Making a metal detecting digging shovel!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 1 เม.ย. 2017
- I make these types of shovels all the time with old shovel heads people just chunk to the metal scrap or just leave around to rust away.Metal detecting is a hobby for me so ill keep it cheap and simple,why pay 60+$ for a shovel when you can make one that can do plugs and dig the same way for cheap or no cost at all?Plus your not going to break your back from bending over all day with those tiny shovels!Have fun and happy hunting!
Test dig link near the end of the video.All this time i had the wrong link as my test dig video..it was this one lol!
I would not recommend doing this with a flat head shovel.
Check out the dig test video its short and sooo sweet wut wut!!
Nice. I got an old shovel out the back and a grinder so will make one tomorrow.
Thanks for the video. I had bought a D handled drain shovel a couple of years back for field digging and after watching your video, I went home and cut mine into a shape similar to what you have shown. It took me an hour from start to finish including painting. My friends said it looked like it came from a factory and it worked amazing. And I only did it because of how easy you made it look.
2madakat Thanks I appreciate that very much.I hope it does well for you like mine has for me.Its a very handy modification.Thanks for watching!
fell short of sticking a handle on and a test dig.. but I do like the outcome of what you did do !
Dude that is AWESOME...... I been wanting to do this but never have. Now i will.
That was awesome! I have all the pieces and will try to build something similar this weekend! Thank ya, Digging Ga, for reminding me - we have HANDS (I was about to order something fancy and stupidly-expensive)!!
your welcome man i figure i would make this stuff because no one has to go out and buy a 100+$ shovel to dig up simple stuff when you can just modify something to use thats going to do the same thing.I just recently found a small spade shovel and im going to make a mini one of these..cost..0.00$ woot and thanks for watching!This was a nice tempered shovel that can take some abuse.Cheaper shovels may bend some depending on the ground,older shovels like this are the best so keep your eyes peeled on some quality shovel heads.
The man has skills! Thanks for the demo, going to make mine now!
Love the things
I was thinking of welding one up using a plowing disc from a harrow, it has that curve and hardened steel & go down to the local steel yard and get some 1" chrome moly tubing.
anything is possible and thats some good steel too!
You sure sold me on this idea. Those old shovels are a dime a dozen at flea markets or estate sales for around $5 to $10. It sure beats shelling out $50 to $90 for one !!! Got the tools and going to make this happen !!
Love those safety boots
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Very impressive -good job and happy hunting
I love watching people make things. I especially like your Chinese saftey boots lol. Great idear and video. I think I'll try making one as well..
StealthCamp thanks I still use it to this day
looks great, I plan on making one like that soon , I agree some of the trowels/shovels are pretty high priced and why not make you own
Very cool!
Hey i just found a short old shovel today , about 60 years old , i found it in a pile of metal that was going to the scrap yard , i will keep you up to date . Big Mike
make that shovel yet?
Very useful video, thanks!
this is a great idea good work. really enjoyed watching this.👍
The best way to make one hands down old shovels are good spring steel and have a scooping camber built in . a lot make them with no camber out of stainless which are useless , the old shovels or even old plough blades make the best ones.can save your off cuts for a hand digger, weld the two off cuts together with a pipe handle.
Wow man that's awesome! I'm in Canada, and to have a Predator Piranha shipped here is around $190.00!
Just what i was looking for , making it from a regular shovel . Fantastic job, 100 likes from me!!!!!!!!!!
its still going strong.Just less metal detecting days.Maybe once it cools down here we wil lget back at it.Less garden more detecting coming up!
Making this today with my fiance. Finally a use for my old shovel
Sparks, sharp hot metal and flip flops! lol!
hey man its how i roll lol.
@@GhostCreeper me too often that is why it stood out.....
Spot on m8 thanks for the share 👍
Nice!
Great video thanks
Thanks, very useful video
Nice work, I bet it still holds up pretty good.
Thanks,yes they hold up pretty good.They may be a little heavier than smaller shovels but they do the job.Now i just need to install a handle on it and its ready to rock!Maybe ill do a give away later to a subscriber.Ill fully restore it to a more eye appealing fashion.
Very nice job. Thanks a lot
Javier Yepéz thanks man and thanks for the sub.I still use the shovel to this day.
Didn’t know they made safety toe flip flops. What’s next...steel toe sandals. Your cutting technique is also dangerous. The grinder handle should be on the other side so the wheel is away from your body as it cuts so if their is a bind and a jump it doesn’t slice your wrist off.
thanks im living on the edge.Though i still forge with flops on and sometimes boots and even shirtless(wont see that part on the tube i dont want to disgrace the net with my out of shapeness)
Well the shovel looks pretty good but you drop the ball when you broke out the farriers rasp
I still have no clue why i used that dang thing to this day lol.I think i have a phobia of any kind of burrs..i hate burrs.
nice video but why wear hearing protection ...oh wait I see the antenna your just listening to tunes and gloves if your gonna wear flip flops ... those Chinese work boots as someone called them made me laugh ... am I the only one who uses the wrench to tighten. the nut before using the grinder ... nice idea for the side teeth I'm digging that for sure for my next shovel build .
@everyone, why would you need anything more than Japanese safety boots in a dirt floor workshop? :) I'm making one of these shovels tomorrow. Thanks for the video 👍
First rule of thumb, measure twice and cut once, you messed up the first measurement. Right side you marked 1 3/4, left side you marked 1 1/2. Was that intentional?
Yes I had no precise measurements I just eyeball it with a ruler I just needed lines to cut.
Excelente!
Thanks for the inspiration. I just did the same with an old rusty shovel. Did you need to re-heat treat the steel? I was thinking the heat from grinding might have removed the temper on the steel
Nope no reheat needed since it’s just cuts.Thanks for watching.
safety is not a concern around those parts....and certainly not a learned habit or skill in school :( stay in school folks!
Hopefully my new one doesn't break as easy or I'm making my own
Wow I was really overthinking how to make the teeth. Making stuff like this is half the fun of the hobby for me.
the best shovel to use is a sharp shooter .. all you need is shorten the blade alittle an put a point on it an some teeth .. also to improve it i got some foot peg from a old three wheeler cut them in haft an wielded them to the shovel to give more footing
Dude... great job!!! I'm 30 mi. NE of Atl. What part of Ga. Are you in?
I live outside savannah
@@diggingga6197 Lucky man! Super historic & beaches near by to boot!
@@diggingga6197 Im in screven county
@@joshuabrown7034 Im chatham
Did you end up having to go shorter from it bending?
jms no its still the same length.It won’t bend its pretty hardcore shovel head.Though I did make one from a flat head shovel,it did well in soft sandy places but when my brother got ahold of it he kinda dominated it😂.I have a quick test video on how the shovel worked though.
How well do they hold up over time? Thx for sharing
martyisnuts aboutdiggin depends on the shovel head.The one I made this out of was a old shovel but it’s shank is strong and the metal is quality.I still use that one to this day.I have made a couple in the past but the steel was from a cheaper shovel and resulted to bending and I did one out of a flathead shovel and I don’t recommend flatheads with this project
Digging Ga I'm sure the old shovels were made of a better gage steel. May try it sometime if I can find a good old solid shovel.
martyisnuts aboutdiggin we go through shovels like candy here where I work.Usually the tip is gone so I just take the ones we don’t need no more and make a shovel or two.And when I’m out and about metal detecting I’ll find a good one laying around sometimes.
Cool vid but i wish you had a cord caddy
me looking at my shovel
How come you didn't paint it?
by cutting the blade straight you basically ruined any strenght in it. it will bend pretty easy
you would think,but in this case of this round nose shovel you are wrong.I did one with a flat head and that one did bend.The steel on this is pretty durable and still use it to this day and been through many trials.Thansk for watching.
I thouht it was 2in1
Nice work , i also metal detect , i will try to make one of these , thanks Big Mike . check out my videos , thanks
Tip will curl like a Frito.
bro you are a few years to late and im still using it but thanks for watching.
Am i the only one feeaked out about the cord