Find's Treasure Forums

Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!

You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.

Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.

Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.

Click here to register!



Need Support Help?

Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you

Changed email? Forgot to update your account with new email address? Need assistance with something else?, click here to go to Find's Support Form and fill out the form.

Choosing a new detector and some ideas for a new model

Looking for some help in deciding on a detector. Have spent quite a lot of time researching various brands and watching YouTube vids and am leaning towards a Tesoro. I was thinking about the AT Pro or the F5 for a long time but I like the "nobs" and the fine tuning adjustments that analog provides. From what I have read and seen, Tesoro seems to be very good at this.

Having said that, I was thinking about either the Vaquero or the Golden Umax. I like the reported depth and manual GB on the V. I also like the Notching feature on the Max. I have watched 53silver's vids and I think it is amazing how the Umax can discriminate and notch out the foil, and make the alum tabs "churpy" without losing the gold rings (or at least some of them). But the Umax seems to not have the depth of some of the other Tesoros (probably because of the factory set GB).

Or perhaps I should wait for Tesoro's new detector this spring? By the way, the feedback forum for ideas on the new machine has closed but I wanted to suggest something, just in case Tesoro is still listening...

why not take the Golden Umax, give it manual GB (maybe give it a "click" stop at the counter-clock wise turn, which would turn manual GB off and the factory set GB on?). Also give it the long trigger/toggle under the control box that the Tejon has, but utilize the toggle to activate pin-pointing (instead of the red button on the front, you could put the GB nob in its place). In the forward direction, the toggle could activate the "iron audio feature" (so that you could hear discriminated iron and better ID those steel bottle caps), you know what I mean... that feature "the other brand" offers but which I think you have in the lobo and your Europe models. Give it the power of the V or the Tejon and you would have one killer machine.

Back to reality, I would appreciate some insight and feedback on my original question.... should I go with the golden umax, the vaquero, or wait for the new machine?
 
Just my opinion, but If you're impatient go with the Vaquero, otherwise wait and see what the new options are as the Vaquero will still be an option. I've been thinking about the Outlaw as i have most of the 5pin umax coils that are compatible, but sitll want to see what Tesoro brings out first.
BB
 
I loved the Vaquero I owned, but was curious about the Tejon, so I traded my V and got a Tejon.
Both detectors are deep and sensitive to tiny brass and lead targets, but I can tell you the Tejon is about 3 inches deeper than my V was super tuned.
You can't go wrong with either detector..........HH

Roger
 
Top