Hot and cold Tesoro's

[Dan-Pa.]

Seems like not all Tesoro's are created equal and if you find one that will go into the orange max boost area and still remain quiet do expect superior depth.

 

[Flintstone]

Hi Dan, I wounder if you got a cold one if Tesoro would turn it into a hot one if you sent it in. I know Tesoro is a top of the line detector, and will fix about anything for free. I have been thinking about a new Tesoro.

 

[Pap]

Dan, both of my Tesoros will nearly always run in the max boost here in this area .
Pap

 

[deliveryboy]

Yeah I find some areas I can run the red, but others the EMI is too much for it. Im usually ok with setting it at 10 though.

 

[Rainyday101]

I have been able to run my Silver uMax in the red all the time. The only time I have had EMI problems is near a buried phone line.

I think that if you sent a detector into Tesoro and asked for it to be peak tuned and were willing to pay for it and the shipping, you wouldn't have a problem. This is not warranty work and I would not expect it to be free and would be more than willing to pay for such service. Usually when tuning anything there is an acceptable window with a high and low limit of acceptance. How big that window is, who knows. For the most part though I think Tesoro puts their detectors out pretty well tuned. I know I can't complan. Last weekend my Silver amazed me and was banging on wheaties at 6" loud and clear. My oldest was a 1911 and it hit on it so clear I figured it was shallow surface clad. Not only that, it seperated it out of the trash with ease. I don't know what more I could ask for.

 

[pulltaber]

Seems like not all Tesoro's are created equal and if you find one that will go into the orange max boost area and still remain quiet do expect superior depth.

You are not going to get any more depth if you turn your sensitivity past the point were it becomes unstable. Just because you can turn one detector higher than another on the sensitivity doses mean that one is more sensitive .It just means that the sen knobs or not calibrated the same. It is just like all the dis. knobs are not set the same. Your sen knob is just a reference point to where your detector becomes unstable. If you can turn your sensitivity all the way to the right in the max zone then you need to send it to Tesoro to adjust the internal sen pot ,because you have not reached a point where it is unstable. Which means you have not getting max depth.

 

[Pap]

I will agree for the most part on your conclusions I would add, however, the ground mineralization is a factor on this effect. While I can run my Tesoros in Max Boost in most areas around here I have been detecting in areas where Max Boost became unstable.
Pap

 

[Rainyday101]

Pulltaber I have to agree with Pap on this one. My ground is so mild I can't get my detector unstable. In other areas I have been to with more mineralization then 8-9 is the max I can get and maintain stability. The soil does seem to play a large role in this.

 

[pulltaber]

Rainyday ,that is not what I said at all,go back and read what I wrote again. Because I was referring to Dan's original post. Maybe I should have said that if you have two detectors that are the same :in the same area they may not always be set at the same sensitivity # on the knob to get the same depth.

 

[Rainyday101]

Sorry pulltaber, I was in a hurry read that.

 

[Dan-Pa.]

Pulltabber to further explain myself I can turn the sens orange area(to full orange area) and still have a stable unit...which equates to super depth...
Having had many Tesoro's over the years I certainly know any Tesoro can be turned into the orange area and have an unstable unit...
Having used many units from various manufacturers I do know all units even the same brand and model are not equal and well I just have a hot TeJon. End of the story and of course ground mineralization has a lot to do with it and well my ground is about mid range.
Indeed an unstable unit is not condusive to superior depth at least in my opinion as some do run with an unstable unit which to me me is counter productive and can give one a headache as well...If pehaps a switch would malfunction I would include a note not to tune the unit lest I lose the depth advantage...

 

[MarkCZ]

Seems like not all Tesoro's are created equal and if you find one that will go into the orange max boost area and still remain quiet do expect superior depth.

Mine and my brothers Tejons seem to be HOT! but I'm thinking that the Tejons are designed HOT with the High Gain they have, mine and my brothers will hit my 8" test garden with the sensitivity not much over half with the standard coil.
But, I do understand what your saying about two of the same will still have some differences, one tuned early morning and one tuned later evening could be different if temperature and humidity are different. And then you have the electronic components themselves have a range of variants, plus the electronic equipment that they use has to be calibrated from time to time, so a fresh tune up on the equipment might tune a detectors a little finer, then the people that do the tuning, all probably work hard at staying within the tolerance range, but its possible for one person to work closer to the middle than say another.

Mark