Yes, yet another homemade sand scoop

[CLWCRACKER]

Not bad for $15, and 2 hours of work. Just getting into detecting and couldn't see spending
A lot on a scoop till I know I'll stick with it.

 

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[maipenrai]

keep us posted on how it works. Probably wont sift the sand very good, but mine doesnt either!

 

[CLWCRACKER]

Used it last night. Lil heavy. Sifts sand ok as long as its real dry. Digs great. Handle is plenty strong to use some leverage.

 

[Reed Lukens]

That's a great scoop. Did you design it or were there plans for that one somewhere? The perfect angle

 

[CLWCRACKER]

All plumbing parts besides handle that was a dock rope hook
The rest you can find in the hardware store plumbing isle. The main scoop with the angle is a 2" sweep into a 4" PVC double female connection. The rest is reducers and a cap. I just. Pieced it together and did some grinding and drilling

 

[Buzzlitebeer]

Nice idea I walked down the PVC aisle the other day and was thinking man I bet there is a way to make a scoop here!!

 

[Rit77]

I recently made one similar to yours you can make 2 scoops for 15$
3 ft 4inch PVC section at Home Depot 4.95$
PVC 4inch drain cap 5$ each
Cut the PVC pipe in half and make a half slice in one side and glue the drain cap in the other.
Next cut a 3 ft to 4ft hockey stick or something similar drill out a top hole just big enough to insert the stick drill holes all over the pipe then insert the stick on an angle and put a stainless washer an screw into the stick pre drill the hole so it won't split.
took about 45 min total to make Works pretty good.

 

[Bum Luck]

Not bad for $15, and 2 hours of work. Just getting into detecting and couldn't see spending
A lot on a scoop till I know I'll stick with it.

If the lip of your scoop is too thick, you can always grind off the outer part. I don't see any reason to keep it that thick.

Good thinking!