Show us your big a** scoops!

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OK boys & girls, Showcase your weapon of choice.............YOUR BIGA** SCOOPS!! :digginahole: :yes: Tell us the brand and size with pics. To the left the Stealth aluminum prototype....size 8" Wide 6" High 13" Long. To the right is the Stealth S2i....size 8" Wide 5" High 12" Long.
 

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Been so long since I had to post a picture LOL
Anyway Krepish to the left my weapon of choice for the wet and water ,Euro excavator II to the right dry sand killer.
Both Equipped with the ash handles could not find fiberglass( Laziness is the engine of the progress LOL)
Love them use them will not sell or change for anything else .
Good luck and HH
Oh yea they both Stavrs LOL
 
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Been so long since I had to post a picture LOL
Anyway Krepish to the left my weapon of choice for the wet and water ,Euro excavator II to the right dry sand killer.
Both Equipped with the ash handles could not find fiberglass( Laziness is the engine of the progress LOL)
Love them use them will not sell or change for anything else .
Good luck and HH
Oh yea they both Stavrs LOL

Nice plug! :yes::lol:
 
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IronMask Scoop from

Custom made SS IronMask Scoop

Length: 13" ( 33 cm)
Width: 8.0" (20 cm)
Depth: 4.72" ( 12 cm)
Holes Square: 0.37" (9.5 mm)
Top plate: 4.72" (12 cm)
Material thickness: 0.078 " ( 2.0 mm)
Handle angled at 74 degrees
stainless steel 1.403 2B

Works as a charm, never been happier.... :cool:
 

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Stealth's

S2i,two Sugarsand,on 20 Degree hybrid's,Earl I might add that i have strait handle's too and there is not much of a difference,i use both.
 

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My old and newer Babbs scoops... you won't see any of those grab handles on my scoops... those are for wimps :laughing:
 

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Observations...

Observations on the Stealth scoops:

PI JOE: look at the welds on that prototype...wow :shock: Also, what is that black ring just above the kick plate? Taped up handle is nice.

Surf Master: I like that fact that you swapped out the plastic bracket on the kick plate for a stainless steel bracket. Did your plastic bracket break? I just got my Stealth scoop a couple days ago. It came with two plastic kick plate brackets. I assume either folks are tightening down the bracket too much on assembly and it breaks, thus the spare bracket or that's a failure point in the design, thus the spare bracket. Since you replaced yours with a metal bracket, I assume those brackets break at some point. Two sugars and one classic, you da man! Love the angled handles. I guess you like the lift assist handle way down by the basket? I haven't tried mine yet (detector arriving any day now), so I might be adjusting my lift handle after a few uses.

Also, my classic Stealth 8" did not come with 1/4" holes. I was told by Chuck the scoop sifts faster and works better without the 1/4" holes for 95% of the targets. What are your thoughts on that, and does that mean I'm going to be losing 5% of my targets like earrings etc.? I can only assume that is exactly what it means. Chuck said I could try it for 30 days and if I wasn't satisfied I could ship it back and he would refund my purchase price plus shipping AND an additional $20 for my trouble. Problem was the pics on the website showed 1/4" holes and the website descriptions stated 1/4" holes but Chuck said he hadn't had time to update his website. I guess he has changed the design. Thoughts on the 1/4" holes?

One shout out to Chuck and Sunspot...my scoop arrived in 3 days. That's quite a feat for shipping to Guam. Typical shipping times to Guam no matter what you order or how you ship it is from 7 to 10 business days all the way up to 6 weeks so super outstanding job by them on the shipping. The scoop is an absolute beast! HH & GL!
 
Homemade

Just tried it out last night in wet and dry sand.
Made it out of 4" PVC, wooden handle and some U-bolts.
Very solid and worked great for $14 :D
Next it will be into the water!
 

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Here are my big scoops. My two Miller scoops and I dont know who made the others. I mainly use my Miller scoop on the beach and the other one with the red grip on the end for when I hunt calm water with my Dual Field. The wood handle scoop is my backup that I always bring just in case. The bigest scoop is the one with the red grip. It measures 51" long and the scoop is 6" wide x 13" long and is all stainless steel. I dont know what it weighs but it's heavy. I will not use any other scoop when hunting calm water with the Dual Field. :yes:
 

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I made this one last Aug. 8"x8"x16". Drilled 1836 holes.:hammerin: I was told on this forum that it would break. Im sure I've dug close to 1000 holes with this and its still going strong, no cracks or repairs yet. I have noticed that the bucket will flex some with a full scoop in the sand as I'm prying it out, but no breakage so far. I've been asked if I would make any to sell. Well the cost would be way to much due to the amount of time involved, and any free time I have I'd rather be swinging and diggin.:yes: HH
 

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Cfmct-pi reply

Craig,lay off the :beer::roll:,no bed on this thread,posted by me :lol:,your over working :snowtruck:yourself,retire,:tropical: PS Now on the other thread,the bed,this is the same bed i had when i was a kid,no sheet's on it,and detector's piled on top,reason,keep's my girlfriend's grandkid's from spending the night, or coming over,so get used to it lol,IT WORK's !!!!!!!!!
 
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