WHAT ARE YOU DIGGING COINS WITH ?

[cactusman]

I use my Lesche tool, unless the signal is 4 inches or closer to the surface, then I pop it out with a screwdriver, as if you've been doing it for a while it's much faster than anything else, and you won't ever touch the item, as you're under it, using it to push the dirt under the item up.

I basically grew up metal detecting, starting around age 7-8, and while I got away from it in my 20's, racing motorcycles when I got back into MD'ing I found that my old screwdriver skills hadn't left me, but certainly love my Lesche tool. I have most of what the great Karl Von Mueller wrote in my library -- it should be mandatory reading. I am wondering if the digging tool he was talking about wasn't more like a trowel or other small shovel-like tool -- not something you could cut a good clean plug with like most of today's digging tools.

 

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[sprailroad]

Read the thread, It kind of sounds like Karl Von Mueller is a bit preposterous and very pretentious himself. Although it has been pointed out that it was written over 40 years ago, soooo....... What I'm thinking of using to dig with is this, Working out a deal to borrow/rent one of the little neighborhood kids, say about 4' tall?, (low to the ground), tether him/her to my belt, I point, they dig. And of course I'll feed it. Anyone try that method? Sure would save getting down & then up again 500 times.

 

[against the wind]

Don't dig holes in yellow grass..

Don't eat the yellow grass!!

 

[dsdigger]

against the wind, I didn't hear any MOOOO's, or did I But in getting back to subject, I did remember a friends' father-in-law who used to detect back in the late 70s and early 80s would carry a Ka-Bar or similar type knife to use to cut plugs and items out. He and several co-workers worked on a mall near northern VA and after work when the bulldozers shut down, they would detect the plowed dirt and piles and come out with bullets, buckles, some coins, etc. Some good shape some not. But they all carried the knives if I recalled, maybe that was just that group.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

I use a Raptor 25C or an automotive gasket scraper tool to extract coins from parks, manicured lawns and sensitive areas.

 

[Rawhide]

Be professional.

No watering being done in parks yet here. If it is dry you will not be able to return the dirt so it looks undisturbed. Would suggest you work the edges under trees where no one cares. A screwdriver is a good practice, and a lesche will get you most coins. If your digging deep, make sure your digging a tear out or a place that no one will notice. There is thousands of places to hunt besides parks. But I keep my parks clean and good looking. I have a good raport with the groundskeepers. I respect the wishes of the city and always follow laws. Now this is a lesche digger.

 

[SusanMN]

I have dug with a regular garden trowel, a long handled garden trowel and finally a Lesche. It is by far my best digger. I run my pinpointer over the surface before any digging and if it sounds I know I just need to separate the sod to get my target. Otherwise the Lesche easily digs a nice clean hole.

 

[Rawhide]

I have dug with a regular garden trowel, a long handled garden trowel and finally a Lesche. It is by far my best digger. I run my pinpointer over the surface before any digging and if it sounds I know I just need to separate the sod to get my target. Otherwise the Lesche easily digs a nice clean hole.

Aquachigger on youtube has a great set of tools. If in doubt, check him out.