Easy Plugging tool

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 26, 2010

Hello all,

I have recently bought this Neat plugging tool that works great for parks and lawns you are searching. Please tell me what you think of the tool? With a great Pin Pointing Metal Detector or a Pin Pointer this will make a great digging tool.

Here is where you can purchase such a tool.

http://www.bigvalleymetaldetectors.com/diggingtools.htm

JBEXPRESS · Apr 26, 2010

Thats cool. Looks like something I would try. But how big of a hole does it cut? Wide and deep?

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 26, 2010

Let me take another picture for Comparsion for you. Give me a few mins and will post

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 26, 2010

Here is the Picture.... Of the size. With coins similar to this Morgan Dollar have to make sure you have it pinpointed just right or your will damage the coin with the cutting teeth of this tool.

JBEXPRESS · Apr 26, 2010

Wow, That really isnt that big. Really No room for miss pinpointing. You have to be dead on. Let us know how it works out.

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 26, 2010

That is true. But I do like how easy the tool is for cleanup and put the plug right back in and looks like no one has even been there. I have plugged out a few dimes with the first plug once you get pinpointed.

JBEXPRESS · Apr 26, 2010

I am pretty sure I can do it to, I have the Ace 250 and 95% of the time I am dead on. I just cant see paying $35 plus shipping for it. I wonder if I can make a homemade one. lol

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 26, 2010

I think you could! To be honest JBexpress. This tool is custom as it is from what I can tell. Only site I have seen this tool on is that one. And I have looked over so many Treasure Hunting digging tool sites. If you did make one I would be glad to buy a model from you .... One that is bigger. It would work real great.

If you decide to make one of these... I can send you pictures of all angles of this tool for samples.

DIGGER27 · Apr 27, 2010

That looks like a quality tool, but a little bigger would be nice.
After researching, it seems lots of tools cut plugs but an easy way to remove the plug from the tool in one piece seems to be the hard part.

One mod here, but I can see he needs a bigger disc or it tears a loose plug apart.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hx23U4lJDXw

Check out bulb planters for ideas on making a tool for this application.

http://lawn-and-garden.hardwarestore.com/82-515-bulb-planters.aspx

http://www.dutchbulbs.com/store/plantinghelpers/62926

http://www.acehardwareoutlet.com/(j4g2e2vagdumwi2aphwvp245)/ProductDetails.aspx?SKU=7117559

http://www.highcountrygardens.com/catalog/product/99814/

http://www.organizeit.com/pobulbplant.asp?recID=5046

goofy · Apr 27, 2010

I am working on something very similar to that made from a old fire extingisher.I just need to get my welder-person healthy so i can get it welded together.I will post pic's when complete.

ProPointer · Apr 27, 2010

That would not work well for the hard dry soil of the south.....

Nut up here it's perfect.

Jennings · Apr 27, 2010

This thing looks good to me. Golf course attendants use a similar tool for pin holes on greens.

Jennings

Lou-CT · Apr 27, 2010

Utah_T-Hunter said:
This tool is custom as it is from what I can tell. Only site I have seen this tool on is that one. And I have looked over so many Treasure Hunting digging tool sites.

This type of plugging tools have been around for quite awhile under different names, and variations in design.
In the 80's there was the Hole Hog, and the EZ Plug. (The EZ plug had a three foot handle and weighed almost five pounds)
Jimmy Sierra sells one called the Plug Popper.
I've never used one myself, but they look like they might come in handy.
Let us know how you like it.

DougF · Apr 27, 2010

On the Whites M6 DVD, the fellow who demonstrated it (Greg Moscini) used one very similar to that to dig a Franklin half from a park. He got it in the middle of the plug, but there's not much room for error. I guess what you have to do is not push it all the way to the target's depth, just in case you're a little off in your pinpointing.

h20hawgs · Apr 27, 2010

No good for where I live or for the relics I hunt! Maybe good for a park for coins 3-4" deep...

Ill Digger · Apr 28, 2010

Utah_T-Hunter said:
I think you could! To be honest JBexpress. This tool is custom as it is from what I can tell. Only site I have seen this tool on is that one. And I have looked over so many Treasure Hunting digging tool sites. If you did make one I would be glad to buy a model from you .... One that is bigger. It would work real great.

If you decide to make one of these... I can send you pictures of all angles of this tool for samples.

Here's one a member made. It's on the second page. Sounds about the same.
And there's another design offered by yet another member on the third page.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=37407&page=2
Good luck & HH

30U Plymouth · Apr 28, 2010

I have one just like that, but don't use it much.

It is hard to get the plug out of it and the ball that you push makes my hand sore.

Utah_T-Hunter · Apr 28, 2010

30U Plymouth said:
I have one just like that, but don't use it much.

It is hard to get the plug out of it and the ball that you push makes my hand sore.

That is true and to prevent this..... I turn the tool upside down and push the ball against the ground to pop the plug out of the tool. It is so much easier.

Utah_T-Hunter · May 3, 2010

I really like this tool! The main reason I got it was for Park Hunting and for School lawns. With the Pinpointing of your Detector can plug out that 4 Inch plug then search your Hole if deeper then 4 inches with a Probe. I do admit I have scratched newer clad coins with using this tool. As mentioned by someone in a previous post in this thread.... There is no room for much error. But with the pinpointing skills of using your Dectector and with a Probe. It slims the errors you make to very little if any.

One of my recent finds was a Gold Ring I found in a Park here that was 4 inches down and using my Pro Pointer got the exact location and pulled the plug out in one try with the ring in the 4 inch plug.

From Trial and Error so far I would only suggest using this tool for well cared lawns, Schools, And Parks. I would really dislike to plug out a nice old coin and find out I scratched the surface of the find.

Nevertheless a great tool.

-Paul.

Utah_T-Hunter · Jul 28, 2010

It has been a while since I have used this tool. When I first started using it ... I noticed it would scratch coins and other finds often. You have to pinpoint your exact spot for this to work. I mean real dead on. I went back to the normal plug method. Since I did not want to chance to ruin a great find.

If you are just hunting for clad I would suggest this. Just not for Rings that have value.

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