Questions about making my own coin probe

[DugHoles]

Hello fellow "detectors elbow" sufferers ,

I looking to make my own coin probe. I can easily find a wood handle to fit a rod. I'm having a difficult time finding a thin and STRONG fiberglass, plastic, or brass rod. Any suggestions on what to get or where to look? I do own a Dremel tool to cut it to the corect length and or round out the tip as needed.

I thank you all in advance for your input.

GL & HH,

Dugholes

 

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[MUD(S.W.A.T)]

You should be able to get copper rod from a Home Depot!

Keep @ it and HH!!

 

[gfletch1]

Use stainless steel. It's much harder to bend and it won't rust.

 

[JakePhelps]

But could stainless scratch coins

 

[ClonedSIM]

How long, from end-to-end, are you going to make the probe?

 

[JakePhelps]

I think you have a good idea on the fiberglass idea...Do they make em out of fiberglass already? If not you could have a new market for em

 

[weldermark]

get a 3/16ths if you can brass rod,what ever length you choose,say 16 inches ,then get a piece of
hard wood,round or square stock say hickory or walnut drill a 5/32"-3/16" hole, 4" deep down the center,take
a grinder or file and round both end's of the rod, score 4 inches of one end lightly with a knife in an "x" like pattern,
install the scored end in the handle with some type of epoxy or J B weld on it


HH Mark

 

[mgdigger]

I use two probes. one is a 3/16 brass rod with a golf ball as a handle and the other is a long thin flat blad screw driver that I heated up and bent into a hook. I locate with the brass and retireve with the screwdriver. if I think it could be a ring I probe with the hook to to catch the ring.

 

[JW]

The brass will bend, so will copper. Fiberglass isn't strong enough to be able to pop coins without being large diameter. Try using a nice spring steel screwdriver and lop off the tip, round it over...there ya go. Or if your truly worried about scratching coins, braze a tip of brass on the end. Brass is typically softer than most coins and won't do that much damage.