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The T handle digger is the classic relic hunting shape for a reason, and the CKG T handle metal detecting shovel delivers it in tempered steel at a working price. The narrow 10 by 4 inch serrated blade concentrates your force into a small cutting line, slicing through roots, turf and compacted ground that stops wider spades cold. Drive it with your boot, twist out a clean deep plug, recover your target and close the hole like you were never there.
The 5.5 inch T grip gives both hands leverage for digging and prying while keeping your wrists neutral through hundreds of plugs a day. Tempered steel construction with a powder coated, rust resistant finish handles rocky fill, wet beach sand and muddy field hunts, and at 3.8 pounds and 39.5 inches it carries comfortably across any permission. Compare every style in our metal detecting shovels, diggers and picks collection, including the legendary Lesche T handle diggers this design goes head to head with.
Why Detectorists Choose This T Handle Shovel
- Narrow blade, deep bite: The 10 x 4 inch profile concentrates force like a trenching shovel, punching through compacted soil where wide blades skate.
- Serrated edges saw roots: Toothed sides cut through root laced ground on the way down, no hacking or repositioning.
- T handle leverage: Two handed grip drives, twists and pries with less wrist fatigue than straight or D handles in tough ground.
- Clean plug recovery: The sharp narrow blade lifts tidy plugs that fold back invisibly, protecting parks and permissions.
- Tempered steel toughness: Heat treated steel with powder coat shrugs off rocks, roots and pry loads that bend cheaper shovels.
- Rust resistant everywhere: The coated finish handles beach sand, surf spray and wet soil without corroding.
- Balanced carry weight: 3.8 lbs and 39.5 inches hits the sweet spot between digging power and all day portability.
Specifications
- Overall length: 39.5 inches (100 cm)
- Blade: Tempered steel, 10 inches (25 cm) long by 4 inches (10 cm) wide with serrated edges
- Handle: T grip, 5.5 inches (13 cm) wide
- Weight: 3.8 lbs (1.75 kg)
- Finish: Powder coated, rust resistant
- Uses: Metal detecting, relic recovery, gold prospecting, park and beach digging
- Warranty: 1 year against manufacturing defects
The Relic Hunter's Workhorse
If your hunts run through old homesites, wooded permissions and plowed fields, a narrow T handle digger is the tool the veterans carry. It digs deeper targets than a hand trowel, cuts cleaner than a garden spade and doubles as a trenching and drain spade around the house. Prefer a different grip or lighter carry? The CKG carbon fiber round point shovel swaps the T grip for a D handle at nearly a pound lighter. Finish the kit with a pinpointer and a finds pouch and you are ready for any permission.
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