For All Who Say Tesoro Needs A New Lineup

[RLOH]

For many years I have always had a lightweight Umax Tesoro in my lineup. Unfortunately, most of the time I kept the Tesoros as backups or for cherry picking trashy spots with a small coil. I always tell others to take the time to figure out what a deep coin sounds like with any detector that they are using. I don't always practice what I preach. I have had every one of the HOT detectors and I found my oldest coin(1780 reale) with a Cibola. It was only 5 or 6 inches deep, but surrounded by trash. I just got my second Vauquero and I used the first one exclusively with the 5.75 coil to cherry pick. I set the disc to get only copper and silver. Today, I found that the V is capable of much more than cherry picking. I went to a spot with little or no modern trash, but the coins are very deep. I have hunted this spot with CZ's, Explorers, and other top of the line detectors. I always found wheat pennies and silver coins. This spot is off limits and it is fenced and locked to everybody. I got one of the workers to let me in by luck. If I had known I was going to get in, I would have brought my Fisher F75. Today I had my new V and since the opportunity was immediate, I had to go with what I had. I knew the coins were deep so I figured I had to change my methods with the V. I went super slow and listened only for the whispers or small, faint signal. I set my disc between iron and nickle. The first two targets were faint, but stayed when I thumbed the disc to nickle and then to where zinc would be. Both turned out to be 8 inch deep pieces of small gum foil. That was almost enough to make me think the V could not find a coin at these depths. The third target sounded slightly different, but was faint. It was so faint that I could hardly get a signal by using short sweeps from all directions. I find the pinpoint button to be almost useless, but by using short, brisk sweeps, I can get some kind of signal by "Xing" the target. From 9 inches comes 1934 wheat penny. I was thinking that I might be on to something so I kept listening for these signals. In one 50 foot pass, I dug eight more 8 to 9 inch wheats and one 8 inch mercury dime. The next pass was even better. I got a faint signal and it was even deeper than 8 inches and when I had to dig past the 8 inch mark, I was thinking rusty iron. At 10 plus inches I found an old wheat penny and I was impressed to say the least. But, there was another target down there and it was another wheat penny. There ended up being 7 wheats and a no date standing liberty quarter in the hole. The rest of the coins were approaching 12 inches deep! I'm sure the multiple coins made that depth possible, but to find coins at these depths are a real testament to the raw depth of the V. We all know the discrimination abilities of Tesoros, but I never took the time to see what they could do in the super deep department. I now know that this detector will hang with any detector made. Now I will give the advice I tell all my friends. Take the time to hear what a deep coin sounds like with any detector you are using. Every detector made has it's limits, but it is up to the user to find these limits. Today, I found the "V's" limits and I am impressed. R.L. Johnson

 

[rentasquid]

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[Scully]

You are discovering why we all like the Tesoro machines. Great story, and great finds. It really gives you confidence in your machine when you know it can hit stuff that deep.

 

[markg]

I'm already a believer. Go Tesoro!

 

[Pap]

Really enjoyed the story. I suppose this illustrates again that you can find deep old coins without the use of TID. Thanks for posting.
Pap

 

[BarberBill]

Personally, I think TID is more of a help on shallow to medium coins as it fails or becomes unreliable at depth. I like it however, in parks and other areas as an aid to skipping over trash where you prefer not to disturb the sod any more than you absolutely have to. As to whether Tesoro needs a new lineup or not, I feel they definitely need to upgrade their TID machines with something to compete with the Ace 250 and a machine or two that would compare to the mid range and top end Whites and Minelabs. Many people are choosing TID machines over the beep and dig machines with the mistaken idea that they are superior due to that one feature. Having started out on a beep and dig detector (Tesoro) I'm glad I started there, but do use a TID machine for most of my coin shooting in yards, parks, fairgrounds etc. However, I listen first, check the ID second. My two bits.
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[Beale]

Very good post! Thank you for writing it. I also have a V and have found it to be very deep, Beale.

 

[blowfly1967]

i started with a ace 250 ,but i didn't like the pin pointing that kept taking the day off every so often when detecting ,so i invested first in a vaquero and then a compadre .i find heaps more with them than i did with the other,however having said that my wife used the compadre the other day and complained that all the hits sounded the same dull bap bap ,she said how do you tell what's trash and whats not. isaid you must dig all. she said thats stupid and a waste of time.why can't you have different tones,say one for trash ,one for maybe good target and one you want to keep.i tend to agree with her .surely tesoro has one that fits the bill.my hearing ain't to hot anymore and i hadn't really noticed .maybe it's the new toy syndrom. that's one thing i liked about the ace you had an idea whether it was good or bad without looking at the screen blowfly hh

 

[tabdog]

Good post RL,

Most people never have the time or the patients to learn how to
hunt with a single tone Tesoro.

I, for one was captivated with my Cibola within two hours of using
for the first time. I had used enough different detectors to start
listening to the responses, but they were digital and had displays
to distract me.

When I discovered the diversity of tone and the pure pleasure of
analog detecting, I never looked back. All I have had sense then
are single tone Tesoro'es.

By the way, you're right about getting depth.

Happy Hunting,

Tabdog