Don't use a screwdriver on the beach, parks are where I use it, there are no potholes to worry about the grass dying, slice the sod, probe to get the depth of the target then recover it.
I'm going to pick up one of the motorcycle tire spoons to try out, thanks for the idea.
Just wanted to add that this well known veteran treasure hunter, the late Charles Garrett wrote in his 2008 book about the method of using a dull screwdriver......he wrote that, knowing that for many who have practiced it, that it had success. I post this so that many new detectorists who read this thread will not think that those of us who have put our hands up and said," We know of and use this technique " are wrong just because one person says it is wrong and retarded to even think that this was ever a coin retrieval tecnique. ......That's all I got to say about that........heh. : p
It means i was / am not a big Garrett fan... SO... the MEGA amounts of books the dude wrote were of no interest to me.
Since you seem to be so knowledgeable about everything, perhaps you should consider writing a series of books on the subject. You said, "In over 40 years i have never once ever seen OR heard of anyone using a screwdriver for retrieval of an item of any sort," yet you carry on like you are an expert in the matter. And just because you may not be a Garrett fan, it seems rather narrow-minded to dismiss the man's knowledge.
No one "dismissed anything"...
I should try one.
nope... this i like... perhaps with only one side serrated though.
Just add an "HIE" to the "ARC".
lol... you do that.
Shame on whoever does not follow the code.
Would we expect to find that book series in the Fiction isle or the Fantasy isle.........
heh
