CKG Scoop?

[Luckyjinks59]

A friend of mine is looking at scoops. He is looking to get the best possible price on a CKG 11x8. My question is there any difference between the ones on Amazon VS anywhere else? In the ads, the only two things I see are a weight difference and no CKG markings. This is his first scoop, as he is just now starting to water hunt

 

[FreeBirdTim]

If it's lighter and not marked "CKG" then it must be a Chinese knockoff. Amazon allows way too many knockoffs on their site.

 

[Terry Soloman]

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[golddigger14s]

It's just a scoop not some fancy electronic gizmo. I have no idea who makes mine (nor do I care) it was cheap on ebay and has worked fine for years. I like analogies. Especially for a new person - don't worry about a valve stem cover, when it's the engine you need to be concerned with. What good is a high dollar scoop if you have nothing to scoop up? So to me it would be best to learn your detector and research locations first. A person that knows his Bounty Hunter can smoke someone with a mine lab they know nothing of.

 

[FreeBirdTim]

Knockoffs will rust faster and they're poorly welded. Not to mention they're stealing from the company that makes the product. Nothing wrong with a cheap sand scoop, but claiming it's a CKG scoop is wrong and illegal.

 

[Treasure_Hunter]

A good scoop makes a difference when you are hunting saltwater beaches, cheap scoops do not last, nothing more frustrating than being at beach and breaking your scoop or detector. I always take 2 good scoops and 2 detectors just incase something breaks down.

But the best scoop you can, 5 years down the road you can still sell it for 75+% of what you paid, I've done it multiple times.