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Beach, Park, Relic hunting Shovels / Spades - information and questions
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<blockquote data-quote="AussieChris" data-source="post: 471218" data-attributes="member: 4915"><p>If you can get the job done with something small, fits in a pouch on your belt, stick with it.</p><p></p><p>I really like the look of some of the Black Ada spades out of the UK, (Lance uses the Spartan) but if you are digging parks and other public places you dont need a big red spade advertising your adventures.</p><p></p><p>You could be the best plug cutter on the block, you will still get nasty looks and council groundskeepers chasing you off. Plus you have to lug it on your hip or shoulder for hours.</p><p></p><p>I guess its a different game in the UK, working permissions, every cow paddock has once had a Celt, Saxon, Roman, etc stumble across it at one point in time. Pulling a 12th century hammered silver from the ground for them lucky buggers is a fairly modern coin by their standards.</p><p></p><p>I was generously gifted a Tyger Cub digger from a top bloke, Smokey Bandit. He bought himself a new one, Ill tell you though the one he sent me will probably still be new looking in 20 years time they are made so well.</p><p></p><p>As far as coin shooting goes there is not much else you need, I did grab one of those brass treasure probes, handy for flicking out $1/$2 coins, especially for a Nox user.</p><p></p><p>On a budget, hard to go past the Fiskars Nyglass diggers from Bunnings, they can surprisingly take a good beating.</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="AussieChris, post: 471218, member: 4915"] If you can get the job done with something small, fits in a pouch on your belt, stick with it. I really like the look of some of the Black Ada spades out of the UK, (Lance uses the Spartan) but if you are digging parks and other public places you dont need a big red spade advertising your adventures. You could be the best plug cutter on the block, you will still get nasty looks and council groundskeepers chasing you off. Plus you have to lug it on your hip or shoulder for hours. I guess its a different game in the UK, working permissions, every cow paddock has once had a Celt, Saxon, Roman, etc stumble across it at one point in time. Pulling a 12th century hammered silver from the ground for them lucky buggers is a fairly modern coin by their standards. I was generously gifted a Tyger Cub digger from a top bloke, Smokey Bandit. He bought himself a new one, Ill tell you though the one he sent me will probably still be new looking in 20 years time they are made so well. As far as coin shooting goes there is not much else you need, I did grab one of those brass treasure probes, handy for flicking out $1/$2 coins, especially for a Nox user. On a budget, hard to go past the Fiskars Nyglass diggers from Bunnings, they can surprisingly take a good beating. [/QUOTE]
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