I made a scoop/sifter for fresh water swimming areas

[DANGLANGLEY]

I made a scoop/sifter to hunt some sandy beach areas around here in Tennessee. I had one like it back in the 70's but when it wore out I sort of quit hunting swimming areas. I'm going to try it again in the morning if all goes well. My wife gave me a stainless steel 6" pan to make it. I finally found a drill bit that would cut the stainless after breaking 2 bits. I had already put dents in the bottom with a hammer and a nail so the drill bit would cut without going all over the place. The drill bit I ended up using was a little bigger and the holes aren't as perfect as I planned but it will do I guess. I drilled holes in the handle and attached it to a shovel handle with screws. I just thought I would post this in case someone else was thinking about the same thing. I better keep a screw driver with me for when the screws back out. Happy hunting all.

DANGLANGLEY

 

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[DANGLANGLEY]

Probably wouldn't hurt to run a few laps of ducttape around the pot handle for a little bit of stress relief on the wooden handle.

Good luck!

Yeah buddy, I was thinking the same thing but I was excited about showing it I guess. Thank you very much and have a great weekend.

DANGLANGLEY

 

[rjnail]

looks to be a good strong handle, yes S.S. very hard to drill, i have some 3/8 inch mess wire for a sifter im making.
looking for your next post on how well it worked. rjn

 

[dahut]

Lets see some pics of the beaches you use it on. you done good work and your persistence is inspiring - I know it had to be a chore to drill that SS!

The lakes around here have a mix of sand and rock so that style would never do. About 20 yards out it's soft sand. 10 yards closer to shore, ROCK CITY. You need a solid scoop with a sharp pointed tip. But let us know how it works out.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Sorry but my beach hunt got all wet. Had a sickness in the family and will have to reschedule for next weekend I guess. Have a good one you all.

DANGLANGLEY

 

[karib2517]

Sad to hear about the sickness hope all is well.very nice scoop think i will be making one real soon.

 

[DANGLANGLEY]

Sorry, I forgot to update about how the sifter worked...It worked pretty good in the sand out in the water. I think I need to drill some more holes up the side to let the sand and water out quicker. I did find a nice sterling ring out in about 2 1/2" of water. Here's a pic of the ring

 

[rjnail]

nice ring , good to see you got back out thnks for the photo and up date, rjnail

 

[Sandman]

It's hard to build your own equipment, but that's the fun of it too. SS is very hard to work with when drilling, I know. All the commercially made SS scoops have the holes punched out on presses. Note the pic below of the scoop I like to use. However it costs lots more than a homemade one. I still have some of my old scoops and wonder if I'll ever throw them away.

Nice ring too.