Discontinued, or Vintage Tesoros

[Anonymous]

I have noticed that some of the older machines seem to be HOT sellers on the detecting forums, as well as e-bay. I have seen some that I would love to own, but they bring alot of money, so I always just buy a new model. It seems to me that Tesoro should start producing some of these older machine models. I currently own a Tiger Shark, Silver u-max, and a Cibola(plus a couple other makes of other brands). The only thing I seem to be missing is the ground balance feature(of course the Tiger has it). But where I hunt, the ground mineralization is not too bad, except for an occaisional "patch" or two.

 

[BarberBill]

A good percentage of the older machines do pretty well. They were the latest thing at one time and that doesn't get worse as newer comes along. I have 2 Silver Sabre umax, a Conquistador and an Eldorado umax and I'm digging my share of targets with them. I haven't felt much pressure to move up, partly because I have a fairly complete coil selection that fits all of them.
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[Anonymous]

A good percentage of the older machines do pretty well. They were the latest thing at one time and that doesn't get worse as newer comes along. I have 2 Silver Sabre umax, a Conquistador and an Eldorado umax and I'm digging my share of targets with them. I haven't felt much pressure to move up, partly because I have a fairly complete coil selection that fits all of them.
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Cool! I'm kinda happy with my machines, too. Some of those older models look tempting, though.....

 

[slingshot]

I don't think I could ever sell my Royal Sabre.

 

[Anonymous]

Pretty obvious that they all hold their value for years!

 

[Denar]

It seems to me that interest in older Tesoro has risen, because there are no new models for over 4 years.