CoilyGirl
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What is your favorite tool or maybe even trick for metal detecting to make the hobby more enjoyable or even a trick for making covering up your holes easier? Anyone? Bueller?
Now how did I know you would show up? Naw I'll be nice,I've already wrassled a few times today.
I don't cut plugs at all anymore. I can pinpoint dead on and have never used a handheld pinpointer ever.
I carry a really big screwdriver and pop up any shallow finds.
If it's deep, I cut a straight slit and lift up the grass on either side of the slit. Then I pry up the soil always to the very edge of hole as to not scratch the target.
When I'm done, I put all the soil back and push the grass back to normal. You will never tell I dug there and the grass does not die.
I do carry a small shovel out relic hunting but still use the screwdriver for 90 percent of my targets even in plowed fields and bushes.
It's more intimate as I can see non-metal objects in my hole like arrow heads or beads because I'm going slower and only prying up a little at a time.
This method also gives the back much needed rest as it's a good stretch when you kneel over the hole.
I do not kill tree roots either and the screwdriver works good to get around them. Why should I hurt trees for my own selfish gain?
When the ground is rock hard, the only thing that penetrates is a screwdriver.
The only place I don't use it is at the beach but otherwise, it's my main tool.
Cheers,
Dave.
Spart, there is actually a tool that is similar to a golf divot tool. It has a plunger in it and has two handles at the sides. Once the tool has the plug, you push the plunger, putting the rest of the clod back in the hole. TTCHey I like that Spartacus!
Thanks for the responses and Lakemonster your method does seem very efficient and clean. Susan I have a shorter trowel but would definitely invest in one that is longer. I basically just drag a shovel behind me with one hand as the little garden trowels are murder on small hands. Jeff-Gordon we're good. You'll know soon enough if you hack me off.