Hey Ty

[Anonymous]

Ty, have you used the Golden uMax? Is it comparable in depth and target id to the older golden sabre models?

I still use an old golden sabre plus and have never found any suitable replacement for it, since its over 15 yrs old and getting ready to stop working soon I fear. I'm mostly a coin/jewelry hunter and need a good notch discriminating coin machine...would prefer a newer Tesoro model but am not quite sure which new model would best suit my needs.

Mark

 

[Monte]

"have you used the Golden uMax?".... Yes, I have used the Golden

 

[JB(MS)]

Our ground here is virtually mineral free compared to the places Monte mentioned using the Golden in his post. The Golden

 

[Anonymous]

It was interesting reading JB & Monte's posts. I've only been been using Tesoro's for a year. I started with a Cortes, then got a Golden and loved it so much I sold the Cortes. Most of the sites where I get to hunt are modern and the Golden does fine. The only deep stuff I've dug was junk iron, so I can't really tell you anything about depth, but the way I look at it, if I find a site where I need depth I'll switch to a larger coil and I got a 11" widescan just for that purpose. Here in Albuquerque, New Mexico, all I use is the widescan coils.

My take is that it has a pretty decent response speed and combined with the widescans it just recovers great. Love using it on softball field sidelines where tabs and bottle caps are thick.

The main thing that takes some getting used to is the double beep used for the saturation tone. That seems to be the most common objection to the machine.


I haven't got to map it out yet. I'll map the notch and the notch width, and disc range so I can understand exactly what I'm doing when I set it. For now I pretty much run it wide open until the audio gets to much, then I disc out the iron, and if still too noisy, I'll flick to narrow notch and adjust with a nickel, maybe raise disc to drop the foil. Sometimes go to wide notch if its still to noisy for my ears


I've been looking for another machine that works simular to my Bounty Hunter Tracker IV, and it seems like the Golden Sabre II could foot the bill. Tesoro sent me a manual for one and it has the feature I'm looking for,plus it was only discontinued in 1999, so its not that old. I'll ponder it for awhile longer but I think I probally see if I can find one. You may want to check it out as well. I don't know which is older of the two?

Monte said something about notching being a thing of the past (not exact words) but I would disagree. I found that this tone id audio thing works great for me, but I can only take so much noise! The notches give me more selective control over what noise I remove. With the GOlden, I can run it as a 4 tone machine, or a 3 tone machine, or a 2 tone machine, or a single tone machine depending on what disc & notch combinations I use.

I won't part with my Golden, (the wife wouldn't let me even if I wanted to, she really likes it too ) but I wouldn't mind having it's older sister (Golden Sabre II) around either.

Good luck making your choice,

Mike

 

[Anonymous]

Just played with the Golden uMax in test area, never any field use. The notch and audio are different than the older versions, but the guys below pretty much covered that. I think the G uMax has more depth than the older versions.
Call Tesoro, they can bring your current GSP back to new, well almost!
Ty

 

[Anonymous]

I got the manual for the Golden Sabre II day before yesterday and gave it a quick glance through. Today I was able to spend some quality time reading it. The only thing I get over the Golden is the notch accept, which after review, is not something I would buy a new machine over. This manual should offer some help in mapping the notch.

Looks like the Golden is still tops :lol

Mike

 

[Anonymous]

Unfortunately, I've tried many of the other Tesoro models you mentioned, the Golden Sabre II, the Royal Sabre, but I had to get rid of both of them due to poor depth.

From what I've read about, I'm still not sure which machine to get. The Cibola and Vaquero are probably not my style since they don't have tone id. The only reason I'm partial to notch machines is since I like tone id, I personally almost always disable the notch, so it discriminates out nothing. I like the high and low tones to id stuff before I dig.

I am primarily a coin/jewelry hunter, where I live has nothing old enough to relic hunt. The land places I hunt are 1940's and newer and are usually loaded with modern aluminum trash, cut up can pieces, etc. So many times, I have to cherry pick the good signals and leave some small aluminum pieces, but I always dig the tabs unless I am really frustrated with trash. I know I might miss some rings, but if I left my disc at iron like many of you say you do, I would go nuts, and not enjoy my detecting outings nearly as much as I do.

I might consider the Tejon since it has dual discrimination, so I can set one disc low(iron) and then check signals with the second disc set at foil or just below tabs. Tesoro also makes a target id machine (the model name I forget), has anyone used it?