sample collection device 70 soil is not able to work its way up into the collection device by removing this risk the samples taken with the collection device 70 are generally more reliable additionally the sleeve 90 adds little extra work other than the few seconds necessary to place it about the collection device 70 referring now to fig3 a there is shown a fragmented cross sectional view of the invention as shown in fig3 but with the soil sample collection device 70 deployed in a collecting position because it is important to obtain undisturbed soil samples it is necessary to extend the soil sampling collection device 70 below the end of the auger 10 this is usually accomplished by applying a downward force with the rod 40 which is sufficient to drive the soil sample collection device 70 to penetrate the soil those skilled in the art will recognize that there are specific standards for the amount of force used and the number of impacts made when driving the device 70 into the ground as the soil sample collection device 70 is driven into the ground the force causes it to puncture the covering member 100 at the first end 92 of the sleeve 90 once the lower end 82 of the.