Combination digger and sifter for use with metal detector
OwnerGradie R. Holderinventor
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Abstract
A device for use in conjunction with a metal detector which will allow the user to dig and sift simultaneously with one hand. The device includes a shovel type scoop with a flashlight built into the handle. The scoop is perforated so that it can be used in the manner of a sifter looking for metal particles or other objects. The holder or handle has a ring attachment for conveniently carrying on a belt. Optionally, the holder scoop may be magnetically treated in order to capture small metallic objects which might otherwise fit through the perforations.
Claims10
An apparatus for locating and separating objects from a medium in which said objects are disposed, comprising, in combination:
- first means for temporarily retaining therein at least a portion of said medium which may contain one or more of said objects to be located and separated from said medium;
- said first means being provided with a plurality of apertures through which said portion of said medium may pass;
- said apertures being dimensioned, located and shaped in said first means so as to facilitate and expedite the passage therethrough of said portion of said medium which is temporarily retained in said first means and substantially simultaneously to obstruct and impede the passage therethrough of at least some of said objects to be located and separated from said medium;
- second means operatively interconnected with said first means to enable the entire apparatus to be readily held by one hand of a person utilizing said apparatus;
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- third means disposed within said second means for facilitating and assisting the visual detection of objects remaining in said first means after substantially all of said portion of said medium has passed through said apertures provided in said first means.
Dependencies are inferred from the claim text.