Hand Augers
Buy Eijkelkamp hand augers online for soil sampling, profiling and site investigation. The range covers Edelman heads matched to clay, sand and coarse sand, plus specialist heads for stony, wet, peaty and root-bound ground, and piston and peat sampler bottoms for undisturbed recovery. Genuine Eijkelkamp equipment, supplied direct from our UK operation.
Choosing a hand auger head
The head does the work, and picking the wrong one turns a straightforward borehole into a long afternoon. Blade shape and opening angle are what separate the models — each is cut to release a particular kind of soil cleanly rather than pack it in or let it fall out on the way up.
- Edelman Auger for Clay — narrow blade opening for cohesive, sticky soils that would otherwise clog a wider head.
- Edelman Auger for Sand — wider opening that holds loose, free-draining material long enough to bring it to surface.
- Edelman Auger for Coarse Sand — built for gravelly ground where finer blades would jam or deflect.
- Combination Edelman Auger — a compromise geometry that copes with mixed profiles, and the sensible first purchase if you survey varied sites.
Specialist heads for difficult ground
Standard Edelman heads cover most routine work. These solve the situations that stop it:
- Stony Soil Auger — reinforced for gravel and small cobbles.
- Spiral Auger — pre-drills through hard, dry or compacted layers so a sampling head can follow.
- Riverside Auger — for saturated, soft ground and bank material near watercourses.
- Hogweed Auger — cuts through dense root mass that would foul a standard blade.
- Peat Sampler Bottom Part — recovers peat cores for depth logging and carbon work.
- Piston Sampler Bottom Part — retains soft and saturated samples that would otherwise slide out.
What else you need to bore a hole
A head on its own will not get you into the ground. A complete working set is a head, a handle, enough extension rods for your target depth, and the small parts that keep the job moving.
- Handles — standard, detachable grip, ergonomic and beathead options.
- Extension Rods — add reach as the borehole deepens.
- Auger Accessories — coupling sleeves, bayonet adaptors, impact absorbing hammers, spatulas and carrying bags.
- Hand Auger Sets — pre-matched kits if you would rather not specify item by item.
- Gouge Augers — for near-undisturbed cores where profile layering matters.
Who uses hand augers
Ground investigation and geotechnical consultants, contaminated land specialists, agronomists and soil surveyors, environmental and ecological monitoring teams, peatland and habitat restoration projects, universities and research groups, and archaeologists carrying out test pitting and deposit modelling. Anywhere you need to see what is below the surface without mobilising a rig, a hand auger is the tool that gets used.
Hand auger FAQs
Ordering and support
Every head listed here is genuine Eijkelkamp equipment supplied direct from our UK operation, so threads and couplings mate correctly with kit you already own. If you are not sure which head suits your ground conditions, or whether a part will fit your existing set, get in touch and we will confirm the specification before you order.