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Are Tesoros better at detecting gold jewelry than

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the 6.5 KHZ Garretts, Bounty Hunters, Whites, etc.? Are these lower frequency detectors just as good for ladies thin gold rings that are about 4" or deeper?
 
Tesoro's are far better at finding gold than the Bounty Hunter Quick Draw II, Bounty Hunter 202 and the Garrett GTAx 500 and GTAx 1000.

Whites are another story. Some Whites models are probably better at finding gold than most Tesoro models.

There are a lot of apples and oranges in you're question.:blink:

Generally, I would say that Tesoro and Whites are better than Bounty Hunter and Garrett at finding gold. I'm sure a lot of people will find exceptions to that.

But, there are exceptions to that, mostly due to the generality of the question mostly.

HH,
 
the higher freq, detectors are more sensitive to the smaller gold items like real thin chains. allot of such type of detectors usually start at about 15 khz. but khz is not the only factor in sensitive and depth allot of that has to do with circuit design. so to answer your question it just depends on what models you are comparing. as far as some whites being better, and any other brand is concerned, they all have their weak and strong points. and what is just as important is how the detector fits the person using it. when detecting for those items you will usually detect with little to no discrimination. any detector with a threshold based true all metal mode will do an alright job. even the so called cheap ones. HH
 
Tesoros are better at finding small gold rings than the Garretts and any of the 6.59 khz Whites. The Lobo Super Traq is the best Tesoro I've used for finding small gold jewelry, and also the best at finding miniscule bits of foil and other tiny nonferrous junk. The second best Tesoro for finding small gold rings I've used was a Compadre. The small broken ring in the photo was found with a Newforce CS-5ZX that runs at 12.5 khz. Being broken makes the ring difficult to detect, and makes it a good example of how hard some small gold jewelry stuff is to find with a detector.. No detector I've checked that has a transmit frequency of less than 10 khz will detect it in any mode. My Golden
 
"The Lobo Super Traq is the best Tesoro I've used for finding small gold jewelry, and also the best at finding minuscule bits of foil and other tiny nonferrous junk."

That's all it takes and now the LST gets added on my list of possible next machine.

"finding minuscule bits of foil and other tiny nonferrous junk." really nabs my interest. It may not for most but when relic hunting, the little bit of this and little bit of that can be hints to work with. Also, the occasional nugget hunt can fit the bill.

LST might make a good pair-up with my Tejon and a few other machines - hummmm - gears starting up again. :blink:
 
The elementary school is just down the street from my house. The playground is mostly sand and I've hunted it almost every weekend while school was in session for years. I've found a lot of coins and an occasional gold ring or bracelet there over the years. I used a lot of different detectors there, mostly Fisher, Whites and Garretts, and thought I kept the playground junk cleaned out, but the first trip there with the LST the ground was alive with signals from targets the other detectors never saw. BB's, .17 caliber air rifle pellets 3 to 4 inches down, tiny foil bits, staples and all kinds of very small thingies. I would surely like to have a nickel for ever pencil erasor band I found there. I had the standard eliptical widescan coil and the 8 inch round concentric coil but used the discontinued 3 X 7 concentric coil on the LST most of the time when jewelry hunting. The other coils were good but the 3 X 7 coil was a killer on small stuff, never used a 5.75 except on a Compadre but I would think one on the LST would do as well as the 3 X 7 on small stuff, plus it would have more depth. I didn't keep the LST long because it had preset ground balance in disc mode that was set way too positive for my mild ground, which resulted in a loss of depth and sensitivity to higher conductive targets like silver coins, but in all metal mode it was great for hunting small, low conductive stuff. The photo is of some of the small gold rings from that playground.
smallrings.jpg
 
[quote jabbo]the 6.5 KHZ Garretts, Bounty Hunters, Whites, etc.?[/quote][size=medium]Most of the mid-frequency White's operate at 6.59 kHz, such as the XLT, XL Pro, Classic series, and others. Currently, the Garrett Master Hunter and Ace 150 & 250 operate at 6.5, while the GTAx, GTP & GTI models operate at 7.0 kHz or 7.2 kHz. Bounty Hunters are all 6.59 (usually now rounded to 6.6 kHz.

It should be noted that when the detector industry really too off in the VLF era, (1974/75 on), many of the earliest VLF (All Metal) ONLY models operated in the lower end of the VLF spectrum, generally from about 1.75 kHz to 5 kHz
 
A good key, and one of the problems I have taking a newbie who wants to rely on a TID machine display looking for a repeatable lock - and wanting to leave the iffy signals - frustration sets and no patience....
"That was to use the least amount of Discrimination possible, and listen to and learn the audio responses and go after a lot of "iffy" hits. All of us who have mastered the patience to hunt this way have found success."

I have a newbie tagging along for tomorrow afternoon hunt - I think all the machines I pack will be non-TID (audio only) so he won't use TID.

Enjoyed the coffee & bagel.
 
Thanks Monte!

...and I'll need to re-read THAT one, also.:)

I'll admit, with my Tesoro machines, I DO look for target repeatability...

Do you think that might NOT be the best idea for the low conductive targets?

As it happens, my nickel count is good, and I've dug plenty foil and tabs.
My ring count is very low. I certainly would like to improve it!

Actually, even my silver ring count is down, so there is a probability the limiting factor is location, for that type of target.
 
Nice display of rings :thumbup:

I'll have to do more reading on the current LST for the purpose of low conductive targets in high mineral conditions.
I guess I'm trying to say the occasional nugget hunting mixed with a little relic hunting with Tesoro quality - and audio only.
Digging up lead bird shot is common in some areas, then hitting the boot tacks along with a few old mining junk items in gold nugget bearing areas is enough for me to look a little deeper for the occasional nugget.
When hiking in, a machine in one hand and another strapped to my back pack along with all the other gear - 2 machines is enough.
All food for thought for the stormy days that lock me indoors......
 
I have a Cortes and a Vaquero for parks and a CZ-20 for the beach. I enjoy searching for gold jewelry.
 
Spent a short time on a baseball field today... really nice WX here today!
Only half a dozen targets but a new type of grass.
I'll need to switch to a digger, instead of my usual probes...
Surprised to find a kennedy half... don't run across them very often.
 
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