correct coil for Silver Sabre Plus

[dixiedigger57]

what is the CORRECT coil for a Silver Sabre Plus? the thin white open hole 8 inch or what? its a 12khz detector. its a 5 pin 7 inch concentric i have now.

 

[Hank68]

The stock coil is I think what your asking is the 8" donut, I wouldn't say correct, just different coils for different areas were your hunting, Hank

 

[allcav]

Specifications
Operating Frequency 12 kHz
Searchcoil Type Concentric
Searchcoil Size 8" diameter
Cable Length Approx. 3

 

[dixiedigger57]

thanks Hank and Robert. JUST ONE MORE LITTLE CLARIFICATION-- ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE OLD WHITE FLAT THIN COILS AND THE BROWN ONES? i think-- not sure, the white one was on the SS+.

 

[allcav]

The color is the only difference.

 

[dixiedigger57]

thanks guys i believe the open hole will be better suited for shallower park digging than the 7 inch solid concentric.

 

[Hank68]

Ur welcome, GL & HH

 

[Monte]

JUST ONE MORE LITTLE CLARIFICATION-- ANY DIFFERENCE IN THE OLD WHITE FLAT THIN COILS AND THE BROWN ONES? i think-- not sure, the white one was on the SS+.

dixiedigger57 ... The Silver Sabre Plus came stock with the early version white colored, open-center 8" coil. That was still in use when Tesoro introduced their 'original' Bandido, and it has been on the Royal Sabre, Golden Sabre and Golden Sabre Plus as well.

The with the Silver Sabre II that came next, I saw a few with the white 8" open-center, but quickly the switch was made to the brown 8" open-center coil.

They were both about 8" in diameter and open-center design, but they were different. The brown 8" coils use a slightly thicker plastic, and they also weighed slightly more. I have to scratch my head here as I think the brown coil had the rod-mount point slightly towards the center of the coil and that would have made them balance a little better and not be as 'nose-heavy' or 'front-heavy.' Still, the white coils were my favorite of the open 8" coils because they usually seemed to be just a bit hotter (maybe 8 or 9 out of 10 that I compared), and they were slightly lighter and that made them feel better to me.

Either of them, or any of the coils used on any of the silent-search models from the Inca on through the others made today will work on your Silver Sabre Plus .... EXCEPT, no 'HOT' coils or those made for the gold nugget based detectors. My favorite from '83 thru 2004 for most Tesoro models was the 7" Concentric as it hunted up the good stuff better in the trashier and brushier sites.

Monte

 

[dixiedigger57]

thanks Monte--my guru bud has owned virtually everything tesoro has made except a golden, he does not care for notch, relic hunter mainly. he has over a dozen now. his sabre has the white coil, and it seems hotter than my 7 concentric. i want an original white coil


Monte-- he has an ORIGINAL BANDIDO in good shape. he may have swapped to a brwon coil i dont remember. when you have as many as he does and had, my real question is if i obtained the original bandido would i be doing anything but duplicating my original metal box eldorado? weight on them is not an issue for me. i am torn between the original Bandido and saving for a golden with notch for my trash laden tabbed out parks. opinions APPRECIATED! i have to listen for a living and deduce from there. investigations and evidence stands.

i cannot get on ahrps-forgot password sent email.

 

[Monte]

thanks Monte--my guru bud has owned virtually everything tesoro has made except a golden, he does not care for notch, relic hunter mainly. he has over a dozen now. his sabre has the white coil, and it seems hotter than my 7 concentric. i want an original white coil.

I have enjoyed many Tesoro model, mainly for relic-type hunting, such as homesteads, old town sites, pioneer and military encampments, and in urban applications that are similar , such as renovation work, building tear-downs, etc.

Most of my hunting places me in a lot of iron nails and other junk, sometimes building rubble, and often in dense, sagebrush-choked locations. To deal with trash and confined spots, smaller coils have been my favorites. I went to the 7" from my Mayan onto the Inca back in '83 and for the following twenty years I almost always preferred the 7" coils on a Tesoro.

The newer 5

 

[dixiedigger57]

thanks Monte, and the rest of the gang. i think i just might have to hook this bandido original, its too nice to pass up, plus a bonus open hole coil. it should compliment my stable until i make future decisions, which are dictated by $$$$$. i have some young people to get started in this and my sabre and amigo II would do just fine. give me the bandido to play with.

 

[Monte]

They weren't/aren't the deepest seeking detector, but honestly I haven't considered ANY Tesoro to be a 'depth monster.' However, I do like Tesoro's strong points, and it was the original Bandido that really sparked my surge of finding older coins and trade tokens in several of my favorite western US ghost towns. Maybe in time you will also come across a good condition older white 8" open-center coil?

Monte

PS: Report back and let us know what you think of it after some field comparisons, and if you still have a problem getting on AHRPS, shoot me an e-mail: monte@ahrps.org