first scoop attempt

[creattionz]

Had a customer come in today and request a chrome exhaust pipe at a certain length so I had to cut one down for him and I was left with a nice junk of scrap chrome so the old tinker started whiring


What I started with

















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Any and all thoughts in how I could make it better would be appreciated.
Atm it weighs about 3 pounds not heavy at all

 

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[Jason in Enid]

Make sure your handle connection is beefy and braced. Lots of stress on that joint when dragging it through the sand, especially wet sand.

 

[creattionz]

Would a weld be better ? I could possible add a brace to the back half also

 

[creattionz]

The pipe is thick conduit. vafter i attached it I had a buddy put his foot on the inside and I pulled on the handle part hard as I could to try to brake it but it didnt.

How about the holes ? should I add more ? to be honest I just bought a AT PRO so ive yet to experience what its gonna be like to try to shovel sand in the water.

 

[Midas_touch]

Hmm dry sand. Should work out. Take her out for a spin and see how she handles the beach. Some in field use might reveal some areas of improvement.

Just try not to get exhausted in the process.

 

[fongu]

Nice scoop. Hope it works for you.

 

[MiamiFox]

Cut the front to a V so you can dig in easier and your going to need a brace from the top of the rear cup to the shaft maybe 5" and I think the handle is leaning forward should be strait up or back a hair just my 2c

 

[creattionz]

Miami thanks for the info . I tryed it on a small beach today and I agree 100% I need to V the front I also need to figure out a better kick plate for it.

 

[riverdiver]

Here is my very well used commercailly bought sand scoop.

I bought this in 1993 and it is still going strong, hope the style gives you some ideas.

 

[sandy shoes]

nice scoop i would make sure you make the handle angle back 20 degrees and put a brace from the handle to back of the scoop so you can use your foot to press it into the sand the holes in the pictures look a little small my scoops are 1/2 dia holes .i hope that helps you a little. good luck and i wish you great hunting.

 

[creattionz]

Cutting it to a semi V shape helped a ton
Also I adjusted the handle so it leans back that was a huge help.

My questions now: I end up having to do 3 or 4 scoops per target while in the water chest deep. And that's after I fan the sand enough with my foot to get the target to the top, would a bigger scoop help that or just better pinpointing. Also I'm hunting on new york beaches there's not really any waves any tips on spots I should hit

 

[creattionz]

Btw I use the AT PRO with stock coil I'm new to the machine so any tips about water hunting with it would be great.

Before I got the AT PRO I had the ace 250 with the 9x12 coincentric coil. The pinpointing seemed a lot easier.

 

[MiamiFox]

It's getting better. I'd put some holes in the top too.

 

[creattionz]

I'll def be putting some more holes in it.
I pretty much spent a hour on this one and drilling all those hole in that short time my arms were killing me lol.

I got out today for a bit and I pretty much brang some quarters with me and tossed them in front of me were I could see them on top of the sand under the water and I practiced pin pointing and the noises tge machine made depending on where the quarter was.

 

[creattionz]

Oh so just to make fun of myself the spot I was hunting in the water I ended up finding some huge shotgun shells that were ringing in at 53 I found 10-12 of them. With it taken me 15 minutes to get each out the sandy water bed they were in.
When I finally decided to empty my pocket on shore I noticed I only had 2 shells. Turns out my pocket ripped and I kept finding the same two haha