Disclosed herein is a hand-held underwater dredge integrated with a metal detector, designed for locating and retrieving metallic objects from aquatic environments. Equipped with a suction-generating electric pump and powered by an onboard battery to enable operation while fully submerged, the dredge features a pipe system leading to a catch can that captures metal items while expelling the water drawn into the pipe system by the generated suction. In operation, users scan a riverbed, seabed, or lakebed using the metal detector. Once a metal item is detected, the user places the suction end of the pipe system over the metal item and activates the electric pump to start the suction, leading to capture of the metal item in the catch can for retrieval. This streamlines the process of underwater treasure hunting, combining detection and collection into a single user-operated system.

Disclosed herein is a hand-held underwater dredge integrated with a metal detector, designed for locating and retrieving metallic objects from aquatic environments. Equipped with a suction-generating electric pump and powered by an onboard battery to enable operation while fully submerged, the dredge features a pipe system leading to a catch can that captures metal items while expelling the water drawn into the pipe system by the generated suction. In operation, users scan a riverbed, seabed, or lakebed using the metal detector. Once a metal item is detected, the user places the suction end of the pipe system over the metal item and activates the electric pump to start the suction, leading to capture of the metal item in the catch can for retrieval. This streamlines the process of underwater treasure hunting, combining detection and collection into a single user-operated system.