DIGGER27
In Memory Of
Well, I drove all the way out to an old park expecting to dig deep looking for some older coins and when I got there I discovered I had left my Lesche digger at home in the garage.
Great.
I got on my maps program with my phone and found an Ace Hardware about 4 miles away so I took a trip over there since I ain't no chicken and just scratching the surface of the ground with my nails is not my thing.
I looked at their selection of diggers and they had an Ace brand for $10.99 and a couple others but they didn't look any sturdier or better than this one which cost me $5.99.
As cheap as it is it actually worked pretty good for me most of the day.
There is a hanging ring on top of the handle which has to go, a cheap soft cushion handle, (they say), but not so much and I am just going to wrap it in some kind of tennis grip tape or something to make it more comfortable.
No point on the end and not sharp at all but most of my plugs got dug pretty easily even though the ground in some areas was still a bit hard from the cold.
In softer dirt it worked well.
I like to mod my stuff for optimum performance so I will cut a point in the end and sharpen up the sides a bit and with a wrapped handle I believe this thing will do until spring gets here and I have a chance to tumble my clad and get a Raptor digger when hunting season really begins.
I am just too tough on my tools, I have already broken 2 Lesches, but with their pretty much lifetime warranty and fast replacement I have to stick with that brand or replacement costs would do me in over the long haul...but for now this thing might come in handy.
I did pry a pretty large piece of slightly frozen plug and felt it bend a bit so I backed off, and I dug a few deep holes very easily with this thing once I got the plug out and on one I went about 14" deep.
Love my Lesches, but with the new F70 I am going way deeper than ever before and that flat digger on the regular Lesche just takes too long for impatient ol' me do dig the dirt out of a 9-10-11-12" and more deep hole so the Raptor is what I am aiming for.
For now, however, this thing with its scoop shape will work.
This is totally Chinese and private label stuff so many different stores carry it.
I have looked on the net and depending on where you buy it this thing sells for between $5 and close to $20.
I think Sears has it for $10.99.
Mine is about 13" long, referred to as a transplanting trowel and the blade is stainless steel.
There is a name on the handle that is hard to read but I believe it says Bond, and I think it might also go under the name Mintcraft and maybe a few others.
For a guy like me it probably would not do in the long run, but for a time and for others that are not so hard on their equipment and have nice dirt to dig in this thing could be a nice choice as a decent digging tool.
Great.
I got on my maps program with my phone and found an Ace Hardware about 4 miles away so I took a trip over there since I ain't no chicken and just scratching the surface of the ground with my nails is not my thing.
I looked at their selection of diggers and they had an Ace brand for $10.99 and a couple others but they didn't look any sturdier or better than this one which cost me $5.99.
As cheap as it is it actually worked pretty good for me most of the day.
There is a hanging ring on top of the handle which has to go, a cheap soft cushion handle, (they say), but not so much and I am just going to wrap it in some kind of tennis grip tape or something to make it more comfortable.
No point on the end and not sharp at all but most of my plugs got dug pretty easily even though the ground in some areas was still a bit hard from the cold.
In softer dirt it worked well.
I like to mod my stuff for optimum performance so I will cut a point in the end and sharpen up the sides a bit and with a wrapped handle I believe this thing will do until spring gets here and I have a chance to tumble my clad and get a Raptor digger when hunting season really begins.
I am just too tough on my tools, I have already broken 2 Lesches, but with their pretty much lifetime warranty and fast replacement I have to stick with that brand or replacement costs would do me in over the long haul...but for now this thing might come in handy.
I did pry a pretty large piece of slightly frozen plug and felt it bend a bit so I backed off, and I dug a few deep holes very easily with this thing once I got the plug out and on one I went about 14" deep.
Love my Lesches, but with the new F70 I am going way deeper than ever before and that flat digger on the regular Lesche just takes too long for impatient ol' me do dig the dirt out of a 9-10-11-12" and more deep hole so the Raptor is what I am aiming for.
For now, however, this thing with its scoop shape will work.
This is totally Chinese and private label stuff so many different stores carry it.
I have looked on the net and depending on where you buy it this thing sells for between $5 and close to $20.
I think Sears has it for $10.99.
Mine is about 13" long, referred to as a transplanting trowel and the blade is stainless steel.
There is a name on the handle that is hard to read but I believe it says Bond, and I think it might also go under the name Mintcraft and maybe a few others.
For a guy like me it probably would not do in the long run, but for a time and for others that are not so hard on their equipment and have nice dirt to dig in this thing could be a nice choice as a decent digging tool.