Cibola No Pleasur

[dirtdog]

My Tesoro is letting me down !!! The Cibola is a very good metal finder and that is the problem. It is easily overwhelmed by large iron and fooled by round metal. It will go deep, but so what if it can't tale a quarter from a bottle cap (EVER) And I Know all about the slow swing the high lift the this and that to help you out, but why do I have to do all this in the first place just to get good results.

Did I bye $ 340.00 + dollars of -no Metal Detecting fun?

Should I Move ON to something else? This makes me MD sad>

Can You Help!!!!!!!

 

[DavHut]

"I went out to a park here and decided to 'Costanza' my hunting technique. Nope, I decided I wasn't going to look for coins and rings but pull tabs and bottle caps. What an adventure, I did really well indeed."

Here's a novel approach, and one that has the potential for huge dividends. It boils down to shifting your mindset.

What you bought was a decent, basic detector. What I have started calling a "beep and dig" model, these days. I recall commenting when you first considered the Cib that you would have to learn it and it might not be easy. Seems I may have been right. Try to hear what it's telling you, as opposed to what you want to hear from it.

I know this is sorta out there as a post, but the uMax Tesoros, and especially the new breed, are indeed hot and iron can fool them. Here's what Pete has learned. If there's anyone who studies the dickens out of his tools, it's Pete:

"I did notice something neat and was wondering if other users could see if this duplicates for them. After detecting a questionable signal that is right on the border of breaking up and doesn't give you a perfect signal but still interesting. Pinpoint the target in disc mode. Mark the spot and pinpoint it in AM mode and see if the spot moves. I found that in every case where it did pinpoint differently but consistantly it was a crown cap. The pinpoint was out by about 1.5" to 2" with the 5.75 coil. The only penny that I found was the same spot in both modes, as were the square tabs."

This might also work for those pesky washers and other iron ghosts.
Also, try bringing your DISC to the mark below nickel and reducing your SENS a bit. Then let us know how that works.

 

[gregl01]

The Cibola is really a great machine. I too have struggled at times, but everytime I use it I learn something new. Test it with different coins to see where they break up( as you're turning up the
Disc). This will shed new light when in the field. This past weekend I detected a new park and was overwhelmed by trash, so I turned up the disc to accept pennies and above. What I learned by doing this was that you still will dig a few bottle caps and other trash but I now can tell where they break up. You have turn the disc almost all the way up to lose a good coin signal. Granted you will miss nickels and gold items, but once you thin out the shallow coins those signals are much easier dealt with. The old addage of practice, practice and more practice really works with this hobby. Keep digging and trying new ideas and you and that machine will eventually be an unbeatable combo!!!!!
Greg

 

[Mike Hillis]

thats ok cause they are not my bag either.

I would suggest you move on up to a Golden, DeLeon, or a Cortes. These are target id detectors that will give you a good idea of whats in the ground before you dig it.

The Golden works great in steel bottle caps.
The Cortes' id is top notch.
I hear the Deleon is good too.

My opinion.

HH

 

[Jackpine Savage]

this is going to happen. Tesoro's new HOT circuit makes it act a lot like those darn iron loving Fishers You are just going to have to accept that or do what you are thinking about and move on. Other than the slight iron loving thing the disc on the Cibola and Vaquero are very good IMO. Nice and quiet on most stuff below the disc point and with good recovery and decent see thru. Its all about what you expect out of a machine. If you don't like it no one will hold it against you.

Tom

 

[hrsetrder]

I can relate , The Cibola is a great detector , and is very deep if super tuned. I sold mine because of the fact I was digging holes up to my elbow and finding flattened screw caps.I mean I found some good items ( a nice 1919 wheat , and 37 merc at no less than 12"), but that detector will give you a work out unless you are in a place you can use a spade. I hunt in parks , schools and private properties , I cant go to those places digging holes a ground hog can sleep in.
HH , David