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Non-destructive grass park hunting
oroplata  
Posted : Saturday, 16 March 2013 6:21:43 PM(UTC)
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Here is a instructional video showing how to recover objects from below grass without damaging the turf, using probe/screwdriver and slit cutting.




Hat tip to Guardian for finding the video

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Posted : Saturday, 16 March 2013 8:10:53 PM(UTC)
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The slit cutting method is so far the best way i have seen to recover coins etc. from a public park. I will use that method from now on. Even so i am still a bit worried that a Police officer on a bad hair day could class the Lische digging tool as an offensive weapon. Anyway, i will be back coin hunting as soon as the ground gets a bit softer, so the grass has a chance to recover.
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Posted : Saturday, 16 March 2013 11:16:41 PM(UTC)
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ty andrew...will give that method a go also.
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Posted : Sunday, 17 March 2013 7:24:34 AM(UTC)
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Originally Posted by: oroplata Go to Quoted Post
Here is a instructional video showing how to recover objects from below grass without damaging the turf, using probe/screwdriver and slit cutting.




Hat tip to Guardian for finding the video


Fantastic, just goes to show eh! thank you for the video I will be doing this from now on, cheers
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Posted : Sunday, 17 March 2013 1:57:40 PM(UTC)
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The probe and screwdriver technique is useful. An addition was to heat and bend the tip of the screwdriver up a bit. I used to follow the probe down and angle up under the object then lever it out. The probe I made was a golf ball that I drilled a small hole into then glued a 8 - 10" length of brass rod into it. The end of the rod was rounded over. Never scratched a coin with it. The slit method works pretty good too but then I got lazy and just dug holes in the ground.

I have two icecream container lids in my hunting kit, one for earth to go on and the other I can use to kneel on. Saves the knees from acorns, rocks etc.

Happy hunting and small holes.
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jeff b  
Posted : Saturday, 11 June 2016 12:01:14 AM(UTC)
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now thats what i call style right there
SOMETIMES I WAKE UP GRUMPY. OTHER TIMES I LET HER SLEEP
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