I have watched metal detecting videos where they use a "plugger" ( a cylinder which you drive into the ground and remove a plug of dirt). This seems like a great tool to a newbie like me. Which is better, the plugger or a tool such as the Lesche?
Plugger or Lesche Standard Digging Tool
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bbqcook
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Depends on your soil. If you live in Iowa where there's 18 inches of soft top soil then you might consider the plugger. If you live in Oklahoma where God deposited the unused concrete that he used to pour the foundations of the earth, then you'll want the Lesche.
bbqcook
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Since the plugger is sort of specialized, you will need something else also, so a Lesche or something similiar will be needed.
A Lesche can dig a hole like a plugger, but a plugger can't dig a hole like a Lesche. JMO
A Lesche can dig a hole like a plugger, but a plugger can't dig a hole like a Lesche. JMO
TommyBoy
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I see you live in Hickory and if the ground is like it is here in Salisbury Lesche would be the best.
We have alot of clay and hard ground here, I don't have a plugger but the Lesche cuts through the hard ground pretty good. Tom
We have alot of clay and hard ground here, I don't have a plugger but the Lesche cuts through the hard ground pretty good. Tom
Edaemus
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Well i tried a plugger when i first started mding took it out twice and that was that. Just seems like the ground has to be perfect condition to use it in which if you are digging in those conditions would work well. Since then ive used a garden spade, a sabretooth, and a lesche would have to say the sabretooth and lesche are by far my favorite since the lesche is great for digging and cutting and the sabretooth has little more curve to it which helps scooping. Just my 2c though.
JEBar
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add me to the Lesche group ... far fewer blisters on the palms of my hands using it than with other diggers :!:
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I tried the Lesche to see if I like it better then what I was using but I liked the Dig-it Knife lots better, maybe because it was what I am use to. Who knows maybe things would of been differnt if I was use to the Lesche because I understand it is a great digger.
Never used the Plugger but I can see where it could be handy in moist ground and not worth a darn in hard dry soil.
If you haven?t tried the Dig-it-knife is worth checking out, Tony has them.
http://www.tcmetaldetectors.com/diggers.htm
DirtDigger
Never used the Plugger but I can see where it could be handy in moist ground and not worth a darn in hard dry soil.
If you haven?t tried the Dig-it-knife is worth checking out, Tony has them.
http://www.tcmetaldetectors.com/diggers.htm
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chopz54
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Over here in England the choice of " digging tools " is pretty c**p!!
And with with most of them costing a lot more than the "Lesche" and " dig it" etc !!!
Lesche USA about $40 ( about £20 ) But if they sold them over here ( which I think
they dont
) They would probably be double the USA price. Have not seen anything
as good as " lesche and dig it". So I make/modify my own tools.Most of the guys over
here search on "ploughed" fields, so a small spade is ideal. But when it comes to
meadows/pasture ( as I do ) something like a lesche would be ideal. Would post a link
to show you what tools are on offer, but that would have to go " on the jokes page "
They really are that bad.....
And with with most of them costing a lot more than the "Lesche" and " dig it" etc !!!
Lesche USA about $40 ( about £20 ) But if they sold them over here ( which I think
they dont
) They would probably be double the USA price. Have not seen anythingas good as " lesche and dig it". So I make/modify my own tools.Most of the guys over
here search on "ploughed" fields, so a small spade is ideal. But when it comes to
meadows/pasture ( as I do ) something like a lesche would be ideal. Would post a link
to show you what tools are on offer, but that would have to go " on the jokes page "
They really are that bad.....
chopz54
Senior Member
Am in the process of trying to upgrade my current machine, a C-Scope 660 to something with a bit more depth. Would like a Laser (uk-Tesoro) B1, but even for an older machine like this people are wanting stupid money £150 ( $300).
Yep. Even trying to get a good used American machine is costly.The one her is $400!!!!
Yep. Even trying to get a good used American machine is costly.The one her is $400!!!!
booker
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What would be the shipping cost to the UK ? any Idea?
