Considering the deep holes everyone's digging...

[Canardly]

with the Minelabs, what type of digging tool are you guys (& gals) using? My Lesche gets tiring to use when things get deep. Am I a wimp or do you guys use something more aggressive?

[BlackZ51Vett]

Around my neck of the woods you need one of these to get through the calache layer........



Other than that I have a short garden shovel (24 inch) that seems to work well. I also have the normal digging tool (hand trowel) and also one of these..............

[kenfen]

Model 31 Raptor from Predator Tools

[Epi-hunter]

I use a fantastic, indestructible trowel which cost $10 through a metal detector dealer. I have used and abused it for years and it doesn't bend even a fraction of an inch. It's the same one Angel uses.

Here's a photo of the same trowel but with a black handle (the handle now comes in only yellow):

[RobW]

Depending on where and what kind of soil I'm encountering....I always have 3 shovels on me. 1 small pointed shovel, kinda narrow. 1 Small shovel with a rounded front (use it in rocky soil), but wider head. And the big gun a 2 1/2 ft garden shovel with a regular size head. It's great for a day of hunting especially for digging deep. This is suppose to be fun, not work...and it is work when you spend all day digging 10 inch deep holes, plus it's a prettier plug.

[coinnut]

I use a small Lesche hand trowel for parks and a larger Lesche mini shovel for cellar holes in the woods. I'm not much of a park hunter so I probably don't have the best set up for that type of hunting.

[Canardly]

The Predator got my cash (again!). I ordered one 'cause it looks like the wider blade and the handle angle will make scooping dirt from the bottom of the hole easier. Thanks, Kenfen and everyone!

Model 31 Raptor from Predator Tools