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Surgical plugs, featherweight carry. The CKG carbon fiber flat shovel pairs an ultra light carbon shaft with a flat edge tempered stainless blade lined with serrated teeth, so you can slice straight sided plugs in lawns, pastures and plowed fields that fold back without a trace. When your permission depends on leaving the ground the way you found it, a flat blade spade with sharp teeth is the tool that keeps you invited back.
The carbon fiber shaft is reinforced with an inner steel sleeve rated past 170 pounds of pressure, giving you carbon weight savings without the flex penalty. The whole shovel comes in at just 4.19 pounds with a 43 inch working length and a textured polymer D grip that stays put in wet grass or beach spray. Both blade and shaft are rust proof, so salt air and damp soil never follow you home. See how it compares with our other metal detecting shovels, diggers and picks or the classic Lesche digging tools lineup.
Why Detectorists Choose This Flat Shovel
- Flat edge plus serrated teeth: The straight blade cuts clean square sided plugs while the teeth saw through roots and dense sod on the way down.
- Clean plugs protect permissions: Neat cuts flip closed invisibly in lawns and parks, keeping landowners and groundskeepers on your side.
- Carbon light, steel strong: The carbon fiber shaft with inner steel sleeve holds over 170 lbs of pressure at a total weight of 4.19 lbs.
- Grip that holds in the wet: The textured polymer D handle keeps control with wet gloves, morning dew and beach spray.
- Rust proof all over: Tempered stainless blade and carbon shaft rinse clean after salt water, mud and damp field hunts.
- Made for soft and grassy ground: Moist lawns, pastures, plowed fields, beach sand and garden soil are its home turf.
- Pulls weekend double duty: Use it as an edging and sod cutting spade for garden beds and lawn borders between hunts.
Specifications
- Shaft: Carbon fiber with inner steel sleeve reinforcement, 39.5 inches (100 cm)
- Blade: Flat edge tempered stainless steel with double serrated teeth, 6.1 inches (15.5 cm) wide
- Overall length: 43 inches (109 cm)
- Weight: 4.19 lbs (1.9 kg)
- Handle: Textured polymer D grip
- Construction: Rust proof, corrosion resistant, non-folding fixed design
- Warranty: 1 year against manufacturing defects
Flat Blade or Round Blade? Pick Your Ground
The flat blade shines in turf, sod and soft soil where clean plug edges matter most, which makes it the pick for park and lawn hunters. For rocky terrain, heavy clay and hard packed ground, the CKG carbon fiber round point shovel penetrates easier with its rounded bite. Either way, finish your recovery kit with a pinpointer to find targets fast, a finds pouch or carry bag for your keepers, and a sand scoop for soft beach work.
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