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$559.20 versus $1700.00

usmcgrunt

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Yesterday we hunted a federal camp along the Wolf River here in north Mississippi. I had a wonderfun day, about 30 drops, half dozen buttons and a few of those what the heck is it. I'm the guy with the Tejon. I got in trouble for bashing another brand, so I won't mention the name of the detector or that it comes with wireless headphones, has this real pretty color display, and the arm cuff is cheap, and that it cost 1700 bucks. But when it was all said and done and we all made it back to the truck, thats when the ribbing started. My $1700 friend found the prettiest dropped bullet I think I've ever seen. It was the only bullet he found. A $1700 machine with a relic mode and all the adustments in the world should be able to find more than one drop bullet. Several times yesterday I yelled over and said, hey I have a bullet here. When he ran his $1700 machine over it, it was the same line I've heard for the last two weeks,,,,,,,I don't hear anything,,,are you sure theres a bullet there. Well I dig the hole and out comes a bullet. Now this is all coming from a guy who knows the in's and out's of a metal detector,,,,,,,he's no rookie. He called at zero dark this morning like he does every morning. I think he's seeing the light, he asked for the guys name in Corinth who sells Tesero's. There is not a machine that goes as deep as this Tejon. Theres not a machine that pinpoints as well. It has the best double d pinpoint coil out there,,,,,I've seen what my buddy's 10 inch double d will do when it comes to pinpointing. If you like digging holes the size of trash can lids buy that $1700 machine. Deep down inside, I'm hoping he sticks to that $1700 gimmick,,,,I don't want the competition.....
 
Just proof that you don't have to have the best, most expensive machine to find things.

greg
 
How come this story doesn't suprise me? And thanks for the story. Not only the Tejon out-performed, but I would bet my last dollar, many of the cheaper Tesoro's would have done the same also.
 
[size=medium]Tejon is hard to beat for relics. I have a minelab and a Nautilus gathering dust in the closet to prove it. $559.20 and a life time warranty, what more could you ask for:thumbup:

VaRelics
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Lets me so if I can do the math -
$1,700 with bells and whistles, need a college degree to learn how to use it, probably heavier than the hubs of Helen = brand X

$559.0 turn on, get beep, dig target = TESORO

I love to read these stories, well not stories, the truth. Steve.
 
How does the Tejon do with coin shooting in general - I really like this machine, I'm also looking at the Vaqureo. ANy help, many thanks! Get the Beep & Dig!
 
we need to give it some time it may be he has not learned it very well but i do think it is over priced and like you say the proof is out in the hunt lets keep watching this albitross maybe it will yet become somthing
 
SkiWhiz said:
Lets me so if I can do the math -
$1,700 with bells and whistles, need a college degree to learn how to use it, probably heavier than the hubs of Helen = brand X

$559.0 turn on, get beep, dig target = TESORO

I love to read these stories, well not stories, the truth. Steve.
I meant to say- Let me see not Lets me so. Typo. Sorry. Steve.
 
Hey usmcgrunt,

Nice hunting on your part!

I find the Tejon hits real hard on nickle, lead and brass running in discriminate mode and I usually have it set at the low side of foil.

Were you running in discriminate mode or in all metal? And was it the 12 x 10 coil on the Tejon?

Do you know if your buddy was running all three frequencies or just one?

Just curious .....

Cheers,
tvr
 
i just barely click it off all metal, and set the second one just before foil,,,i mainly hunt with the 12 by 10, i think it gets about the same depth as the stock coil, but you cover so much more ground,,,,,,heck i dont know what my buddy had going on with that big dollar machine,,,,,he spent have the day "tweeking" it, whatever that means,,,,i mean i heard him say "tweek" about a hundred times,,,,,i always thought the xlt was a pretty good machine, but this new thing, in my opinion is not worth the money,,,,,,,
 
Thanks for the setting info. Wife and I hitting outer banks this weekend. I have been just taking the CZ and Sand Shark on the more recent beach trips but this time I am taking the Tejon too with the standard coil and the 3.6 x 18 to play with. If weather holds, I hope to have something dug from the sand to take pictures of.
Cheers,
tvr
 
The Tesoro Tejon is a great metal detector,but to be fair with the user of the other detector probably isn't familiar with his detector yet.Everyone has good and bad hunts(Except for me) Remember there's always a faster gun.I have a friend who use to post here that would put his Compadra against your Tejon at the tot lot,and probably come out the top dog.Later Ron
 
usmcgrunt said:
Deep down inside, I'm hoping he sticks to that $1700 gimmick,,,,I don't want the competition.....

Sounds to me like you live for the competition, as long as you win... :rofl:

Like Ron said, there's always a faster gun and I guarantee there are people right now using (and learning) the Vision that are doing well and are very pleased with it. So I wouldn't be too quick to slam it.

Personally, I would take a Tejon for a third of the price over the Vision any day. Tesoro detectors perform simply and perform well.

But there is a place for bells and whistles and innovation in new detectors is a good thing for the hobby.
 
[size=medium]I second that well said for Marcomo. I love my Tejon and you would have to pry it from my dead hands before I would give it up. However, I'm a CW relic hunter, but if I decided to start searching for coins in a parks with pull tabs everywhere I would probably look into a bells and whistles machine. I don
 
tab dog is the tot lot king,,,,,,,i would only hunt a park if there were bullets in it,,,,,,,,trust me,,,,my vision buddy knows the ins and outs of that metal detecto
maybe competition was the wrong word to use,,,,,,,i could care less if its me or a hunting buddy that digs something nice,,,,,im just into saving a little history,,,let me try this,,,i have property in illiinois that i lease to these southern deer hunters,,,,,you talk about the gimmicks these guys show up with every year,,,,,i can remember when you sat iin a tree stand with a shotgun with iron sights,,,without deer scents,,,,grunt calls,,,,,scent blocker clothing,,,,new camo designs,,,the list goes on and on,,,,,,its a gimmick thing,,,thats it,,,,new gimmick,,make more money,,,,,like this vision,,,,,for 1700 bucks you should be finding everthing in the woods,,,,,everyone trys to defend this guy by saying, well he's just learning the machine,,,,this fellow knows machines,,,,,,and he also ordered a tejon last night and now he's booo whoooing on how he's gonna get his money back out of this thing,,,,,,,
 
Sometimes we pressure ourselves when we hunt with friends and don't do as well.There are also units that just don't match the user.I owned three different Explorer's before I realized how great this detector worked.The Vision is new like the Etrac and if my money situation was better I would consider either one of these detectors.I'm looking forward to putting the wader's on and taking the Tiger Shark out in a week or two.Tesoro makes a good product and so do some of the other major manufacturer's.Again your friend invested a lot of money and I hope the new metal detector works out.By the way last 4 hunts with the Explorer 7 silver coins.Thanks Ron
 
I guess the question is how far is technology is going to go before people relize that flash does'nt always bring in the cash, for the last century people have this thing of living modern at all times and where is the hieght of things are going to come to a point and level off? what ever happened to simplicity, if the guy with the tejon is kicking the other guys but i'm going to root for him and i've other detectors myself the m6, discovery 3300 bounty hunter time ranger, and how i got into tesoro's was i got into bind sold the whites m6 then bought a silver and imediatly fell in love with this machine and other tesoro machines, if you want to call me brand loyal that's fine but for the money I don't think there is another manufacturer that is versitile as tesoro is and not only that the life time warranty says it all, they put there money where there mouth is!
 
I LOVE my Tejon and wouldnt trade it for one of those 1700 dollar computers!!!!!!!! And your right it is deep~!!!! and for coins it does just as well because that is what mine is used for!!!!!!!
 
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