pyrogort
Jr. Member
- Jan 19, 2012
- 73
- 90
- Detector(s) used
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Tesoro Vaquero, Minelab Sovereign (original),
Fisher 1280-X, Garrett Master Hunter BFO,
Aquapulse.
- Primary Interest:
- Metal Detecting
Anyone here ever contemplated that? Just like the full-sized ones
at the hardware store only scaled down for coinshooting. Say, maybe 3-inch wide
blades with handles about 14 or 16 inches long. I find that for recovery at over
less-than-easy depths (3 inches or so) after carefully folding back the "plug" if I
have to go deeper in the now exposed hole I have a tendency to "lever" the dirt
with my trowel to get it up and out.....sometimes this action scratches the coin.
One always has the option of scooping deeper with a bare hand, but sometimes
the dirt is packed enough to require a tool to loosen it and there is always the risk
of cutting a finger on something sharp. A "mini" post-hole digger would penetrate
straight down and allow removing the soil without levering the metal tool. Seems
like this would reduce the chance of scratching the coin while also keeping the
overall hole diameter small.
What do you think? A reasonably good/novel idea or am I just being ridiculous?
at the hardware store only scaled down for coinshooting. Say, maybe 3-inch wide
blades with handles about 14 or 16 inches long. I find that for recovery at over
less-than-easy depths (3 inches or so) after carefully folding back the "plug" if I
have to go deeper in the now exposed hole I have a tendency to "lever" the dirt
with my trowel to get it up and out.....sometimes this action scratches the coin.
One always has the option of scooping deeper with a bare hand, but sometimes
the dirt is packed enough to require a tool to loosen it and there is always the risk
of cutting a finger on something sharp. A "mini" post-hole digger would penetrate
straight down and allow removing the soil without levering the metal tool. Seems
like this would reduce the chance of scratching the coin while also keeping the
overall hole diameter small.
What do you think? A reasonably good/novel idea or am I just being ridiculous?
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