madmax's new home made stand-up sand scoop

[madmax3022]

I was in our local industrial supplies shop and saw this stand up dustpan and brush setup, i immediately saw the potential and attacked it with a steppe drill bit and some alloy bracing should work a treat and it weighs half of my othe scoop

 

[Ditherer and Son]

Nice work, dual use, looks like it also removes nuggets from kitty litter!

 

[madmax3022]

Thanks it works awesome, huge scoops meant less time digging and i could push my foot on the bracing to use. I hunted for 3hrs and half was in the hard packed wet sand at low tide with no signs of breaking so far. I'm sure if you took a huge scoop and swung on the handle something would give but pushing my foot on the bracing supporting the handle meant the stress was transmitted to the bracing instead of the plastic bucket. Time will tell if it holds up but at $25 it's cheap enough to replace if needed, i also found an in-built stand where the broom used to clip in

 

[AU Fever]

Pretty cool madmax

Good to see another user of the iPhone earbuds

John

 

[madmax3022]

Thanks john, yeah i use one earbud in one ear and i have an S9-hd bluetooth headphones in the other ear hooked up to my iphone in my armband playing podcasts while i hunt shuffling along the beach, listening to stuff and finding teasure...... Ahhh Bliss

 

[Nugget]

Another amazing creation by madmax, great work mate

 

[madmax3022]

Cheers Nugget necessity is the mother of invention eh

 

[TenOunce Tone]

Very good work. love the way the scoop clips on the detector handle for easy transport

 

[Goldandsand]

nice work madmax love your work

 

[WickedWaz]

Awsome scoop madmax.. Gives me some ideas about my own.. Cheers

 

[HeadsUp]

if youre only chasing coins and rings then the scoop would work but if you think there might be small gold there or small stuff like earings then only drill holes in the top of the scoop

the water will still escape and the fine bits will stay in the bottom of the pan ?

 

[madmax3022]

After a few months using this type, i'm onto prototype #2 with added alloy to strengthen. It seems to work great in dry sand but if i rush a hole in wet sand something eventually gives way, cheap and nasty but effective. Still going to buy a $150-200 stainless scoop though. The only problem is i love the way this scoop doubles as a detector stand