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Deleon arrived today! My initial impressions:detecting:

Habanero

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I received my Deleon today from Richard at Backwoods; thank you very much again Richard! I put it together, slapped some batteries in it, grabbed some targets and headed out to the backyard with it. Like most Tesoros, you notice how light weight the unit is right away and it just feels good in your hands but you Tesoro guys know all about that already. I fired it up and started air testing some of my targets I had brought out with me. First of all, it locks on to a reading and is not jumpy like some other of the TID units I have tried. The graph also gives a good indicator to dig and will also "smear" on trash targets that I tried. I also discovered the same thing while swinging over some targets in my test garden. I am very impressed so far and can't wait to find time to go on a hunt with it. Now, the not so good in my ever so humble opinion. Other people may disagree with me, but in my air tests and test garden, it became evident that the Deleon is not going to win any deep detector contests; it just does not have very great depth compared to some units I have had. Thats ok though b/c I have not found extremely deep coins in my area so I don't really need 10+ inch depth detection on a coin but that doesn't mean I don't want it so it's a need vs a want on depth. Second, about 6 inches on dime/penny sized targets is about the max depth before the TID readings were dropping down from the 95 reading to the 60's. If it's deep and faint you will probably not get an accurate depth reading but better to dig anyway if it sounds good! I'll post again when I get to hunt but don't see that happening really soon; just so darn busy right now.:thumbdown:
 
I was gonna ask for your report in the morning and ya beat me to it!! Haha! Glad your like it habanero it seems to be a great machine!
 
The more u use it the better you will get a hearing a reading what it is telling you I have dug Mercury dimes over 8" deep and a Franklin half past 10" so stick with it, it will produce the goods! Oh yeah it will find rings too!
 
I am sure that you will like it Habanero, it might do even better on a real hunt than it did on your air test.
 
Yep, beat you to it Hank but I knew it was coming, lol! Phinbolt, in the right soil and with damp conditions I am sure it will find those deeper targets like you are saying. It is just so dry here so that really hurts depth and air tests are not always the best indicators of depth either. Like I said, it's a want vs a need thing on the depth and I may want it but I honestly don't need it. Kinda like that old '57 pick-up someone may have. Sure it runs good, reliable and will go 70mph on a good day but would be nice to get 85mph out of it. That's my analogy anyway. I'm all about finding the rings with it! I don't expect to find any when I go hunting in my area but they are welcome to jump under my coil for my inspection! I'm already thinking about what kind of coil/coils I want or need for it. It's just wishful thinking right now but a clean sweep and 5.75 wide scan or concentric would be welcome.
 
SkiWhiz said:
I am sure that you will like it Habanero, it might do even better on a real hunt than it did on your air test.

I'm a waitin' to see when I can get it, alas, mi vida loca!! Maybe I can sneak away on Fathers day for a hunt; I can't see the harm in that anyway since it's about me that day right? Actually, with as hot as it is, I may be wishing for my tiger shark and a water hunt to keep things cool! Lake will be busy though so a school yard on Father's day with the new Deleon may be just the thing....
 
The D has many surprises in store for I have been using mine for 9 yrs and it still amazes me with depth and cool finds!
 
Coins in damp ground have a hailo around them that effectively makes them appear larger and increase the depth of detection. I once found a clad quarter with the Deleon at 11inches with 2 full inches of discolored sandy dirt around it. It takes quite some time for a test garden to acquire this effect. I should also note that we usually get in excess of 100 inches of rain here. The Deleon's only drawback is the auto ground balance if you run into mineralized areas and hot rocks.
 
Habanero, you will find that the TID on most detectors, even the more expensive ones, start to fall apart past six inches.
 
About all I can say about my Deleon is that I Love it! I Loved it so Much that I just got a Cortes! It came on Thursday. Yesterday I air tested the Cortes, and Deleon, And my other recently received MD, an old Fisher CZ70. The average depth was 6 inches! Like you Hab it's hard to say what any of their actual depth is right now, with our very dry ground conditions? I do know the Tesoro's will both do better in actual searching! Like you I'm also still fairly new to the Deleon and the Cortes. Keep us up to date please on your thoughts and what you are Learning???? GL & HH.............Pat
 
Well I haven't seen anyone say they didn't like their Deleon yet, so thats a good sign! I think what smudge said is important too; I have to admit that most of my TID units besides the Deleon also lost the ability to ID at depth's greater than 6" so it's not like the D is inferior or anything. I swear I will get out tomorrow to finally hunt. I will have to dodge soaring temps, heat stroke, sun burn, fire ants and exhaustion but I'm determined to go and have fun.
 
Congrats on your new Deleon! IMHO the more you use it the more you will like it! I had one and really liked it. Wish i had not had to sell it. It is a sweet unit, Beale.
 
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