I’ve been detecting for a year. On a real tight retired budget so started with a small garden hand shovel we had. Then sharpened it to make cleaner plugs. Finally got a DR ÖTEK Hand digger. Nice piece and came with a belt loop sheath to carry it. For places that want minimal damage I’ve also used a weed pulling tool that looks like a screwdriver with a forked end. Good for coins just below the surface. New subscriber. Thank you for protecting us and the constitution so we can detect.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

I've heard good things about that brand of digging tool. I appreciate your subscribing & support of FREEDOM!

well i have heard a story that someone was detecting at night and theses people came up to him and asked him to hand over the metal detecter , he pulled out his digging knife and that scrared them off.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

In the wrong neighborhood probably. I'm surprised it worked...

Hope your weekend has gone well

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Quite well my friend! And yours?

Maybe wouldn't use a shotgun but people should use what works best for them to dig the plug. I use a tool from Japan called a Nisaku and its fantastic, there's no bend in it buy the handle to get in the way when you gotta go deep. It's serrated on 1 side and a blade on the other side but it's not sharp. 💯 would recommend 💯

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Definitely want to use what works best, but being off the radar is always best. Thanks for watching!

agree💯 Also appreciate that you dont do a 2-5 minute intro with music and shit like some others.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Others do that so that they log more watch time with KZread. It's the difference between someone that's in this for money & someone that's having fun helping people. Thanks for the support!

The cops came for you while detecting 😂

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Only once, but not because I had a knife!

Thx for sharing and helping us

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

That's my mission! Thanks for watching.

I have a lesh. Best tool ever

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

The original and truly the greatest!

Correct sir. I've seen idiots digging with kiri knives, and short machetes. . Being inoffensive and blending in is the name of the game . I cringe at the site of shovels in the park.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching!

Subscribed! 10/28/23

great show i agree

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support!

I’ve even seen people making their owns tools out of angle iron! There is some terrible stuff out rhere

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

For sure!

No Sir, You Not An Idiot By Saying It Like It Is. Detectorist's Should Be More Responsible On The Digging Tools They Used While Being Around Other People Period. Thank You For Your Informative Videos. Stay Safe.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Thanks for the support and thanks for watching!

Aren’t double edged knives (daggers) illegal anyway?

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Not here in Michigan. You can carry about any knife you choose.

@knowbuddy0

10 ай бұрын

This is what i was referring to by how you made it come across a bit more exaggerated than it was. You made it seem like they were carrying a foot long double edge dagger. When it had the same looking blade as a hori hori except it was flat tipped, and serrated on edge.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Well, Since I don't own a horI hori, I used what I had to illustrate my point. I even mentioned the hori hori. There really was no need to exaggerate, because the overwhelming majority of people I spoke with about the subject (I put up a poll in all the groups I run) agree that not only is any type of knife a terrible digging tool, but it's about guaranteed to get you unwanted attention in most urban areas. I never mentioned length, and the blade I held up that's of similar design (albeit pointed tip) is close to the same length. I stand by my point (no pun intended).

@knowbuddy0

10 ай бұрын

@@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964 its all personal preference...

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

Indeed it is. I prefer not to be disturbed during my valuable hunt time because I'm using a tool that gets me the wrong attention.

As someone who was in that group and saw said post. You seemed to leave out alot of key information like that the knife was blunt tipped like a big flathead screwdriver and was more than half the size you compared it to, and it wasn't a double edge blade. It was serrated on the entirety of one edge and looked almost exactly like a hori hori digger. It even had the inches marks (4 inches) on it exactly like a dig tool. Your making it seem as though the original poster was the one arguing with you, their post was asking for opinions on using it as a "secondary" dig tool instead of a occasional screw driver. They lived in Oklahoma if i remember correctly which is a open carry firearm state, and nearly half the people walking down the street have visible knifes on their belt. Much different environment than Michigan i imagine. Depends on the area you are in. Majority of people in the south wouldnt even bat an eye at the sight of a knife. To someone who knows nothing about detecting a hand digger in a sheath looks just like a big bowie knife from a distance. I agree to exercise caution and to get a feel for the area first but as someome from south, it can be quite a different environment and less fear mongering/karen type behavior that than the more liberal states.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

I clearly stated it wasn't the OP who was arguing. Blunt tipped, measurements on the blade, whatever you do, it's a knife not a digging tool. Yes, it depends on where you are how something is going to be reacted to, but it's important to remember that new people that are impressionable from all over the country see that post. I took it as a teachable moment and made this video which has been very well received by my viewers. My mission here is to educate & inform detectorists, and carrying and using a tool that looks like a weapon is a bad idea. Not only that, they suck at digging. Here in Michigan I can open carry my firearm if I wish, but I carry concealed. Just because you CAN do something doesn't mean you should. Thanks for watching.

@knowbuddy0

10 ай бұрын

@@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964 i understand where you are coming and i agree to some extent, and i was more reffering to some of the commenters taking jabs at the guy for asking by calling them kyles and karens looking for trouble". Yes there was some people being slightly confrontational about it towards you just have to be aware of our surroundings and the judge the type of area we are in. I'm sure they arent just walking around with the knife in their hand the whole time, which could get dome looks im sure. I imagine itvis used fairly sparingly and as with hand digging anything, you kneel down, remove from sheath, use it and its back in the sheath again before you're on your feet again. So i wouldn't imagine that catching too much attention in most places. My point mostly being that a person who doesn't know about detecting could just as easily think something like the grave digger hand tool is a huge knife as well.

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

A metal detecting hand tool looks a lot less like a weapon than what that guy was showing off...

That guy is just another Kyle looking to start trouble. He should marry a Karen and have a Bart Simpson. People like him eventually will get our hand diggers classified as a weapon. "No weapons allowed in parks".

@freedomdiggersmetaldetecti8964

10 ай бұрын

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