Grilled Scallops
New member
Hey guys,
I think it's worth to consider the following:
Slowly but surely, metal detecting is becoming against the law. Once some guy comes along and tears up a field and makes the city say "no more metal detectors," good luck getting them to change their minds. Similarly, one noob that gets permission to hunt private property and tears it up might make it so that those land owners never let anyone else hunt there. Hence, a small footprint when digging holes is desirable. I implore you to invest in a good digger that can make good, clean plugs all the time, in almost any kind of ground. In addition, have multiple diggers for various kinds of turf. Maybe you have a digger that does well in grass, but one day you get to hunt private property and discover the ground is too hard for your little digger. You don't have a shovel so instead grab your pick - bad idea. You do not want to pass up the opportunity to hunt this private land, so you tell yourself "it'll be okay, just this once with the pick." Well, we all know how using a pick is really going to go over...save the pick for the gold fields. If you had a good shovel designed to dig plugs, you could do the same job but be much more neat about it. So, try to have a variety of diggers so you're never in a situation where you might be tempted to use an inappropriate digger and make a mess.
How much of a difference does a good digging tool make? Suppose you buy a new digger that would save you, say, 15 seconds on each hole (unreasonable for shallow clad, very reasonable for deep clad). If you dig 5000 holes a year, which is something most of us do I'm sure, you would save nearly 21 hours of digging...that is ridiculous. And even when you save just 15 seconds a hole? It's a no brainer, get a good digger.
I would like to take this opportunity to give a shoutout to predator tools, who have just graced me with great customer service. Having ordered a shovel from them which was previously listed as in stock, and actually being out of stock, they are going to send me a more expensive shovel at no extra cost. Woohoo! And now I know...I will have a good digger.
I think it's worth to consider the following:
Slowly but surely, metal detecting is becoming against the law. Once some guy comes along and tears up a field and makes the city say "no more metal detectors," good luck getting them to change their minds. Similarly, one noob that gets permission to hunt private property and tears it up might make it so that those land owners never let anyone else hunt there. Hence, a small footprint when digging holes is desirable. I implore you to invest in a good digger that can make good, clean plugs all the time, in almost any kind of ground. In addition, have multiple diggers for various kinds of turf. Maybe you have a digger that does well in grass, but one day you get to hunt private property and discover the ground is too hard for your little digger. You don't have a shovel so instead grab your pick - bad idea. You do not want to pass up the opportunity to hunt this private land, so you tell yourself "it'll be okay, just this once with the pick." Well, we all know how using a pick is really going to go over...save the pick for the gold fields. If you had a good shovel designed to dig plugs, you could do the same job but be much more neat about it. So, try to have a variety of diggers so you're never in a situation where you might be tempted to use an inappropriate digger and make a mess.
How much of a difference does a good digging tool make? Suppose you buy a new digger that would save you, say, 15 seconds on each hole (unreasonable for shallow clad, very reasonable for deep clad). If you dig 5000 holes a year, which is something most of us do I'm sure, you would save nearly 21 hours of digging...that is ridiculous. And even when you save just 15 seconds a hole? It's a no brainer, get a good digger.
I would like to take this opportunity to give a shoutout to predator tools, who have just graced me with great customer service. Having ordered a shovel from them which was previously listed as in stock, and actually being out of stock, they are going to send me a more expensive shovel at no extra cost. Woohoo! And now I know...I will have a good digger.