Picketwire
Well-known member
The Tesoro Outlaw is one of my favorite detectors. I bought a used one with the 3 coils for less than $300, about retail for just the coils. I believe the what I consider low price was due to the horrible publicity about the pinpoint button and the fact that people want something new and it was not new enough for them. As for the pinpoint button, I had to send my detector to Tesoro because the toggle switch was cracked. The button has never been a problem to me. It is handy as can be for me.
One thing iI really like is no motion all metal. Where I live is pretty desolate territory and out on the prairie no motion is very handy and I believe vastly underrated. It is deep, it gets signals quite a ways beyond the edge of the coil so you don't miss much and you can tell size and shape very well. When it overloads, push the button in to retune. If it is small, switch to disc and listen or turn the disc up if that helps you identify it. Unless I am cherry picking, I just leave the disc at minimum and dig smooth round signals. When targets get more abundant, go to disc and when you get a signal push the button halfway or even with the bezel and you can tell size very well. Push it in all the way if you like how the Vaquero's pinpoint works better, your choice.
I've seen in posts from Monte that it passes his nail board test 8 out of 8 even with the 8 inch concentric coil and if I remember right got either that or close to it on the half dime test. It covers ground very well with the Cleansweep coil. The small coil is outstanding in iron. The large and 7" DD coils are useful in my contaminate ground and according to what Rusty Henry told me, the Outlaw is deeper than the Bandido 2 micromax. l It is simple and effective, light weight and fun. It detects deeper than I want to dig in parks around here. I can walk around looking at scenery and land layout and not have to watch the numbers. There is no need for a backlight if I hunt after dark, I haven't spent enough time to learn all it is telling me but I will say I understand much of its vocabulary. It can do some things none of my other detectors cannot and of course, cannot do things some of my other detectors can. To me it is like the motocross motorcycles I used to race, better than I am.
I feel bad now for buying used because that would have supported an American business that went out of its way to satisfy their customers and now has disappeared. It is too late to support them now but not too late to enjoy one of their masterpieces. That's my opinion.
One thing iI really like is no motion all metal. Where I live is pretty desolate territory and out on the prairie no motion is very handy and I believe vastly underrated. It is deep, it gets signals quite a ways beyond the edge of the coil so you don't miss much and you can tell size and shape very well. When it overloads, push the button in to retune. If it is small, switch to disc and listen or turn the disc up if that helps you identify it. Unless I am cherry picking, I just leave the disc at minimum and dig smooth round signals. When targets get more abundant, go to disc and when you get a signal push the button halfway or even with the bezel and you can tell size very well. Push it in all the way if you like how the Vaquero's pinpoint works better, your choice.
I've seen in posts from Monte that it passes his nail board test 8 out of 8 even with the 8 inch concentric coil and if I remember right got either that or close to it on the half dime test. It covers ground very well with the Cleansweep coil. The small coil is outstanding in iron. The large and 7" DD coils are useful in my contaminate ground and according to what Rusty Henry told me, the Outlaw is deeper than the Bandido 2 micromax. l It is simple and effective, light weight and fun. It detects deeper than I want to dig in parks around here. I can walk around looking at scenery and land layout and not have to watch the numbers. There is no need for a backlight if I hunt after dark, I haven't spent enough time to learn all it is telling me but I will say I understand much of its vocabulary. It can do some things none of my other detectors cannot and of course, cannot do things some of my other detectors can. To me it is like the motocross motorcycles I used to race, better than I am.
I feel bad now for buying used because that would have supported an American business that went out of its way to satisfy their customers and now has disappeared. It is too late to support them now but not too late to enjoy one of their masterpieces. That's my opinion.
