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A Golden uMax is due back in the house today.
- Thread starter Mike Hillis
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Mike Hillis
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Del is right, Dan. The F5 will never leave. And I'll never be without a Golden/Cleansweep combo ever again either. Those two will be permanent fixture from now on. They just compliment each other too well. I'll always have fond memories of the Cortes but I gotta have tone id.
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Mike
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azsh07
Member
I bought one the day they came out with the Umax version of the Golden. I found more coins and relics with tthat detector than any other since. Best unit Tesoro ever made....of course I added a GB pot to it as the preset wqs a bit off for my area and it liked to squawk in some areas.
I had the tone break adjustment down to where I could ID nickels burried in modern pulltabs.
Found many colonial coins wth it as well as relics.....a great machine in cellar holes.
Hmmm...may need another one one day.
Scott
I had the tone break adjustment down to where I could ID nickels burried in modern pulltabs.
Found many colonial coins wth it as well as relics.....a great machine in cellar holes.
Hmmm...may need another one one day.
Scott
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Hi Steve,
I use the Golden/Cleansweep combination for hunting turf for clad and jewelry. A better combo for this type of hunting is not currently available. The Golden/Cleansweep will out perform the DFX/Bigfoot as well as the V3i/Bigfoot for this type of treasure hunting.
Crap.....What I really meant to say is that the Golden/Cleansweep is a sucky setup and performs like an anvil on a stick with a bicycle bell attached.
Mike
I use the Golden/Cleansweep combination for hunting turf for clad and jewelry. A better combo for this type of hunting is not currently available. The Golden/Cleansweep will out perform the DFX/Bigfoot as well as the V3i/Bigfoot for this type of treasure hunting.
Crap.....What I really meant to say is that the Golden/Cleansweep is a sucky setup and performs like an anvil on a stick with a bicycle bell attached.
Mike
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Hi Scott,
I consider it the best unit Tesoro ever made as well. I'm not much of a relic hunter but sometimes I do a little ghost towning or hunt around old mines. The Golden does great in iron. Very little falsing, pretty good depth, fast recovery, and the tones have that analog touch to the them that helps to id that round steel that breaks past the zinc tone into the high tone.
My very first one was a modified unit with the GB control. Joe Bolton did the mod and it stood up well. Had another one that Paul(CA) mod'ed for me but I sold that one (wish I hadn't as that was a good mod). I'll have to get this one mod'ed at some point in time after I fix it. The previous owner really screwed it up. I can see why they dumped it on a dealer in a trade in. It will take me more than an hour to retune it.
Trying to remember the guy's name that used the Golden almost exclusively to hunt CW buttons. Maybe it will come to me. He used to post on the Tesoro website forum from time to time a few years ago.
You should get another one, Scott. Only if you get a used one, be prepared to have to retune it as folks can't seem to keep their hands out of the insides. This is the third used one in a row that was so out of tune as to be unusable for its intended purpose. I could tell from the pictures it was going to be this way when I bought it so I wasn't supprised. Just glad to get another one.
HH
Mike
I consider it the best unit Tesoro ever made as well. I'm not much of a relic hunter but sometimes I do a little ghost towning or hunt around old mines. The Golden does great in iron. Very little falsing, pretty good depth, fast recovery, and the tones have that analog touch to the them that helps to id that round steel that breaks past the zinc tone into the high tone.
My very first one was a modified unit with the GB control. Joe Bolton did the mod and it stood up well. Had another one that Paul(CA) mod'ed for me but I sold that one (wish I hadn't as that was a good mod). I'll have to get this one mod'ed at some point in time after I fix it. The previous owner really screwed it up. I can see why they dumped it on a dealer in a trade in. It will take me more than an hour to retune it.
Trying to remember the guy's name that used the Golden almost exclusively to hunt CW buttons. Maybe it will come to me. He used to post on the Tesoro website forum from time to time a few years ago.
You should get another one, Scott. Only if you get a used one, be prepared to have to retune it as folks can't seem to keep their hands out of the insides. This is the third used one in a row that was so out of tune as to be unusable for its intended purpose. I could tell from the pictures it was going to be this way when I bought it so I wasn't supprised. Just glad to get another one.
HH
Mike
Hello Mike,
Sounds good. How does it work in mineralized soil? The only detector from Tesoro that I am familiar with is the Tiger Shark and I have 2 of those. The GB great up here in the Northwest. I need something to run through soccer and othe sports fields.
Where are you located? Thanks again.
Best Regards,
Steve
Sounds good. How does it work in mineralized soil? The only detector from Tesoro that I am familiar with is the Tiger Shark and I have 2 of those. The GB great up here in the Northwest. I need something to run through soccer and othe sports fields.
Where are you located? Thanks again.
Best Regards,
Steve
azsh07
Member
I know the inside of the Golden fairly well....I was one of the first to add a GB pot. Anyway...there are two pots if I remember right....along the bottom. One is the GB and the other is used to calinbrate the tone ID range.
I don't think there is any other trimmers inside....but then again I could be wrong.
Now.....next time I do a GB mod I will use a Bourne waterproof pot. reason is NOT because it is waterproof...but because it is self contained within the knob ( the wipers)...so nothing realy sticks inside the the panel unlike ragular pots where you have a large enclosure for the wiper. It was tought o find a spot for the old GB pot mod as it protruded so far inside. With these new Bourne pots the barely intrude inside...only enough to thread a 1/4 retaining nut on.
Think I will look for a Golden now...
I just got my F5 tonight....I can see why you like it so much. I ignored them as I thought it was like the F4 which I was not fond of but...the F5 is a very nice detector and with great depth. I need to get an 11"DD for it for field hunting.
Scott
I don't think there is any other trimmers inside....but then again I could be wrong.
Now.....next time I do a GB mod I will use a Bourne waterproof pot. reason is NOT because it is waterproof...but because it is self contained within the knob ( the wipers)...so nothing realy sticks inside the the panel unlike ragular pots where you have a large enclosure for the wiper. It was tought o find a spot for the old GB pot mod as it protruded so far inside. With these new Bourne pots the barely intrude inside...only enough to thread a 1/4 retaining nut on.
Think I will look for a Golden now...
I just got my F5 tonight....I can see why you like it so much. I ignored them as I thought it was like the F4 which I was not fond of but...the F5 is a very nice detector and with great depth. I need to get an 11"DD for it for field hunting.
Scott
Mike Hillis
Well-known member
Thanks for the Bourne tip. The perfect place for the GB pot is right there above the notch width dial, only there is no room inside at that point for a normal pot. It sounds like the Bourne pot would fit in that location. I'll check them out.
Don't get me started singing the praises of the F5 on the Tesoro forum. They'll boot me off You should not have any trouble appreciating it's special capabilities. Careful though as it could spoil you.
Wow...I just realized I'm going back to knob control. F5 has knobs, Golden has knobs, and the CZ3D I'm planning on getting has knobs. Hadn't realized that until just now.....hmmm....now to go find those Bourne pots......
HH
Mike
Don't get me started singing the praises of the F5 on the Tesoro forum. They'll boot me off
You should not have any trouble appreciating it's special capabilities. Careful though as it could spoil you.Wow...I just realized I'm going back to knob control. F5 has knobs, Golden has knobs, and the CZ3D I'm planning on getting has knobs. Hadn't realized that until just now.....hmmm....now to go find those Bourne pots......
HH
Mike
Mike has stated numerous times that he likes machines with tones. Everyone is hoping for a new TID machine from Tesoro but I would rather see the Tejon updates with the Golden's tones (but with a wider spread from top to bottom tone) and the Golden's notch. That would be the most incredible machine on the market, in my opinion.
Dan
Dan
azsh07
Member
...as well as the Vaquero. The new H.O.T. circuitry was not good here in NH/Maine. It was not any deeper in ground than any other mid priced unit and it was not as good in trashy iron as earlier umax models.
I know a tone of people like em down south but I have never ever seen anyone use em here....I am sure someone has one but I have never seen anyone with one.
Now in mild soil I could see it being good.
As for why the Golden found more relics was because I used it for so long. It worked well..was great in trash and the tones were awesom in trash. I could set the notch window so that nickels made acertain tone while tabs were a dual tone break.
I could have done just as well with a Bandido II Umax or an Eldorado umax to be fair...but not the Tejon...again too noisy...too hot.
Scott
I know a tone of people like em down south but I have never ever seen anyone use em here....I am sure someone has one but I have never seen anyone with one.
Now in mild soil I could see it being good.
As for why the Golden found more relics was because I used it for so long. It worked well..was great in trash and the tones were awesom in trash. I could set the notch window so that nickels made acertain tone while tabs were a dual tone break.
I could have done just as well with a Bandido II Umax or an Eldorado umax to be fair...but not the Tejon...again too noisy...too hot.
Scott
amcjavelin
Active member
well i'm from maine and i've done very well with tesoro but yes i've encountered some soils they have'nt liked or sometimes did'nt always go that deep, but most of my hunting is old cellar holes and field hunts!