Golden - and other Tesoro's pinpoint question

[khouse]

Having never used a Tesoro. Tell me about pinpointing? I see where a couple of units have a pinpoint button. But tell me the procedure on the other non metered detectors. Do you flip the toggle to all metal for pinpointing? Or do you even do that? Just looking for a good non metered machine. But I do like tone ID. Thanks

 

[tab-nabit]

I'm new to Tesoro and got the Cibola recently. The motion discriminate mode is so tight and spot on, I don't think I will be needing the all metal no motion pinpoint mode much. Besides, in supertune mode for the extra depth, this renders the pinpoint mode useless, which a user could bring that back in short order if desired. One of the best target location machines I have used without the so much needed pinpoint mode. I now have 10 machines and the cibola has quickly became one of my favorites. I'm thinking about the Tejon for the dual discriminate and manual ground balance. The light weight, depth and clean cut-off discriminate feature on the Cibola is something I like well. Just my opinion...

 

[khouse]

I guess I don't understand about the supertune and how the pinpoint doesn't work? How tight a spot will just the motion disc mode pinpoint a target?

 

[ernied]

tesoro units are the easiest i ever used to pinpoint with.most of the time i never use the pinpoint mode the movement is so slow you don't need it.

 

[rentasquid]

All you have to do is X over the target using small little wiggles. I think that the key is Tesoros smaller receiver coil. I also have a minelab with a concentric coil, and it is much harder to get that exact target spot with it... it has a larger receiver coil.

J.

 

[khouse]

I see the tesoro coils do have a smaller recieve coin now that you mentioned it. Yes, I had a Minelab Xt30 and for me it was not very accurate even IN the pinpoint mode. I had a Whites Classic 3 for my non metered unit but it was a little on the heavy side.

 

[tab-nabit]

I think what we (I) are trying to say is that once I hit a target and it sounds like I want it - I'll hit a few times for a good repeatable signal. Then hit it again standing 90 degrees. By doing so, I can slow down on the sweep and make the sweeps very short side to side over the target. The inner receive coil is only a few inches in diameter. Just by doing this it's easy to see where the target is because of the short sweeps and the response is so fast that I can visually look at the small inner coil and know where the target is. I don't explain things well but I'm trying here. I guess I can say that I can just wiggle the coil in very short sweeps across the target, do it again at 90 degrees, and the areas where the audio signal occurs is so small and sharp that I can see the spot on top of the ground above the target.
Supertune gives additional depth, and when depressing the pinpoint button, there is no low threshold hum anymore because the audio would be coming in full blast. I think Tesoro has the manuals that you can get from their site which would explain it better than I can or someone else can post a better explanation reply to your post.
Anyway I'm new to the Tesoro as I got the Cibola recently and I haven't used it much - but it's already a keeper for sure. Easy to use, works very well, light weight (2.2lbs), sharp discriminate cut-off points, and goes deep. I'm pondering the idea of the Tejon for the manual ground balance and dual discrimination feature - and of course all the nice reviews I been reading. If one must have a screen for additional information, Tesoro has the DeLeon and Cortes. I always work audio first anyway. Most of my machines have a screen which is a nice feature for additional information but I like a variety of machines. When I first started detecting, it was all audio for me, some of the machines I had would have an intensity meter. Then later I got the whites 6000 Di Pro - which I still have, and at that time, that big analog meter blew me away with all that information. But I would work the audio then look at the meter just for additional info, and it was new to me at the time. But I'll keep and use my machines from audio only to the digital LCD menu driven, and this weekend I will use my Cibola and Explorer-II. Seems like a big difference but goes to show the variety I like. Hummm - I wonder - should I go ahead and get that Tejon..... Good Luck

 

[digitaltim]

n/t

 

[Steve missouri]

Ken: Once you get used to the detector, you can almost alway's cut a 2 or 3 inch hinge plug and be right on top of your target, very good detectors, very easy to use. I like Mike Hillis, favor the golden U-Max, over almost any other detector. By the way I really like your trigger arrangment on the ace 250, excellent Mod. HH Steve

 

[khouse]

Thanks Steve,
I appreciate everyone's input. I'm not ready to purchase a complimentary detector quite yet. But will look hard at the Tesoro's when I do. Thanks!