I am ready to put the gloves on!

[G. I. Digger]

Here is my dilemma! This year, and like every other year, I get all my gear cleaned, battery's changed and try to buy everything I think that I may need for the new season. BUT, I always fall short with my gloves! I go through new ones every year because I can not find a good detecting pair. I watch all kind of youtube's but looking for gloves that are not like work gloves but give that "feel" in the earth. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to gloves that they are successful with?

 

[Tpmetal]

Here is my dilemma! This year, and like every other year, I get all my gear cleaned, battery's changed and try to buy everything I think that I may need for the new season. BUT, I always fall short with my gloves! I go through new ones every year because I can not find a good detecting pair. I watch all kind of youtube's but looking for gloves that are not like work gloves but give that "feel" in the earth. Can anyone point me in the right direction as to gloves that they are successful with?

I don't use gloves often, but mechanics gloves work ok

 

[bologna321]

I use the cheap harbor freight ones that have the rubberized palm and fingers , and the cloth backs.

Any glove I've tried only lasts a month or two anyways.

 

[Nitric]

I hate wearing gloves...But like mentioned above..Mechanics gloves. You can even cut the thumb and finger tip off the glove. Walmart sells them too...A lot of places sell them...I just bought a return walmart pallet a year or so ago and it had a bunch of them in it. So I've been using them for everything lately...I hate gloves but I don't mind those too bad since the are thin and tight. You can still feel through them.

 

[ARC]

Believe it or not... Home depot has good assortment.

 

[Loco-Digger]

I buy my gloves at home depot either by the 5 or 10 pack.

 

[3cylbill]

get yourself a pair of Kinco goatskin unlined gloves .....

 

[cyzak]

Get the Tillman Tru Fit Goat skins they work great you can buy them on eBay for a good price.

 

[LI Tom]

I bought 2 pair of heavy leather gloves about 10 years ago,I always wear them and the 2nd pair are still going strong,they are are also warm enough up to upper 20 degrees.Digging in NYC parks you would be a fool not to wear gloves.

 

[KevGA]

I picked up a pair of the Hyper Tough high dexterity gloves from Walmart for under $10 and they have been great so far. They are form fitting, good dexterity, have touchscreen fingers, are comfortable and tough:

https://www.walmart.com/ip/Hyper-Tough-High-Dexterity-Glove-Medium/658309692

 

[galenrog]

Always wear the proper gloves for the task at hand. My tool box ALWAYS has several types of gloves. My general purpose gloves of choice are similar to what loco-digger pictured. Wherever they are cheap. Everything else is purpose driven, not cost.

For most detecting, I use inexpensive weightlifting gloves, the kind that have the ends of fingers and thumb missing. Alternatively, shooters gloves, those with free thumb and forefinger are good, but i have not found them cheap in years.

The correct glove saved my left thumb a few years ago. Lost the glove. Still got four stitches. Kept the thumb. The wrong gloves would have cost me.

Time for more coffee.

 

[Tony in SC]

I wear snug thin leather work gloves. After a while they form to my hands and feel natural. With all the glass nails and now sometimes even needles, I don't dig without them!

 

[galenrog]

In the end, pick up 10-12 pair of what works for you. We all have our preferences. Each for our own reasons.

Time for more coffee.

 

[chub]

3cylbill and cyzak are on the money. Goatskin Tig welding gloves, thin enough for feel,thick enough for protection, no sweating

chub

 

[against the wind]

Home Depot has a 10 pack of rubberized palm / cloth backing gloves that are always on sale. I'm hard on gloves.

 

[Terry Soloman]

Wells Lamont Leather Work Gloves - Three-pair Pack $19.95 at Costco. It takes a full year of digging to wear a pair out!

 

[A2coins]

good info