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Well, after looking at the predator tools piranha shovel and deciding that the money would be better spent on a Garrett pro pointer i decided to make my own shovel.
A trip to Masters and a chat to one of the staff members i ended up picking up a discontinued spade that i was told retails for $30 and was reduced to $10.
When i scanned it through the register it came through at $7
The spade in question is a Cyclone cottage spade.
It has a nice molded handle, hardwood timber throat and a very solid 150mm wide head.
pic courtesy of google...
Now i ended up marking it up the same as the piranha and taking the angle grinder to it...then sharpened it up a little. I haven't cut any teeth into it yet...although may in the future, but wanted to take it for a test run.
Well it was great....on it's maiden voyage to a local oval i came back with $13 in gold coins and a silver 835 ring.
I'll post a picture of the shovel when i get home so others can see what i've done and maybe make their own?
A trip to Masters and a chat to one of the staff members i ended up picking up a discontinued spade that i was told retails for $30 and was reduced to $10.
When i scanned it through the register it came through at $7
The spade in question is a Cyclone cottage spade.
It has a nice molded handle, hardwood timber throat and a very solid 150mm wide head.
pic courtesy of google...
Now i ended up marking it up the same as the piranha and taking the angle grinder to it...then sharpened it up a little. I haven't cut any teeth into it yet...although may in the future, but wanted to take it for a test run.
Well it was great....on it's maiden voyage to a local oval i came back with $13 in gold coins and a silver 835 ring.
I'll post a picture of the shovel when i get home so others can see what i've done and maybe make their own?