Indiana Gold scoop?

[Irishgoldhound]

Just ordered an Indiana Gold scoop. Anyone own one of these that can give me a review of how they like it? It's the design that looks like the stavr scoop. People say its a knock off but the company apparently has been around for some time.

 

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[Fletch88]

Cancel it ASAP ! They're junk! Tried to send it back after it bent and would cost over $100 to ship back. They offered to refund $50 if I just kept it, but never received anything. I straightend it and welded angle iron reinforcement on it and sold it for $40. (Shipping was $20 so really netted $20)

 

[Irishgoldhound]

That's not the one I ordered. That one you have seems to bend ive heard. This one has the four welded steel stems to the handle insert like the stavr scoop.

 

[Irishgoldhound]

They're only meant for shore line and sand. Not rock and heavy hard material. I can't see it bending just from sand scooping and light shore line digging. I have a solid stainless steel Dalyn water scoop that can stand up too anything.

 

[Fletch88]

I was in medium packed sand with no rocks at all. It looked like a comparable scoop to the Stavr online but the build quality was no where near what the inline picture looked like. Which model did you buy? The one I just saw on EBay does look more like a Stavr. I paid like $180 for the one that bent the 3rd time out.

 

[Irishgoldhound]

It's the model that looks like the stavr scoop almost identical. With the 4 welded stems. I paid 180.00 for mine too. Price was 137.00 plus shipping here to Canada. Sorry your scoop bent. Hope this one is a more solid design.

 

[Fletch88]

I didn't see that model when I purchased mine. Maybe the style you ordered will work better. Good luck with yours.

 

[Irishgoldhound]

Yeah I hope so. Thanks man!

 

[Fletch88]

I was "chasing" super deep targets at night when I had a Sand Shark in very soft sand when I first bent the scoop. The bad part was they were bottle caps and bits of iron.

 

[Irishgoldhound]

Wow that scoop didn't hold up very well just digging soft sand.

 

[wvdirtdigger]

I bought one. Once I received it I had concern that it may bend where the handle attached. I welded supports as dross the back of the scoop and to the handle attachment. So far so good!