Advice for affordable quality scoop for creeks and rivers

[GranvilleATPro]

Hello,
High grass and foliage has take over my woods and fields, so I'm deciding to venture to water hunting. . Looking for something that I can give a little kick to drive into gravel bars without destroying it. Any advice on a good quality scoop with limited funds? Perhaps something under $100?
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[Irishgoldhound]

Look up RTG scoops on the internet. If your budget is around $100 bones, you can get a decent stainless steel scoop for around that. Here's one for $110.00



It's light weight and will stand up to your foot pushing into gravel and rock. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy hunting. IGH

 

[bigscoop]

Since saltwater isn't going to be an issue, locate a length of 6" galvanized tubing and have someone weld you a 3/8" piece of galvanized pipe in the shape of the old Miller scoops (you can look these up online). When I lived in Indiana this is all we used, extremely tough, lightweight, and the Miller style handle provides a lot of leverage. This also allows you to drill your own holes and we always added/cut a 3/4" serrated edge into the bottom lip of our scoops to help with rocks and gravel. $25 - $50 and you're done and this scoop will really take some abuse.

 

[SoCalBeachScanner]

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Here is some good info here about detecting rivers.

Metal Detecting in Rivers Need your help!


Also, depending on the size of the gravel, a pull scoop like this would be easier to scoop medium to large gravel. Then dump it on the bank or in a floating inner tube sifter. If the gravel is to large it will not sift out well of a regular beach scoop and pulling gravel is easier then trying to push a scoop with your foot in to gravel.

This scoop is 18 ga $40+shipping
Bucket Digger

 

[GranvilleATPro]

Thanks for the info everyone. I've read each post and investigating which route I'd like to go.

 

[CASPER-2]

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[Boatlode]

Look up RTG scoops on the internet. If your budget is around $100 bones, you can get a decent stainless steel scoop for around that. Here's one for $110.00

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It's light weight and will stand up to your foot pushing into gravel and rock. Hope this helps. Good luck and happy hunting. IGH

Thats the one I have. Its a beast.