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Old 05-07-2009, 09:42 PM
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Being the cheapskate that I am I decided to make my own sand scoop. I tried it out on a couple of tot lots that were sand filled and it worked pretty good. How do you regular beach hunters think it will work on a beach?
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Old 05-07-2009, 10:21 PM
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It will probably work but looks to be quite heavy. If you use wire on the back that is the best for draining dry sand

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Old 05-07-2009, 10:51 PM
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I like it! Very resourceful. I think it will work well and I can not imagine it being that heavy since its only PVC.
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Should work OK and I am sure the price was right. Having forgotten my $40 scoop on my last beach hunt. I would have been tickled to death to have had one like it.

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good, and should work just fine in dry sand. I have made two similar scoops out of PVC also, only I put wire mesh in the bottom of the open pipe (no holes drilled) sand sifts out before you can get it up to look in it. I think I might make another like yours soon.

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