Ideal hole size in scoop mesh

[pastyman]

HI guys,

Gonna build myself a new stainless scoop to go away with next month, but was wondering what the train of thought was regarding the optimal hole size.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Dazzer

 

[Mirco]

HI guys,

Gonna build myself a new stainless scoop to go away with next month, but was wondering what the train of thought was regarding the optimal hole size.

Any thoughts would be appreciated

Dazzer

With the standard 1/4`` hole you will loose alot of smallish gold jewelry (ear stud, small chains or pieces thereof) and small nails and hair pins. For nails and hairpins you can glue magnets, but for small gold you can do nothing, only mesh instead of holes. Just received a new extended handle Diamond. Holes are too big to my liking. And Diamond itself is too narrow for underwater recovering in dirty muddy mirky water with lot of black sand. Will try it as soon as my last sunburn improves at least a bit. For dry sand its size is good but too heavy because of the material - solid stainless steel. Will try. So far my personally designed custom made scoop serves me best and strongest of all commercially bought. Probably I will produce a couple for sale in a couple of months. Of almost ten best scoops that I used so far none is even close in comfort and performance..

 

[Cupajo]

Just as no scoop can be perfect for every hunting situation, no hole size will meet every need!!!Some scoops compromise by having 5/8" holes at the lip side of the bucket, reduced to 1/2" a bit deeper into the bucket and 1/4" holes in the bottom of the bucket. I prefer to have small 1/4" throughout and use a sifter to dump into. The sifter has a LOT of holes smaller than a 1/4" and I almost never have anything fall through!!!

Works for me and quite a few old-timers.

GL&HH Friends,

Cupajo

 

[grahamp]

n/t

 

[Diane]

n/t

 

[DukeOBass]

You'll miss the small diamond earrings though.

 

[ashmonkey]

mine has 12 mm holes, but small items fall straight through, i am making up a template at the moment for drilling out some new ones, and was going to drill 10 mm holes. be very interested to see your scoop when it,s finished mate

 

[pastyman]

Thanks for the input guys, I know there aint gonna be an ideal size for every beach, did some last year and the sand was so compacted and full of stones, that it took an age to drain, the mesh was way too small.

I may go for 3 sizes, maybe 3 mm on the lower third of the back, and rear third of the base, step up to 10 mm for the rest of the base and half way up each side ( leaving about 3 inches for leading/cutting lip ) and then some 14mm in the roof to reduce the weight.
I'll have a play and see what it turns out like.

Once again, thanks for the input

dazzer