Travel Size Floating Sifter
Our smallest floating sifter — an 8″×8″ screen that packs into a backpack or suitcase, so you never travel without one.
- Our smallest sifter — 8″×8″ screen (11½″×11½″ overall)
- Packs into a backpack or suitcase
- Floats on oceans, rivers & lakes
- 1/4″ standard or 1/8″ small screen holes
Complete your kit sold separately
Add them to your cart alongside your sifter to spec out your own kit.
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How to use a floating sifter
No digging, no heavy lifting. If you can stand in the water, you can hunt treasure.
Wade in & scoop
Step into shallow water and scoop sand into the floating tray with the included scoop.
Sift & float
The sifter floats beside you while water washes the sand through the screen.
Spot the treasure
Shark teeth, fossils, shells, rocks, and gems stay on the screen. Pick your finds and jar them.
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Read the reviewsFloating sifter FAQs
Straight answers for first-time treasure hunters.
A floating sifter is a screened tray, framed in PVC, that floats on the water while you sift sand for shark teeth, fossils, shells, rocks, and gems. Ours are hand-built and come in several sizes, including two-handled and travel-size models.
Wade into shallow water, scoop sand into the tray, and let the water wash the sand through the screen — shark teeth, fossils, shells, rocks, and gems stay on top. Then pick out your finds and drop them in your jar.
You need four things: a floating sifter, a scoop, a jar for your finds, and a leash so nothing drifts away. Every Treasure Hunter Package includes all four — nothing else to buy.
A Venice snow shovel is a long-handled wire basket used in dry sand; a floating sifter works in the water and floats beside you. They are different tools for different spots — many hunters use both.
Right here at FloatingSifter.com. We are based on Manasota Key in Englewood, Florida — just south of Venice — and every order ships free. Order ahead and your sifter arrives before your beach day.
Yes — every order ships free.
Yes. Our sister company Sharkier rents shark tooth hunting gear for $29.99/day on Manasota Key. Renting is a great way to try before you buy.