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weggs


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Hi,

Can anyone advise me on purchasing a good quality stainless steel or aluminium long handled beach scoop for when I go detecting on the beach.

Brands/prices etc

Thanks

Weggs



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weggs wrote:

Hi,

Can anyone advise me on purchasing a good quality stainless steel or aluminium long handled beach scoop for when I go detecting on the beach.

Brands/prices etc

Thanks

Weggs

 I suggest a metal scoop is not ideal, it is impossible to wave the coil over the scoop to see if the target has been scooped.

A plastic scoop can be bought from any detecting shop, I made one from a Piece of 150mm Poly (white) drainage pipe.

Cheers Neil



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try Bunnings garden section the one i use is black cost about $5.oo

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I have a unit similar to this, and one without the handle that I have inserted an AL tube ( long handle) so I can use it in the shallows.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-Detector-Tool-Underwater-Beach-Sand-Scoop-Stainless-Steel-Digging-Shovel/274339632711%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D226059%26meid%3D047ea1cc79c54ca4896f7c5642c710c9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D372871657833%26itm%3D274339632711%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV1Filter%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851

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PeterInSa wrote:

I have a unit similar to this, and one without the handle that I have inserted an AL tube ( long handle) so I can use it in the shallows.

www.ebay.com.au/itm/Metal-Detector-Tool-Underwater-Beach-Sand-Scoop-Stainless-Steel-Digging-Shovel/274339632711%3D1110006%26algo%3DHOMESPLICE.SIM%26ao%3D1%26asc%3D226059%26meid%3D047ea1cc79c54ca4896f7c5642c710c9%26pid%3D100005%26rk%3D1%26rkt%3D12%26mehot%3Dpf%26sd%3D372871657833%26itm%3D274339632711%26pmt%3D1%26noa%3D0%26pg%3D2047675%26algv%3DSimplAMLv5PairwiseWebWithBBEV1Filter%26brand%3DUnbranded&_trksid=p2047675.c100005.m1851




this one is a bit more serious then the plastic scope from bunnings but made of metal

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Thanks Neil for the advise.

 

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Thanks Peterinsa I have ordered one today and will take it to Bunnings when it arrives for handle.

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The SS unit with the Long Handle is what I have seen the serious Beach/Shallows Operators have, I maybe only go shallows detecting once a year on very low tides now with my Nox800. In the 80's and 90's it was a lot more frequent.

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