Make Your Own Sand Scoop

Buried · Jan 10, 2013

I know a lot of you have seen those plastic sand scoops on ebay for a pretty penny, but I found a way to save some cash.

Go to your local Tractor Supply store and buy a scoop for $2.99 - Its a 3 quart plastic feed scoop. The same exact ones they are selling online for over $16.00.

Print out the attachments at 100%, make a tiny hole in the center of each hole, big enough for a black marker to fit through. Then tape those to your plastic scoop and using your black marker, make a small dot on the scoop.

Remove the paper, then use a 1/2" drill and drill through each hole carefully.
Remember to go slow!

I don't have pictures of the one I did, silly camera doesn't want to work at the moment, but I'm sure you can figure out where to place these.

Mntnclmbr · Jan 10, 2013

Nice

Thanks for the effort involved to pass on your ingenuity & experience!

NHTim · Jan 10, 2013

Nice tip, thanks for passing it on.

DetectorOCD · Jan 10, 2013

This has been discussed before, but no one provided templates. Thanks for sharing them!

Steffen70 · Jan 10, 2013

Great presentation.

This will help a few start out beachhunting.

Thanks for sharing.

/Steffen

coin chaser · Jan 11, 2013

Where were your templates when I made mine 6 months ago! Good post should save some people some time.

robby4570 · Jan 11, 2013

When I made my scoop, I only made 3/8" holes and it worked fine in our sand here and the pulltabs didn't slip through. Put a strong magnet in the scoop too.

SWKDigger · May 29, 2013

Thank you very much for the templates. I made one last night and your templates saved me a LOT of time. Now I need to make a second one this evening. 2 scoops for around $6 isn't a bad deal at all.

RyanEOD · May 29, 2013

Can anyone post a pictures of theirs so I can make sure I put my holes in the right spots? I really like this idea!

Briman05 · May 29, 2013

there really isn't a right or wrong spot when you are dealing with dry sand if you do alot of small holes it will do the same as the bigger holes. but good job on the template if I didnt have my ss scoop i would be all over this pattern with a plastic scoop.

If you can build something your self go ahead and try it

goldnrelics · May 29, 2013

Thank you SO much for the layouts and the info on where to get the scoops. I got a new project now. big ups

SWKDigger · May 29, 2013

This isn't mine but here are some pics from another forum member. http://metaldetectingforum.com/showthread.php?t=48083

BTW, I didn't put the holes in the side but I may decide to do that after I give it a try this evening. Also, someone mentioned placing a magnet in the scoop which I think would work great but I am not going to do that with mine because with an all plastic scoop you can wave it over your coil and know right away if you have the target in the scoop or not.

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