Yep, the big brown truck dropped off my little compadre today. I opened it up, assembled it, and put a battery in. Ran right out to an old homesite at the end of my property that I just found, and went to work. I'd like to say that I found all sorts of coins, and I was one with the comadre. That's what I'd like to say. In reality, this poor little guy is telling me all kinds of information, and I haven't a clue what it's saying. I'm fluent in bounty hunter, and this is a totally different language. I did manage to find several aluminum cans, but that was about the extent of it. I decided that maybe I should try to learn its language before I tried to find treasure, so I went back to my test garden. I'm pleased to say that I finally figured out where I buried that deep quarter that my BH machines couldn't see. I'm thinking there is a learning curve here, so I guess I need to get on track. Any of you compadre experts out there, feel free to offer advice, even if it seems overly obvious!
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Got my compadre in today.
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digitaltim
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Aluminum cans will sound loud and smooth.. Sizing the target by xing can help.
Try laying out different metals in the yard and listen for the differences...Coins will sound differently
Iron will sound rougher and blip / break up.
I think the only way to get used to the machine is set the discrimination just above iron and dig everything that repeats while xing.
I think the biggest difference from your BH is the Tesoros are consistent, which will give you confidence once learned.
Once in a while you may get some iron that has a repeatable smooth tone while xing... These are iffy targets, but if you get a nice repeatable tone it could be a good target next to iron.... I like to dig these when there's little else around and they often turn out to be nice relics mixed in with iron.
Did your BH do this?
Good luck...
Try laying out different metals in the yard and listen for the differences...Coins will sound differently
Iron will sound rougher and blip / break up.
I think the only way to get used to the machine is set the discrimination just above iron and dig everything that repeats while xing.
I think the biggest difference from your BH is the Tesoros are consistent, which will give you confidence once learned.
Once in a while you may get some iron that has a repeatable smooth tone while xing... These are iffy targets, but if you get a nice repeatable tone it could be a good target next to iron.... I like to dig these when there's little else around and they often turn out to be nice relics mixed in with iron.
Did your BH do this?
Good luck...
Monkeywrangler22
New member
Congrats! You'll catch on to Tesoro-language pretty quick. I have a Cibola and after a couple months am feeling pretty confident.
Thanks, guys! I am thinking about taking a sick day tomorrow and hit some of the parks. (I did have a bit of a sniffle today!) I'm starting to figure out a few things about this little guy already. I did notice that on larger tin I get a strong signal in one direction, but when I swing over it for the second half of the X, I get a broken signal. Tim, the BH machines are notorious for ringing in as silver on badly oxidized iron. The iron disc works well if the iron hasn't been in the ground for a really long time, but I have dug more than a few pieces of old sewer pipe that came across the screen as a quarter or half. The area I searched with the compadre was really bad, and I think it probably did better than I could have expected from any of my bounty hunter machines. I'm anxious to see what the tesoro will find in the areas that I have hunted out with the BH machines. From my experience with my test bed, I can already tell that this one will see farther into the ground than even my landstar with the 10" magnum coil. Maybe tomorrow I'll be able to post some pics of all of the silver I find!
Nothing beats putting in some time using it. After awhile, you'll figure out more how the Compadre operates, and you'll learn to appreciate how sweet such a little simplistic detector can be.
Work with it and read up on past post's & replies when you can.
I never would have thought I would get one, but long story short I ended up getting one. Results - I was actually impressed with it and have fun using such a simplistic detector that works and works well. Just something about it that brings smiles often.
Quality headphones help discern it's language.
I have just as much fun with the Silver uMax also.
Compared to my high end detectors, I am just impressed how the Compadre can find some goods.
Work with it and read up on past post's & replies when you can.
I never would have thought I would get one, but long story short I ended up getting one. Results - I was actually impressed with it and have fun using such a simplistic detector that works and works well. Just something about it that brings smiles often.
Quality headphones help discern it's language.
I have just as much fun with the Silver uMax also.
Compared to my high end detectors, I am just impressed how the Compadre can find some goods.
Either at you test garden or with an assortment of coins, nails and tabs and (maybe a tent pin if you have one) placed on the ground, go over each target and try some things.
Start with very low discrimination, like near all metal.
Raise the coil until the target becomes faint and see how it narrows the area that the coil sees the target; observe how small this "pinpoint" area is and how you can use that to size targets or draw the length and width of that tent pin.
Over each target start thumbing the discriminator higher until the target starts to chirp, break up the sound or goes away. See how it is pretty repeatable for each specific target. Listen to the sounds for smooth, chirp, one way or two way beep. See how that adds target ID information. Just remember to set the discriminator back low before going for the next target.
Personally, I think that the discriminator on the Compadre is so clean and consistent that it can be used to ID a target more accurately than many detectors with a meter. You just need some time with it. True of most of the Tesoro beep and digs, but I think the Compadre discriminator is just a hair easier to get that repeatability going.
Enjoy!
tvr
Start with very low discrimination, like near all metal.
Raise the coil until the target becomes faint and see how it narrows the area that the coil sees the target; observe how small this "pinpoint" area is and how you can use that to size targets or draw the length and width of that tent pin.
Over each target start thumbing the discriminator higher until the target starts to chirp, break up the sound or goes away. See how it is pretty repeatable for each specific target. Listen to the sounds for smooth, chirp, one way or two way beep. See how that adds target ID information. Just remember to set the discriminator back low before going for the next target.
Personally, I think that the discriminator on the Compadre is so clean and consistent that it can be used to ID a target more accurately than many detectors with a meter. You just need some time with it. True of most of the Tesoro beep and digs, but I think the Compadre discriminator is just a hair easier to get that repeatability going.
Enjoy!
tvr
Well, I felt guilty calling in sick today, so I went to work, but after work I stopped by a favorite spot that I have hunted out with the BH. In about an hour, and in about a 200 square foot area, I pulled 3 clad quarters, a '64 nickel, 2 clad dimes, and 14 pennies. 3 of which were wheaties. I also dug a whole lot of pull tabs, but I was just trying to learn the machine, so I didn't care. Needless to say, I'm very pleased with the little tesoro! Looks like I'm going to be selling 4 BH machines to buy another tesoro (or two!)