Check out this metal detector

[digitaltim]

I just noticed this listing... I just think it's neat and according to the auction it's sort of a Tesoro

I don't know the owner or have any relation to the auction... I just think it's a neat detector

http://cgi.ebay.com/C-G-VLF-WILDCAT-TESORO-METAL-TREASURE-DETECTOR-FREE-/120626637886?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item1c15e86c3e#ht_6711wt_740

There's also an old inca.... Looks nice... I'm not sure I've seen one before
http://cgi.ebay.com/Tesoro-Inca-Metal-Detector-VLFdiscriminator-depth-read-/170544001829?pt=LH_DefaultDomain_0&hash=item27b536f325#ht_500wt_920

 

[Hombre]

Hi Digital Tim

The C&G is pre-Tesoro......the G as in Jack Gifford. The Inca is worth bidding on, I have one, and mine air-tests a dime at 9 inches. When I got mine, it was'nt working right, so I sent it to Tesoro, and they replaced an IC in it, works like a charm now. I can't believe that they still have parts for a 25 year old detector, but that is what makes Tesoro so great.

 

[digitaltim]

I wish I was detecting 20 years ago... Then I would have tried these older models, but now I'm not interested in using them as much I just like to admire them...

Weird??? I guess it's kind of as if seeing the evolution of detectors ..

 

[Hombre]

The new digital detectors with their on & off signals just don't sound as good as the signal that the old analog detectors have. Kinda like the difference between a toy guitar and a '57 Stratocaster, The older detectors have a lot more tonal differences on the signal of a detected target. It's the tone that makes them so fun to use.

 

[fowlercharles]

The Inca was one of my favorites and when I see those real nice shiney ones on ebay with all the paint still on them and the letters all readable around the knobs, I think what a shame. That machine went wasting in someone's closet, when they could have been out finding all those goodies like I was with mine and wearing the paint and letters off with every trip.I sent mine in to Tesoro last year for a tune up and some piecy parts and she is ship shape now. No need to fret about the worn paint, letters and scratches, those are like hash marks to a sailor.Shows he been there and done it. . I get the Inca off the wall now and then and give it swing and I have a feeling it can still smoke some newbie butts any day of the week, and we would be having some real fun while doing it!

 

[oldcoon]

[size=small]If taken care of,
a detector built 20+ years ago
will still do the same job
it was designed to do back then.
Manufacturers sell new detectors
by adding bells and whistles,
not substance.
The amount of substance is
regulated by law.
Sorry.
That's the truth.
The machine I use,
manufactured last year,
has no more output than it's predecessors
of 20 years ago.
The bells and whistles are more numerous
and more refined,
but that's all.[/size]​

 

[Sven]

That's a really nice unit, sure would like to own that one.....happy with what I have.

Here's a couple pix of what will make it to my website. Just started to work on my Tesoro page.

 

[digitaltim]

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[fowlercharles]

Sven, the field test for the Inca is on page 58 of the May 84 Issue of Western & Eastern Treasures.The Cover has Roy Hooper squating down showing a hand full of coins with the Inca on the grass in front of him. I might add that it is a very Impressive Test. I remember comparing it's depth with my buddy's 1266 and he had me beat only by only a hair, if at all, and I didn't have all the noise.

 

[jbow]

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