Coils and Vaqueros and more....

[DavHut]

I am getting a Vaquero this week with the 5.75" coil and lower rod, as Andy recommended. I also have an 11 x 12" Tesoro coil that I got with my SSuMax. Will this one work on the Vaquero, and if so is there any real need to keep it? If it wont work, or its uneeded, then I'll sell it along with the SSuMax.

Thanks

 

[Gary Of South Jersey]

THE U-MAX COIL WILL NOT WORK ON THE VAQUERO. THEY USE THE SAME COIL AS THE LOBO AND TEJON. CHECK THIS SITE AND IT WILL TELL YOU WICH COILS WILL WORK FOR YA.

http://www.detectordepot.com/tesoro_accessories.htm
YOU MAY HAVE TO COPY AND PASTE IT.

 

[DavHut]

I guess Ill sell it with the SSuMax. What a deal it's gonna be!

Thanks,
David

 

[Anonymous]

1. Don't swing it to fast, you will lose depth.
2. Hunt with low Disc and use your thumb to turn the disc control up or down to check the target.
3. Set the threshold to the point where you can hear it well (in ALL Metal Mode)and ground balance the detector right. You have to GB it even if you hunt in disc mode later.
4. Use headphones.
5. The 5.75 coil will impress you...have fun.

Andy

 

[DavHut]

I saved them to my files andy (as usual with your advice).

A few comments on each:

1. Don't swing it to fast, you will lose depth.
I dont. Sometimes in a park playground or sandy swing area Ill pick up the pace a tad, as most things arent all that deep in such areas. But when I hit a target I begin to pattern around it, hunting for the "pocket"
2. Hunt with low Disc and use your thumb to turn the disc control up or down to check the target.
'Cut my teeth on a Silver Sabre II - this method became the ingrained. Im glad Tesoro moved the controls to the top
3. Set the threshold to the point where you can hear it well (in ALL Metal Mode)and ground balance the detector right. You have to GB it even if you hunt in disc mode later.
I like to GB just ever so slightly positive and keep the THRESH at a barely audible thereafter - unless Im SuperTuned.
4. Use headphones.
Normally digi types.
5. The 5.75 coil will impress you...have fun.
Thanks man. I get to lots of common "towny" type sites so Im looking forward to the smaller coil.

YOU da man, Andy