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Nothing Digs like a....Deere?

rogueaviation

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Okay, my last post on budget digging tools, probably. When I got into detecting three years ago, I spent my budget in a solid used MXT, so I had to kinda scrounge for heavy duty tools.

I heated a John Deere lawn mower blade over a camp stove, and used the anvil portion of a four inch bench vice to flatten one side out. Then I cut it with a cheap cutting wheel from the hardware store.

I think this cost me about $3 altogether, because I had to buy a sheet of plastic for a search, and the cutting wheel was like a buck or two. Plus I already had a can of Allis-Chalmers-ish orange paint.
 

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That’s 1 mean looking digger [emoji48]


Bounty hunter - treasure hunter - cabelas
Best find to date - 15g platinum ring and 1876 love token
 
2 tools in 1...a digger and a personal protector. Don't have to worry about breaking that one and if the need arises it could become a Sling Blade!
 
The J Deere folks around me would say you ruined your digger.
Why?
Cause you painted it orange.
They like green big time around here.
Dropping 6 digits on them there tractors.
 
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