Find's Treasure Forums
Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!
You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.
Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.
Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.
Click here to register!
Need Support Help?
Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you
Lesche digging tool
- Thread starter tulsa
- Start date
Uncle Willy
New member
I don't use a regular digging tool or trowel so I can't help you there but it's quite popular with many folks and as tough as they com.
Bill
Bill
I was too cheap to spring for one myself but my special Aunt stuck one in my stocking a few years ago. I had been using a garden digger and, gasp, a small spade. I'll say this, my spade is relegated to occasional beach hunts now and the garden digger bent and finally broke. I love the Lesche.I It feels perfect in my hand and is sturdy as all get out. Khouse sent me a nice digger that I think is also a garden tool. I forget the brand name but he might remember. I looked it up online when I got it and it's about 15-20 bucks cheaper than the Lesche and equally as tough. It is very similar in design to the Lesche but it has a bigger handle and the serrations are on the other side of the blade. This is normally the side I as a right hander would prefer but having dug 20,000 plus coins with the Lesche my muscle memory is accustomed to it. I am going to grind teeth into the other side as soon as I find a friend with a good bench grinder. I use it as a spare and as a loaner when somebody hunts with me.
My advice is get a Lesche. I think the model I use is their standard model and is 40 bucks and it comes with a sturdy sheath. I think the guy that designed it was chased out of his own company and designed something different. I seem to recall UW writing that a while back. That might be worth looking into. Whatever you do, don't go cheap, you'll be replacing it before you know it.
When I see another treasure hunter using a Lesche, I know he is a serious detectorist.
Chris
I went out to my truck and looked. The name of the tool khouse generously sent me is an A F Leonard Soil Knife. It retails for around 25 bucks.
My advice is get a Lesche. I think the model I use is their standard model and is 40 bucks and it comes with a sturdy sheath. I think the guy that designed it was chased out of his own company and designed something different. I seem to recall UW writing that a while back. That might be worth looking into. Whatever you do, don't go cheap, you'll be replacing it before you know it.
When I see another treasure hunter using a Lesche, I know he is a serious detectorist.
Chris
I went out to my truck and looked. The name of the tool khouse generously sent me is an A F Leonard Soil Knife. It retails for around 25 bucks.
Chris,
It's a A M leonard knife.
They have changed the design of it.
I took a 3/16 round chainsaw file and cut matching teeth on the other side of my Lesche. It took about 5 minutes. Now it cuts the right way for me.
http://www.amleo.com/index/item.cgi?cmd=view&Words=4752com
It's a A M leonard knife.
They have changed the design of it.
I took a 3/16 round chainsaw file and cut matching teeth on the other side of my Lesche. It took about 5 minutes. Now it cuts the right way for me.
http://www.amleo.com/index/item.cgi?cmd=view&Words=4752com
lazyaussie
New member
it"s a great little digger i use to use a big hunting knife but after a few " look mummy that mans got a knife "s i bit the bullet & got one & haven't looked back 
so just buy one & get diggin.
lazyaussie
so just buy one & get diggin.lazyaussie
HuntRick64
New member
Buy the Lesche! I have owned 3 Gator Tools from KellyCo. Only paid for one and they kept replacing them as they bent (which was every time I used it). Good customer service, but poor product. I think that Gator tool was actually designed to get jelly out of the jar, because that is about all it can take! They finally send me another digger that resembled a bulb planting spade. The most uncomfortable tool I have ever used. I then started buying cheap diggers from Lowes, Walmart, etc. and kept tearing them up. Most of my soil is hard clay/rocks. I finally spent another $40 (the first $40 was on worthless tools) and bought a Lesche. Never bent, never failed, BUT someone stole it out of the back of my truck. I quickly spent another $40 to replace it and keep it locked up. My son bought a Treasure Wise knife and it is really tough, probably indestructible, but not near as comfortable as the Lesche. I now look at a digging tool like I look at headphones, buy the best and be done with it!
I have found a cheap but well worth the money garden hand shovel that Wally World sells (some of you may know that term as Walmart
). This shovel replaced the other 2 that I broke and when I went to replace them I found this nice little tool. It is I believe stainless steel SOLID all the way up to the handle thick necked and has a nice firm neoprene handle. I believe it has a name on it marked "fiskers" on the little yellow band at the neck. This tool has endured more abuse and it has not shown one sign of bending, denting, or any other bad things that can happen to it. I believe it cost about 4-7 bucks if I recall. It works well in all types of soils but I have not tried it in clay yet. With a little grinding on the edges I believe it will cut through some of the toughest grass and tree roots. I have a Minelab digger that was given to me as a freebee when I purchased my detectors that I use occasionally but the rubber handle keeps turning on it so a dose of liquid nails is a comming. I carry it mainly to have people (bad people) think it is a weapon!
Can keep people away!
Don
). This shovel replaced the other 2 that I broke and when I went to replace them I found this nice little tool. It is I believe stainless steel SOLID all the way up to the handle thick necked and has a nice firm neoprene handle. I believe it has a name on it marked "fiskers" on the little yellow band at the neck. This tool has endured more abuse and it has not shown one sign of bending, denting, or any other bad things that can happen to it. I believe it cost about 4-7 bucks if I recall. It works well in all types of soils but I have not tried it in clay yet. With a little grinding on the edges I believe it will cut through some of the toughest grass and tree roots. I have a Minelab digger that was given to me as a freebee when I purchased my detectors that I use occasionally but the rubber handle keeps turning on it so a dose of liquid nails is a comming. I carry it mainly to have people (bad people) think it is a weapon! Can keep people away!
Don
Butch in Colorado
New member
Based on the comments to this post I spent $58 dollars with Predator tools for the model 88 Hercules. I never thought I would spend $58 for a digging tool, but is is worth every dollar and more. I hunt in GA and in the summer (now) the clay can be rock hard and roots and rocks are normal unless you get close to the Chattahoochee river where it is a lot of sandy dirt. It is light and easy to carry and I cannot imagine it bending or breaking. The 30" handle and places to put your feet gives you a huge amount of leverage to punch down deep. I have not been stopped by any soil type yet. Plus it is a good defensive tool in case you come in contact with a rabid animal or a very unreasonable person intent on doing you harm.