Glad to be back to Tesoro...

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...I know I was gonna get a Cortes, but the chance to get a nice Silver Sabre uMax and a Golden Sabre II at good prices came up so I got them. I am impressed with both of them. The SSuMax is hotter than I had expected and the discriminator is very sharp. I havent had the chance to use it as much yet as the GSII. I had always wanted one, from way back. Finally I got one. Thanks Jeff Simon.
THAT thing has found a number of coins in more trash than I would have otherwise gone near. Right next to some trash cans at the footbal field, especially. The foil and notched tabs were just a cracklin'. Going slow and paying attention pulled several dimes and cents from the mess. I thought at first that it was faulty, as there wasnt the sensitivity there that I remembered from my 'ol SSII. Then I changed the batteries for new. Yeeeeehaw, we were cookin then! I picked out a tiny little silver-plated doodad on the field that wasnt any bigger than a .22 bullet. Loud and Clear! The potential here is mind-blowing. My Garrett would have gone right over that, most likely.
I especially like the analog-type knob controls - I didnt think I would, being a "techie" and all. But I find these type controls to be instantly responsive and more "on-the-fly" interactive than touchpads and menu scrolling and all that. Anyone know how the Golden uMax compares to the GSII? I will still get a Cortes I suppose, as I do want the VDI feature above all else. But for now I am grooooovin on the 'Max and GSII. Ah, it's sweet walking your Tesoro.
Good Skill and HH
David

 

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Having FUN is really what it is all about.
Enjoying the performance of a detector can help instill confidence, and lend to making things more fun, too!
The Golden Sabre II, like my favorite notch discriminator, the Pantera, has a lot to offer in the way of adjustment function using the notch circuitry. I am not a big fan of notch discrimination, but I do like to control the 'Tone Break' between low and high tones.
The Golden Sabre II is going to operate quieter in dense trash, and especially in iron trashed sites, than the Golden

 

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Having FUN is really what it is all about.
<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">Agreed, Monte. I have been away from the hobby for a while and I am having a good time getting re-aquainted with the fun of it.</FONT>
Enjoying the performance of a detector can help instill confidence, and lend to making things more fun, too!
The Golden Sabre II, like my favorite notch discriminator, the Pantera, has a lot to offer in the way of adjustment function using the notch circuitry. I am not a big fan of notch discrimination, but I do like to control the 'Tone Break' between low and high tones.
<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">Now here is a thing <STRONG>I</STRONG> myself find to be an annoyance, that tone-break induced "warbling" you get in mixed trash environments. I just roll the notch knob all the way up to get a single tone, and then I "run" in that mode. I can "reinstate" the notch feature at any time - like in the really "tabby" spots and then just roll on the knob and switch off the notch function when I wanna go back to "run mode". It's all done faster than I can tell it!
I try to avoid using the notch alot anyway, only when plagued by certain trash or just to fool with it(I shucked the whole meter ID thing because I WANNA GO BACK TO BEING A DIGGER LIKE I WAS IN THE BEGINNING - not a METER watcher).
The other day I found about a gazillion .32 cal cartridge casings. I thought there'd been a shoot out until I realized that a high school track <STRONG>would</STRONG> have alot of STARTER GUN casings lying about! I just notched them out and kept on. After about the 12th one in that little area(you know, right at the 50 yard line race-starting spot!), I thought I'd chance the loss of a ring. <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> </FONT>
The Golden Sabre II is going to operate quieter in dense trash, and especially in iron trashed sites, than the Golden

 

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<FONT COLOR="#ff0000">I try to avoid using the notch alot anyway, only when plagued by certain trash or just to fool with it(I shucked the whole meter ID thing because I WANNA GO BACK TO BEING A DIGGER LIKE I WAS IN THE BEGINNING - not a METER watcher). </FONT>
Ah, a man after my own heart! Yes, agreed. Been there, (metered) and have gone back. Good hunting!
Pap

 

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Yes I have had many many detectors over the past 15 years, and I have gone back to the good old bandido but the u max model, this stick of dynamite finds it all silver ham Roman ect, I have had so called top rate machines here in the UK, but at the end of the day you carn't Whack a Tesoro!!!!!! Good Hunting.

 

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Totally agree with you on the meter thing. I had a Blue and Gray, then sold it for an Eldorado. Best thing I ever did. What a machine.</STRONG>

 

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Hey Doug! It isn

 

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With a metered machine, the 'easy' targets are, well... EASY! it's the stuff that is deep, or small, or near to iron that cause problems. I have a metered machine (Hawkeye / Deleon) and granted, on the 'easy' targets the meter is a real help. However, on the not-so-easy tagets if you relied on the meter alone, you would be ignoring some good finds. I have had plenty of signals that gave a half decent audio response, but on the meter it looked 'suspect'. In this situation I always dig a shovel-full out and then sweep over the target again. It's a real eye-opener to see what a difference this can make to the meter reading! Like you say; always trust what your ears are telling you over what the meter is telling you <img src="/metal/html/wink.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> another thing I do over 'suspect' targets is approach it from different angles, it gives you different readings and sometimes different audio response... which gives you more information as to dig or not to dig <img src="/metal/html/biggrin.gif" border=0 width=15 height=15 alt=""> "if in doubt, dig it out".