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	Low Priced Digger Tool « on: February 04, 2011, 10:12:45 am »

Let me start out by saying that several companies make great digging knives, trowels or whatever you want to call them and I am not trying to take anything away from them. The fact is everyone can't afford and some newbies don't want to spend $40-$70 dollars for those items. I think I have a solution. This is a little item I picked up at the Walmart Garden section a few days ago. It is strong and well built. Simple, comes with a blade that you can saw with on one side and if you do a little sharpening you can cut with the other side and I really like the split end blade that will cut right through small roots and vines. This item is 12" long and 2" wide at the biggest width of the blade. It has a comfortable rubberized handle and is made by Fiskars. The clear plastic cover is a bit cheapish but you can hang it on your side by the handle. Now here is the great part. $7 at Wally World. Will it do the job? I think so and I certainly going to gamble the $7 to see.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #1 on: February 04, 2011, 10:20:21 am »

It certainly looks great - price is right. Worth a try IMHO.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #2 on: February 04, 2011, 12:02:28 pm »

went thru a couple of these,in my area they made better gardening tools than mding diggers...........but thats just around me or maybe its just me

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #3 on: February 04, 2011, 03:02:17 pm »

In years past I used alla the types of garden diggers, made by many folk, and for this ol' guy they didn' hold up too well, I switched over to Lesche/Predator, 5-6 years ago and have had no more bent or broken tools, the garden tools are OK if you only detect for mebbe a year or so, sometimes less, sometimes more, but if you are really into it, they will let you down, usually when you really need them, but then again I only discovered the internet and started posting and finding things out 5 or 6 yr back, but been a detecting since bout 1975.
Anyway that's my opinion , and they work purty good for the money= shucks go for it Wise

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #4 on: February 04, 2011, 03:06:49 pm »

The only garden digging tool that I've seen hold up to the abuse of digging in caliche and hacking through mesquite roots is the Ames (discussed on a few other threads). It definitely is NOT a lightweight. The only problem I have with it is that it doesn't keep quite as sharp of an edge as I would like for as long as I would like.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #5 on: February 04, 2011, 03:58:28 pm »

Hi,

I had this same tool from Fiskars. It was great for a little while but did not hold up. Indeed I was trying to use it loosen an object from the ground by prying on it. Probably not how it was intended to be used.

The connection between the handle and the blade is very poor (the part covered by the plastic handle) and it broke right above the blade. I bought an old garden shovel later at a garage sale that I could visibly see the construction and still using it.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #6 on: February 05, 2011, 09:46:30 am »

Gosh fellows, just bust my bubble. I'll see how it does. I can always give it to the wife to do flowers with. Seriously I appreciate the feedback.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #7 on: February 05, 2011, 12:30:57 pm »

I carry a wide assortment of stuff with me from a pry bar to a screwdriver to a small shovel to the handheld digger mine is blue/white its OLD 10yrs or more bends like crazy etc, but i just straighten it out and keep on going. Cheesy

didn't join a message board till this year even though i have been detecting for years, thats when i found out my Old Blue Digger wasn't any good Cry

, so i bought me a new one but i will continue to carry the blue one as a back up !! Grin

So don't worry about carry what u like and have fun!!
Thats all that really matters anyways !!

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #8 on: February 05, 2011, 01:27:21 pm »

Home Depot sells a simular version for $10 bucks I have not been able to break yet, and its showing no signs of weakining. Its a green handle devil called ames. I also picked up a composite trowel for waving dirt over my coil when searching nuggets or multiple small targets in a hole. The plastic trowel was a buck.

I may reward myself with a professional tool once I get there, but for now I am a rookie and will do my best to dig proper holes, a sharp digging tool is a must.

As bitburg said, I have mesquite and caliche every where, and I doubt anything will hold up long in that.

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	Re: Low Priced Digger Tool « Reply #9 on: February 05, 2011, 04:04:31 pm »

Yeah-It's me again- don't be afraid to get that digger, Iv'e bought and had all kinds of stuff thru the years, some of it was real good and some real junk, just depends a lot on you, how you use it and of course the quality, but as you detect , and time passes, you will accumulate a lot of STUFF that you haul around and use to detect and dig with, I have and carry a BUNCH of stuff alla time in my truck,, got big wooden box in back and a big tool box just fulla stuff i need, use, or think I gotta have, sevral diggers, picks, big and little, saws, for roots,files,tape,bandaids,magnets,knee pads, scoops for sand, rags, gloves, many types of tools, O rings,, Probes , from screwdriver size to 3 foot long, pinpointers , couple of them,shovels, many batteries of all kinds, usually 3 detectors,then bunch of other THINGS,and other STUFF, Hey you'll do fine, the longer you do detecting the more stuff and things you accumulate

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