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DeepTech

Hello new guy here.

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Radio

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Hello everyone,
I am totally new to the forum and metal detecting. My detector is not even here yet. (but it is on the FEDEX truck) I have been studying, reading every forum post I can. As well as watching ever video I can over the last few months.

What metal detector to start with is sure a muddy topic. I would just start leaning toward a detector to start with, then I would start reading on that detector in depth. I just was not feeling real good about all these post on many forums about how many times many main steam units where having to be sent in for repair. I read so many post about one detector (a real big name) that folks are saying that it is a great unit when it works. Or I have had mine in three times for repair and it still is not right. I did not have $1000 to spend on my first unit. I sure was not feeling good about the big names. Then I read some stuff on the Tesoro Compadre. Of course some folks where talking trash, but many other folks said they really really loved the thing. (almost a cult following) That got me looking and reading about Tesoro. I sure liked what I read and saw. It seemed to be a different way of thinking. The wife and I decided to enter the metal detecting hobby with a Tesoro Vaquero.

We both are very excited, the Vaquero should be here on Friday and Monday starts spring break. Both the wife and I work and schools. ( I don't work at the school for my mastery of the written word LOL) We both have been talking with folks who have some of oldest houses in town to get permission to detect in their yards this summer.

I know I am talking to the choir, but we are sure looking forward to our Tesoro this hobby.

Take care and best wishes

Radio
 
You did great deciding on a Tesoro right out of the gate. You won't regret it.

Welcome to the Tesoro Forum.:cheers:

tabman
 
Welcome and congrats on your first machine. The next step while your waiting is to learn up on proper recovery techniques so your not damaging lawns while out detecting. U will need to aquire a proper digging trowel the one I use is made specifically for metal detecting. Also a pinpointer may be helpfull to u. Again welcome to the addiction cheers
 
Welcome to the hobby and the Tesoro cult.... errrrr.... family. Youre gonna love that V Radio.
Good luck and happy hunting!
 
Let me give ya some words of wisdom....You can spend 1000's or 160.00 on a tesoro com padre...It's very simple...All Tesoro's work great...New,used it don't matter...I have owned a lot of tesoro's and many many other machines and brand names over the years... You have chosen a fine machine....Do your self a favor.................................................................................Stick with it!!........learn it!!!......learn it!! ......learn it!! ..And when you start feeling like there's something better out there...STOP!!............Because there really isn't.......And that's the the truth!!......I hope you have fun and find lots of goodies...
 
Welcome to the hobby. You picked a great machine to start with! I love my Vaquero and sincerely feel it's as capable as any machine on the market.
 
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pBLEntJrkjE http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L10NQcT7YDo http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3OPkyY1WVrc
 
You are going to love the "V". Maybe you will have to get your wife a COMPADRE so both of you can hunt. The compadre is very light weight and simple to use... I hope we get to see some pictures when you get back from spring break... KEN,, IND..
 
o and i love this one http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Qa1sTRoJDKc http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yeby9MGZsHI
 
Thank you all for such a great welcome. Thank you for the links to the videos, I have already watched them before (many times in fact LOL) I have one of those cheap Cen Tech pinpointers on the way. My friend got a bogo on them and is sending me one, so we will start there. The only other thing I want to get real soon is a real nice hori hori. They look like they would be very nice for getting through tough dirt.
 
Welcome Radio ! Think Lesche Digger . Hori-Hori is ok for gardening and soft dirt conditions but the Lesche will get you thru the tough stuff and is much more durable . Best of luck to you and I look forward to your posts .:thumbup:
 
Radio., glad to hear you are going to try detecting, after the 1st silver coin you will get hooked, it is nice to have some old houses to search , take your time before you go out buri a silver coin & gold ring and practice pinpointing the VAQ is a good pinpointer with that stock coil , and if you get a second coil I recommend a 5.75 DD as it will get deeper in more mineralized dirt. as far as pinpointers the garrett is good & the new whites model seems really good looking forward to the finds you make . I also have a VAQuero
 
Welcome!
I have both a Vaquero AND a Compadre among others, so I can't fault your thinking.
Enjoy the hobby...not like you have any choice in the matter being a Tesoro owner.
 
Well the Vaquero came in lastnight. Had to give it a try in the front yard. After watching the ground balancing video a few times I realised that the grond balance knob ended up being 180 out of the what the video showed. But we got her going. I hope the first thing one finds sets the pace for the rest of the life of the detector. I say that as money was the first thing I found. Be it a humble penny it was still money. I am hoping for much more money in years to come LOL .
 
You did fine. Really, you don't *want* to spend $1,000 on your first detector anyway. The more expensive a detector is, the higher the learning curve tends to be, and when you're starting out, the last thing you want to do is get all frustrated even before you even get out the door. You start out with simple. And don't worry about "depth". There are a LOT of environmental conditions that affect that, and really, a huge chunck of desirable stuff is still basically found shallower than 5". And really, you don't WANT to be digging foot-deep holes in city parks and school lawns. If you're not hunting things like Civil War relics or coin caches and such, you don't really *need* a detector that hits whispers down 2-3 feet. And for stuff like that, a 2-box detector is actually the way to go.

If anything, concentrate on learning how to find/identify the "best" places to detect that will *most likely* give up good stuff. Turn of the 20th Century homes are certainly a popular one, BUT -- they're no guarantee. A lot of times, their original dirt has been carted off in property re-grading projects, and sometimes the house isn't even standing on its original spot where it was first built. That's why knowing the history of a property or anyplace you hunt is so very important -- because KNOWLEDGE is the best tool you can have, not necessarily the "best" detector. Matter of fact, there are places out in the woods where individual farmhouses once were 75-150+ years ago, but have long disappeared that few people know about or even remember. TAHT'S the kinda stuff that's going to fuel your campfire.
 
When I first got my Vaq , ground balancing was a little difficult. It would wail loudly . Make absolutely sure you are not trying to ground balance close to metal, it will not work. Search the ground in all metal until you find a clean spot. Some places are so full of metal that it is easier said than done. After two years it seems my detector has mellowed a little and GB is much easier.

There is another technique called power balancing. It is rather easy. I have toyed with it but have not come to any conclusions yet.

And welcome to the club.
 
Heres the dirctions for power balancing.

a.. Locate a metal-free clean spot of ground to adjust the GB. You might pick some of the more mineralized ground in the area you're searching (and if you have an All Metal mode you can help locate such a spot.

b.. Select the Discriminate mode.

c.. Set the Discriminate level at the minimum setting (or where you might just reject iron nails on the ground).

d.. Use the highest Sensitivity level w/o noise or chatter.

e.. Start with the search coil held about 6' above the ground, and no higher than 8".

f.. Briskly, ob the search coil toward-and-away from the ground going from 6" down to about
 
hatpin said:
Heres the dirctions for power balancing.

a.. Locate a metal-free clean spot of ground to adjust the GB. You might pick some of the more mineralized ground in the area you're searching (and if you have an All Metal mode you can help locate such a spot.

b.. Select the Discriminate mode.

c.. Set the Discriminate level at the minimum setting (or where you might just reject iron nails on the ground).

d.. Use the highest Sensitivity level w/o noise or chatter.

e.. Start with the search coil held about 6' above the ground, and no higher than 8".

f.. Briskly, ob the search coil toward-and-away from the ground going from 6" down to about
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i received a vaquero last friday for my first detector last friday. like you i watched the same youtube vids. i am very happy with it.
 
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