Draddog
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Anybody use the Raptor digging tool. I’ve been looking for videos of it in use but can’t seem to find any. Anyone have any links to videos of it in use?
Raptor model 31
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DIGGER27
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DirtFishing has one, uses it in several vids.
If ya got nice soft dirt and like to scoop out lots of soil at a time it seems to work great.
If you have hard dirt like mine the sharp pointed Lesche hand digger or a small shovel works better.
If ya got nice soft dirt and like to scoop out lots of soil at a time it seems to work great.
If you have hard dirt like mine the sharp pointed Lesche hand digger or a small shovel works better.
choppadude
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I have one and think it is one of the best park/yard digging tools but like the other poster, I prefer a more pointed and narrower digger for difficult terrain
fullbattery
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DIGGER27
In Memory Of
An older thread about this one.
As mentioned in softer dirt it works fine, in rougher dirt good for scooping but starting a hole not so great.
A quality tool from George Lesche, tempered and hardend moly-steel, a few have broken them but like Lesche the warranty means nothing as they were replaced for free no questions asked.
Seems to be a point of pride with both companies, buy them once...forever.
Worth the money if you can use it.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=191888
Other cheaper options...
Wilcox makes some pretty tough tools but different steel gauges from 12 to 16Ga.
All one piece, the handle is part of the digger but just folded over with a cover slipped over it so less weak points than some other diggers.
This one is 16Ga, again in soft dirt should work great and penetrate easily but harder dirt who knows?
http://www.fortbedfordmetaldetectors.com/wilcox-251s
I bought this one on close-out years ago for $13...101s
Tougher than me and I broke two Lesche's, a very thick 12 gauge and with that V I figured it will scoop dirt better than my Lesche but it is too thick to penetrate my dirt.
I need a grinder, I will catch one on sale at Harbor Freight, shave the edges thinner and make a sharper point and it should work much better.
Maybe as good as my Lesche.
As mentioned in softer dirt it works fine, in rougher dirt good for scooping but starting a hole not so great.
A quality tool from George Lesche, tempered and hardend moly-steel, a few have broken them but like Lesche the warranty means nothing as they were replaced for free no questions asked.
Seems to be a point of pride with both companies, buy them once...forever.
Worth the money if you can use it.
http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=191888
Other cheaper options...
Wilcox makes some pretty tough tools but different steel gauges from 12 to 16Ga.
All one piece, the handle is part of the digger but just folded over with a cover slipped over it so less weak points than some other diggers.
This one is 16Ga, again in soft dirt should work great and penetrate easily but harder dirt who knows?
http://www.fortbedfordmetaldetectors.com/wilcox-251s
I bought this one on close-out years ago for $13...101s
Tougher than me and I broke two Lesche's, a very thick 12 gauge and with that V I figured it will scoop dirt better than my Lesche but it is too thick to penetrate my dirt.
I need a grinder, I will catch one on sale at Harbor Freight, shave the edges thinner and make a sharper point and it should work much better.
Maybe as good as my Lesche.
Draddog
Senior Member
Thanks for the links guys. It definitely looks like it would be great in loose or soft soil.
