Deleon vs. Cortes...some questions

[Woodstock]

Has anyone compared the depth differences between these two Tesoros? I know they have some differences but Tesoro says they have the same circuitry between them so you can expect the same depths and performance. So is the Cortes just a Deleon on steroids? It be nice to know if the difference is just bells and whistles between them. So if anyone knows there depth comparisons then post them here.
Happy Hunting, Woodstock

 

[D&P-OR]

Jeff-----I had them both but it was several years between owning/using them, I didn't have them together for side by side comparisons.-----The way I remember it, there wasn't much difference in them as far as depth is concerned (disc mode).----What I didn't like about them (and needed) is that they don't have a manual g.b. effective in the disc mode (which neither one of them has).----They have a pre-set g.b. in disc.------I guess that would still be ok if your ground (unlike mine) isn't very mineralized.----Bottom line---(all things being equal), I think they would get about the same depth.---------Del

 

[Woodstock]

Thanks Del,
I live in Northern Wisconsin and I not really sure how much mineralization is here and how much that it would effect them. Maybe someone else knows. I know I have no problems digging up to my armpits ( well almost ) with me Tejon, but I can GB that machine. So I'm hoping not to get the same depth, but decent depth. Almost every machine can reach 7 inches without a problem even with auto GB. But I'm looking past that to at least 9 to 10 inches or better. Maybe I better stick with the Tejon. I want to know as much as I can, before I trade or buy either of them. So again, thanks for your reply and if anyone else has info please contribute to this thread. Happy Trails, Jeff

 

[Woodchuck]

I had the Deleon, and if you have high mineralized ground,DO NOT get one,you will have wasted your money.Tesoro even told me to get a machine with manual ground balance.

 

[amcjavelin]

well i can say i've owned 6 deleons and liked them all, did have some hotter than others my deepest dig was a wheat penny using the 7" concentric coil at almost 8" deep and i tried some gold prospecting with mine in a river not far from me thats famous for finding nuggets once in a while and i will say that running in all metal when i would run into a hot rock there was no mistake compared to a metal target, but like you guys say its to bad there isn't a ground bal set up for disc mode that would be awesome the mod is possible i guess but from what i understand its hooked up into the TID circuit somehow and would throw off the target indication all off, to bad there weren't a way to bypass alll of that because otherwise it would be a kick ass machine, do have a cortes coming i've always wanted to try and we'll see what happens i guess i'm fortunate that the most of my grounds that i hunt are very mild

 

[D&P-OR]

well i can say i've owned 6 deleons and liked them all, did have some hotter than others my deepest dig was a wheat penny using the 7" concentric coil at almost 8" deep and i tried some gold prospecting with mine in a river not far from me thats famous for finding nuggets once in a while and i will say that running in all metal when i would run into a hot rock there was no mistake compared to a metal target, but like you guys say its to bad there isn't a ground bal set up for disc mode that would be awesome the mod is possible i guess but from what i understand its hooked up into the TID circuit somehow and would throw off the target indication all off, to bad there weren't a way to bypass alll of that because otherwise it would be a kick ass machine, do have a cortes coming i've always wanted to try and we'll see what happens i guess i'm fortunate that the most of my grounds that i hunt are very mild

amcjavelin--- Yeah, that's about what I've heard about the Deleon to in regards to adjusting the g.b.----Seems like I read somewhere that there wasn't enough room in there on the Deleon to ad a g.b. pot either.-----If that Deleon had a manual g.b., I think I'd have one right now.----Not the Cortes though--too little (tiny) screen "read out".----That's something else for you to think about Jeff--if you're like me & got "tired ole eyes" ------------Del

 

[amcjavelin]

well my eyes aren't quite tired yet so i got to try the cortes to get it out of my system

 

[RJH02]

I had a Deleon for a yr, I liked it alot but man did it run hot. I would take it places I went with my silverumax and it was unusable. I did dig a few deep coins with it but eventually got rid of it for another silverumax. The numbers would sometimes be incorrect but the bar graph was almost always right. Maybe I should have tried it with different coils before I sold it?

 

[amcjavelin]

i found it really run good on the 8" donut coil and not bad with the 10.5" big donut plus i run the 7" concentric alot to the only coil i wished i could've tried was the 11" wide scan which might work real good on bad soil since its pre-ground balanced i tried it with 4" sniper and it was awesome with that coil was deep for what it was 5" dimes sometimes!