:usaflag: New Scoop!! :detecting:

[Cupajo]

Most of the time over the years I have been detecting I have built those tools etc needed to make the task of searching and recovery easier.

Sometimes though it makes sense to go with equipment that is available, rather than spend time and effort "re-inventing the wheel".

I wanted a smaller scoop than the one I have been using for so many years to have smaller loads to lift and allow me to hunt longer without getting exhausted.

I saw this scoop mentioned on another forum as available on E-Bay and ordered one as it looked like a great buy.

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It is well made of sturdy materials and at $99.00 the price was right.

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It is of 14Ga. S/S, 7 inches wide, 6 inches high, and 10 inches deep at just over 3 lbs. (The heavy duty handle brings it up to just about 71/2 lbs.)

I preferred an aluminum handle to the wood handle it was built to use and removed the one I had installed on one of my recent creations.

After carefully aligning the handle and wedging it into place I epoxied it into place and when the epoxy set I drilled holes for two stainless steel bolts although I doubt if the epoxy would ever fail.

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Today is a lousy day for hunting with a northerly breeze, rain and temps in the fifties.

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[Joel-Winnipeg]

You'll move lots of sand with that one

 

[TRIPLE-SSS]

n/t

 

[Cupajo]

I took her out in the wet sand yesterday afternoon for an hour and cleared away lots of nails and aluminum nuggets at the water's edge.

This really seems to be one solid scoop!!

Local tide is down enough beginning at about noon and I hope to give it a hard workout among the cobble stones to further test its strength.

It takes a smaller bite than my Poor Man's Backhoe and is easier to lift, but so far I prefer the handling characteristics of the "loop" type handle as opposed to a straight one.

Stay tuned!!

CJ

 

[bcoop]

Now for some GOLD.

BCOOP

 

[langsy]

n/t

 

[GeorgeinSC]

Nice looking scoop. I would like to trade you a few days of our 90 + temps for some of your cooler weather. We have had (I think) 48 straight days of temps over 90 degrees and about half of those days was over 95. Those high temps are rough on an old codger like me.

 

[Furious T]

Good one CJ, now we want to see you filling it with goodies, HH

 

[bob.oz]

this post is 4 years old

 

[Cupajo]

Somewhere I did a follow up on this scoop about how it was a waste of my money as it was starting to fall apart due to poor welds!!