Privy probe

[RelicMedic]

Hey folks. I want to expand on metal detecting and do some privy digs. I've been trying to find someone who sells privy probes; the good spring steel ones. Any suggestions? I'm in Canada but have a US shipping address. Thanks for your help!

 

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[sunrunner]

in late model American cars had a spring steel rod running at the back of the trunk lid , makes great probes , just weld on a pipe handle.

 

[RelicMedic]

Perfect! I'll ask around the junk yards. Thank you!

 

[Indian Steve]

A lot of 1970s Chrysler product cars have great spring steel hood springs. If you can, thread the end and mount it through the handle or weld a strap over the handle to the rod to keep it from breaking at the handle and spearing you through the chest. I heard of a local Indian relic hunter that was killed by his probe many years ago.

 

[RelicMedic]

Thank you for the info and very good advice. I've read that it's best to put the end of the shaft through a hole drilled in the bottom of a steel tube, then welded. There's no way it can impale you that way. And of course never put your weight above the handle, just in case. I'm looking for a 5' piece. I think they were over that length in the trunk. Would the hood spring be that long?

 

[Indian Steve]

Unless you are very tall, a 5 foot probe might be hard to handle. I have never used a probe for bottles but located over 50 trash pits and several burials in Indian camps. I dug the trash pits and not the burials. My probe is 4 feet. I also welded a lug nut on the bottom of the probe and then ground it down to a slightly tapered bottom with more tapered upper to the shaft. The nut on the bottom makes it easier to probe by making your only friction point at the bottom instead of the whole length of the shaft.

 

[Bass]

Go here
http://singingprivyprobes.yolasite.com/

They make the best probes. I own 2 of them

 

[jgas]

Schlatters Inc. in Francesville Indiana. Look em up in line. Very reasonable priced. Fat handles. And replacement tips. If you don’t have a welder to make new tips. I tried to reply back to your subscription to the YouTube channel. Couldn’t seem to get it. But yep. Look into Schlatters. Good people there. Jgas.

 

[Minamik]

Ah, I remember seeing a video Aquachigger did about those. Be careful! Don't wanna gut yourself with it, haha.

 

[Jason in Enid]

Go here
http://singingprivyprobes.yolasite.com/

They make the best probes. I own 2 of them

I'm pretty sure thats where I bought mine from but its been a few year. I think the website had a different name in the past, but the page and pictures seem familiar. Anyway, if its the same, its a great quality probe.

 

[Bass]

Yes, they changed the name