Pimp My Scoop

Made a straight handled scoop out of a stainless steel pasta canister and a broken shovel handle a couple of weeks ago. Worked out okay in the dry sand, but something as missing..........


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A curved handle to ease back strain...
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And a light to see what goodies are in the scoop at night.

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<a href="http://s123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/oh1hek/Metal%20detecting/?action=view&current=P1010174.jpg" target="_blank"><img src="http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o318/oh1hek/Metal%20detecting/P1010174.jpg" border="0" alt="Kick plate"></a>

We'll be testing it out Sunday night...hoping for more gold