shovel advice?

[Aces High 333]

I was looking at the Hori Hori 1516 digging tool. Might be too much around the public but I might get that for around the house. Digums - in the Marines they trained us on how to use that E-tool effectively. I also picked up the Ames yesturday to replace the digger I snapped a couple of weeks ago.
HHing to all.

 

[dave5710]

Jenca, I saw a post that showed, what looked to be the Fiskars lawn knife/tool being sold at Tractor Supply stores, under their privae label.

 

[langsy]

lowes has 2 great trowels 1 for 8.95 with serrated left side and right side like a knife. 2nd trowel is 13.95 with 2 serrated edges

 

[mwaynebennett]

Keep in mid the overall width of the blade. Here in Washington State the state parks limit the width of the digging tool to two inches.

Mark

 

[dfloyd]

You can buy a good quality survival knife at Harbour Freight for 8.99. It is heavy duty and works great. It's the only thing my husband uses to dig.

Missy

 

[BH505Man]

Black & Decker makes a nice heavy duty aluminum garden hand trowel that is also graduated in 1" increments to 4"". Does the job fine for me.

 

[Jennifuss]

For the first time today, I used a wood chisel to dig into my clay-rocky backyard. Worked Great!!

 

[frankj3]

For shallow finds of about 3"-4" or less, learn to use a screwdriver. A round-shank screwdriver is best. The holes made by a screwdriver are MUCH easier to repair and harder to detect afterwards. Plus, they are so much faster....detect, pinpoint, popup, retrieve, repair, and leave. Most retrievals can be done from start to finish in about a minute or less.

Sometimes I will use a small piece of metal bar as a wedge to help get leverage to pop up the find.

Good luck!

HH y'all.

Frank

 

[asiandigger]

Absolutely no shovel please you'll get the hobby ban if someone sees you at a public park or school. Out in the woods, you're okay.

 

[frankj3]

Again, learn the screwdriver technique. You will be glad you did.

HH y'all.

Frank

 

[Elton]

Not meant as a smart-alec post.....

[size=x-large]Shovels create problems in Public areas.[/size]

 

[TheMole]

here is my digger it has a serrated side that rips through roots and a depth gauge on it up to 8 " very sturdy not your average garden tool by any means this thing cant bend nor does it
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