Bandido II Umax, Eldorado Umax, or Vaquero

[Dirtdigger33]

I am looking at buying an Eldorado Umax, Bandido II Umax or a Vaquero in the next little while. I just had a few questions for anyone who has used two of the three machines at least. I am trying to figure out what price would I expect to pay on a bandido II Umax or Eldorado Umax in say an 7 or 8 condition out of ten? If they are close to the same price as an new machine say the vaquero at $50 to $100 more than an older model, would you buy the Bandido, Eldorado, or the Vaquero. I am not in the market to buy the Outlaw yet. It looks amazing, but I would have to wait to buy it. I am also wondering on depth with standard 8" coils or 9x8" coils (in the case of the Eldorado Umax or Vaquero). Any info would be appreciated and thanks in advance.

 

[Jerry Ga.]

I have had both the Bandido II umax and the Eldorado. And right now I wish I had both of them back. The Eldorado was the easiest detector to ground balance I ever had my hands on. Even one of the original field testers atested to that.
I am a relic hunter and mostly ran the 12x10 concentric coil on both detectors. Very good depth with this coil. And with the stock 9x8 they were great in iron. I plan on getting a Vaquero next unless the Outlaw turns out to be a hot relic
machine, but so far i have read no reports on how it performs in this application.

 

[foxhunter]

would like to know first what type of hunting do you do...If ya go with bandido or eldorado ...you cant loose.......It will be goood for most coin ,jewlery,relic hunting........

 

[Dirtdigger33]

I enjoy all relic hunting, coin and jewelry. Basically I set my detector at a lower disc when I can, right about Iron, that is when I have a lot of time to hunt. When I do not have so long I set it at the o or l in foil on my Compadre. I needed a detector with manual ground balance, because the soil is bad where I live. Hoping to find more with the ground balance. Last year I saw two Eldorado Umax on eBay. This year there are none to be seen, so I bought a Bandido II Umax today. I am will be waiting impatiently for it's arrival. I hope I got a good deal on it. I saw they sold new back in 1997 for $425 dollars, but I was not even detecting back then. From what I have read it is really good at hunting in Iron infested areas.

 

[BarberBill]

I think any of the detectors you mention would be a good choice. I'd lean towards the Eldorado or B II however, as they use the