What kind of digger

[fg121798]

Hi:
Just used a garden trowel before but would like to graduate today.
I see a lot of lesche diggers but also the 30 or 40" digger shovel.
I like the way they step on it once and flip it up.
also a beach scoop. plastic or metal.
any recommendations
thanks
David

 

[Ron from Michigan]

FG,Lesche diggers are great,but in most parks stay away from the small shovels.Ground keepers in parks get nervous when they see hunters with small shovels.HH Ron

 

[gmanlight]

David it depends what your doing .I would not use a 40inch digger in a ball field but on a farm have at it.
A the beach go metal . But again dry sand or wet could use different scoops
At the beach i use a 30in kicker scoop so i don't have to bend to much .
Had a lesche about a month or so .Very nice it cuts like a knife.

 

[silversmith]

You really need 'em all. I carry everything from a folding G.I. shovel to a small, one hand pic, to an Icepick. In a park, or other public place I carry nothing but my detector and the Icepick. Those that see me digging with the Icepick usually don't get too excited. BUT as has been said here many times, ALWAYS LEAVE A DIG SITE AS YOU FOUND IT. Happy digging.......

 

[dig it DanO]

I like the Lesche Modek 85e for digging in public parks for coins and jewelry. I sometimes use an ice pic also where there is a lot of clad that is 2 inches or less. I will be going relic hunting this fall with a friend, and am looking for a light weight shovel that is appropriate for that.

 

[fg121798]

OK right.
I remember now that the times I did see the shovels.
On plowed fields and never in a yard or park.
I guess the lesche is what I should get.
I thought metal on the beach also.
thanks
I just wait for them to come up in the forum
thanks guys.

 

[Beale]

I also have both the stadard Lesche and a small lesch shovel. I agree different equipment for different enviroments. Beale.

 

[Brokensignal]

In the 70's with the old TR detectors that would not detect quite as deep as the VLF i would always dig with a long screw driver,the old TR with concentric coil had that good of pinpointing you could go with a screw driver,there was no such thing as a DD coil then.With the small gator diggers you have to saw cut the grass plug and rags it out.The long handle heavy steel sharp Sampson Pro will cut a plug that is so neat and fast i will not go without it,besides if you got a detector in one hand what difference is a long shovel in the other going to make?The digging point of the Sampson is small and sharp.Then put the gator style digger or saw on your side for roots and small digging and no ground will wear you out! even the southern swamps.It might even take a mad gator or snake out real quick.Check out the Sampson pro ball handle.But think about it,you hit a underground power line with it your done for the day! That is why mine is taped with electrical tape three times over for protection and a good grip.

 

[Ron from Michigan]

Brokensignal,there were units in the 1970s that used the double D coil.Bounty hunter had the IB 100,200 and 300 aeries.Their advertisement hype was find the deep coins missed by others.I used the 100 and 300.The Bounty Hunter IB 100 reminded me of a Compass 94B but with the double D coil was deeper and better for the New Mexico parks I hunted when stationed at Kirtland AFB.I found one of my better finds with this unit a almost uncirculated 1927 S Liberty Standing Quarter.These old units are even now very hard to find.HH Ron

 

[silversmith]

If you look, you can purchase a long Ice pick. If not make one..... I did. Round off the point so it doesn't scratch coins. Use it as a probe when you detect a coin. You'll learn how not to scratch a coin with a little experience. When you "find" the coin with the ice pick, you move the pick over beside the coin, re-insert it into the ground. You then wobble it forward and backward until you have created a slit that you can stick your finger in. With your finger in the hole, you can wriggle it around and find the coin and pry it out. Ooooh I hear shudders out there...."broken glass". You'll know if there's glass as you're probing. It makes a very distinctive sound on the probe. I've been using this method for years, and never cut my finger. Once the coin is out, you can easily and quickly repair the little slit you made to the point that NO park employee can find where you were digging. Also, carry an "over the shoulder" pouch Labeled "TRASH", and explain to all who question you, that you pick all broken glass and sharp objects you find so little children don't get hurt. You can almost see tears in their eyes, as you just become the coolest dude in the park!

Hey, works for me!