Compadre True or False

[trueblue]

this is a 2008 quote I found regarding the Compadre .....True or False ??

it has the quickest target response on the market today

does the Compadre out perform all other dectectors including its Tesoro siblings when it comes to target response time's ?

if not then what detector holds the title for the fastest target response speed ?

 

[SkiWhiz]

Never really used a Compadre much but all the other Tesoro's I have had have fast target response speed. I know this is the Tesoro forum but in all honesty the Fisher F2 has a super fast recovery time. The F2 is a good little machine but it not a Tesoro by any means. Steve.

 

[digitaltim]

all have the same response time. The only real noticable difference is sensitivity... The other detectors seem to be much stronger sensitivty wise, but that's not an issue unless you're trying to reach targets past 7". I think most targets are rarely past 4" unless there's been ground disturbance.

The compadre is faster than the Cortes / deleon, but barely...and that's do to the Target ID being processed.

 

[jmaryt]

neither is the f-75,HOWEVER!..fastest gun in the west!

(h.h!)
j.t.

 

[Trackerman]

f2 is abit faster than the compadre but compadre in theory is better for jewlry. But for coins forget it f2 is better.

 

[amcjavelin]

says who?

 

[BarberBill]

I have 6 different Tesoros and they ALL have very quick response. May or not be the fastest out there, but definitely fast enough in my opinion. I got rid of two other brand detectors partly because they didn't compare in that area. They were just sluggish enough to make them difficult to pinpoint with.
HH
BB

 

[marcomo]

I think most targets are rarely past 4" unless there's been ground disturbance.

Depends on where you're detecting.

Searching for clad and jewelry in a tot lot I'd agree.

In an older area, I wouldn't.

If I had to hazard a guess, I'd say 4 to 5" would be about the median depth I've found for obsolete coins.

 

[grumpyolman]

" I think most targets are rarely past 4" unless there's been ground disturbance." From above..

The only Tesoro I own is a Tiger Shark and I love it. However, if you think the above quote is true, you are seriously missing a lot of valuable targets. In reading all the manufacturers forums people who are after silver and other oldies, ignore targets that are 4" deep for the most part. They don't start thinking or hoping for silver unless it's 6" or deeper. Yeah there are exceptions but the rule of thumb is it probably won't be silver if it's in the 4" range. I have no arguement what depth you want to hunt stuff. That's up to you. But your boat has left the slip if you think msot targets are rarely past 4". That's setting the bar pretty low for the performance one should expect from a modern detector. Jim

 

[Hombre]

My thoughts on the depth of old coins,......... it is a decision of what is exactly 'deep' at the location of where you are detecting at. If you are fortunate to be hunting an old virgin spot that has not been hunted before, I would'nt care if the depth meter on an id machine said it was 4 inches or less, I'd be digging it. For instance, a buddy and I were hunting an old house that dated to about 1890, he was concentrating on the soft deep signals, and coming up with some nice older wheat pennys from the early teens. I noticed he would be checking out some signals and then passing on them. Well I started checking out some of the targets he was passing on. I got a fairly strong dime signal on my machine, and called out to him why he had walked over it.He said it was probably a clad dime, since it was shallow, so I proceeded to dig it up, and whadayaknow it turned out to be an early Mercury dime at about 3 inches deep. So I kept following in his foosteps and found two more silver dimes, one a Barber and another early Mercury in the teens, these were about 4 inches deep. Then I walked up to him to show him what he had been passing up. He then got all pi$$ed off and went to the car to drink a beer. Just keep passing on those shallow targets and some kid with a Radar Shack detector will show you up! HH.........Hombre

 

[louisianaman]

I have three Tesoro's, the Silver Umax, The Cibola and the DeLeon and I would put any one of them up against the Fisher and I would beat the crap out of that New first texas junk. The Deleon smokes and it's faster and more accurate! I used to use the fisher CZ-5 and my Deleon is better than the CZ-5!

 

[marcomo]

I have three Tesoro's, the Silver Umax, The Cibola and the DeLeon and I would put any one of them up against the Fisher and I would beat the crap out of that New first texas junk. The Deleon smokes and it's faster and more accurate! I used to use the fisher CZ-5 and my Deleon is better than the CZ-5!

I have two Tesoros and really like them and the way Tesoro does business. I agree with you that Tesoro makes excellent detectors.

But have you used any middle to top of the line Fisher F series detectors extensively? Or at all? If not, how do you know your Deleon would "beat the crap" out of them?

 

[Gunnar MN]

i used a compadre , and i would say that is false , but it is good the great thing about it is the ED180 which can find anything in that 1st 4"and it will get very close to metal poles and still pick out the goodies I am thinking of getting one again i liked it that much the 12 khz loves gold and nickles and its a mighty little trash picker and its light i tell you for the park or the school i would prefer it ask your self this when have you seen one for sale ??? when i sold mine i had 5 people who wanted it whithin a few hrs ya it will not get as deep as my musketeer which has no problem hitting dimes at 9" but the compadre has its place and is a awsome machine Gunnar MN

 

[Gunnar MN]

Hombre is right how deep a coin gets is really up in the air i found a silver coin spill at 2" all the coins where frome the 20s all depends on conditions then i have found cladd down at 6" and silver above who knows how the dirt was moved around in the past i found a V nickle whith my compadre next to a pop can was fill dirt taken from the old part of town and dumped over the newer stuff

 

[LINDABONITA]

I have a Compadre and it has many advantages over other ones such as the recovery time. I think it all depends on how one wants to play with them. The ace 250 goes deeper but the recovery is really slow and you have to walk slower than the normal. The compadre can be swinged as fast as you can and if there is something it will pccked up the signal right away but at a shallower distance from the ground.

 

[digitaltim]

I've found many older coins in shalllow dirt, some practically right on top even...

If they haven;t been buried or plowed over they prob won;t be deep

 

[digitaltim]

.........meaning unless its been buried further some how..which isn;t hard to imagine over the years.

and its funny this topic has surfaced. I was just thinking about a spot today that I found some nice relics in, but there's a large area with only newer junk and its a different grade of soil.......I was thinking the good stuff is probably buried deep under it.....

unless the ground has been disturbed I don't think its wrong to expect most finds within the 4" range

 

[Trackerman]

I had a Compadre its a good machine. Good on coins good on jewlry. Pretty fast target response. I know have a fisher F2 target response is a hair faster. Also because the F2 has id its easyer to identify targets thats what makes a fast coin shooter. As farv as jewlry is concearned forget it the Compadre would be a better choice. Both are pretty fun detectors.