Depth capabilities of a Tejon...

[Dan-Pa.]

Any longtime user give me an idea in your neck of the woods...Have used many models over the years and found Tesoro's to be good on gold jewelry but basically were a 6 inch depth unit..Is this model a deep unit or not...Thanks ahead of time, Dan

 

[trueblue]

well Im a short time user but even so , I ve dug small targets at more than 6 inch's with the Tejon also it can easily pick up a 50cent buried at 10 inchs in test garden with ease its definitely not limited to 6 inch's

HH

 

[Beale]

Well I run a Vaquero. I can say for fact that 6" on it is no issue. I have dug quite a few objects at 8" at least. I would think the Tejon would go even deeper, Beale.

 

[markg]

http://64.150.165.38/ubbthreads/ubbthreads.php?ubb=showflat&Main=448&Number=3854#Post3854

 

[shadow0966]

Well first I want to say that I only haveabout 7 months total with the tejon butwhen I first got this animal I was using all metal to get used to it , I got a signal that was a little faint but non the less a digger (so I thought).anyways I dug down to 7" and it was still in the hole, 1" more I finally used my bullseye to make sure it wasn't falsing on me and there it was - A 3mm STEEL BALL from a ballbearing so if someone says TEJONS don't go deep they are not using the machine enough or at all.

 

[rmptr]

I have a number of Tesoro Sabres and consider them to be 6" machines.

Yet most of my detecting is focused toward recent drops and generally range from surface to 4".

Occasionally I dig a target to 6", so I know it's within the capability of my machines. It's always a clear, distinct signal.

My deepest target has been a silver Rosie dime dug at 10" in optimal soil conditions.

Halves are rare here, they're just not used much, I guess. A clad quarter will not escape my coil at 6" to 8".

I regularly pull nickels from 6", and it's also a distinct signal.

My soil conditions are usually good.

Never used a Tejon, but I understand it was designed to be deeper.

With a more precise hunting style than I normally apply, good soil, and absence of masking, it probably is.

HH,
rmptr

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

And would argue this is the best machine ever built by anyone and he's got the finds to back it up.

HH

R-n-R

 

[JB(MS)]

There was a Texan that came on the forums, T-Net around 1997, and said the same about the 1266 he was using. Then he went to a Shadow X2 and made the same claims, including finding small Civil War buttons 17 inches deep with the 7 inch coil. He also argued that manual ground balance was useless, wasn't needed anywhere and that anyone who used manual ground balance was an idiot. Could that possibly be the same Texan you know?

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

That sounds right??? Hmmm, not sure. Anyway, I've never used one but I've been told they strike deep but like iron wayyyyy too much. When trying to weed the goodies out of the iron this might be a problem?

HH

R-n-R

 

[JB(MS)]

The Tejons go deep in the mild ground here but the first one I saw, I hunted alongside of a friend who was using it at an old iron laden site and I swung it for a few minutes, would give good signals on rusty square nails with the disc almost maxed out. The second one was a little better on rejecting iron but couldn't be set to reject hot rocks. Both of those were early Tejons. I did some masking tests with a later Tejon and it did better on iron and hot rocks, but still didn't do real well. I can see how they would work for relics, but I pretty well stopped relic hunting about 8 years ago and now most of the older sites I hunt are old home and church sites looking for coins. At those sites the ground is full of iron, mostly rusty nails, and my old GMT 1650 and Compass 100 khz TR work well enough that I couldn't see getting a Tejon that, like the X5 I did buy, I wouldn't use enough to justify buying it.

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

I'd have to agree with ya. Tesoro would have to go along way for me to replace my old wore out brown box banditos!

 

[Monte]

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[Scully]

People that think the Tejon loves iron have not used the machine enough to learn its subltle language. First off, you must have good quality headphones because the is an audible language the Tejon has, but it is subtle and you wont hear it with cheap headphone or NO headphones. Secondly, the audio adjust knob should be in the 3 o'clock position. At this setting, iron has a distinctive "snap" to it, a real sharpness to the "beep", where as good targets have a real smooth, softness to them. Initially you might not be able to tell the differnce but with practice you will be able name an iron target every time. I occassionally get fooled, but its usually on an "iffy" target that I decide to dig just to be sure.

The Tejon is awesome relic machine if you take the time and learn its language.