Better Machine - Cortes or Tejon??

[Anonymous]

Getting ready to get back into detecting after 2 years off. But my experience is only with the Spectrum XLT and the MXT. I'm wanting to "branch" out and try different brands. Anyone want to choose which was their favorite machine after trying both the Cortes and the Tejon??? Just curious. I like the idea of the pinpoint trigger on the Tejon and the display of the Cortez.
I probably would trade the display for the pinpoint trigger after reading other's opinions on both machines.

 

[Anonymous]

How did you like the Spectrum and MXT?? Did you use them for coin hunting only or for relics?? Inow use a Cortes for coin hunting in parks, old race tracks, old farm houses, and ect. I have a spectrum and have tried numerous programs to hunt coins. also have used both the 9 1/2 coil and the 6 coil. The Cortes will hunt closer to trash and still get coins. There is a method you can use on the Cortes to reject aluminum without using the discriminator to do it. I can explain it to you if you decide to get a Cortes. If you don`t like or use the display, a Tejon would be a good choice. Hope this helps you. Clay

 

[Anonymous]

I found that I didn't use 90% of the features on the xlt but the mxt was nice. I also live in Missouri and spent alot of time coin hunting and some relic hunting down in the Ironton Missouri area. Near Fort Davidson park. I probably need to go to a local tesoro dealer and just test them out.

 

[Anonymous]

but the Tejon with definitely be the better relic machine. While there try the Vaquero and the Cibola.
You will be surprised. If Tesoro would hurry up and come out with a VID machine with the T,V, or C technology, it would be a winner. Best to you and HH, Richardntn

 

[Anonymous]

and I've like some things about both and disliked some about both. They were apples and oranges to me. I like both fruits but they taste pretty different and are hard to compare. I now look back in fondness to having the display of the Cortes, which at the time drove me crazy because of its quirkiness. I now look back in fondness at having the depth capabilities of the Tejon, but dont miss its single tone. I wish that Tesoro made a multitone detector with the depth of the Tejon. That would be my new detector! I also think the DeLeon would be as good of a choice as the Cortes (plus cheaper) if you were just wanting a coinshooting detector with ID.
J.

 

[Anonymous]

Like I say - for me. Why? Because I don't have enough gumption to pay more attention to the sound in my headphones than what the screen display says. I owned an MXT and can't say many bad things about it. In fact, I wish Tesoro would incorporate White's near perfect auto trac feature from the MXT to a version of the Tejon, Cibola or Vaquero. I found several good, deep targets with that machine and thought it would never be replaced until I found a machine (without VID) that was as deep and worked nicely in iron infested sites. However, I found that I was doing much more "cherry picking" with the MXT because of it's VID capability and paying much less attention to the sound of the target. Is this the machine with the visual ID's fault? Heck no. But that's why I said, "for me". Good luck to you.

 

[Anonymous]

for relics, I would go with the Tejon, but for coin & all around hunting, I would choose the Cortes.