Hi all. Ive read all over the net that the Tejon is a deep relic machine. But, how does it do on coins? Will it pick up deep old silver dimes? I've read that it eats brass like Corn Flakes, so it must be good on copper. Please give any opinions/observations. I'm choosing my next detector with relics/coin hunting in mind. Does Tesoro sell a better coin machine? Thanks.
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How is the Tejon on coins?
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Nauti
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The tejon is a good all round machine...it will find coins as well as it finds relics.It's pretty hot on small silver coins here in England and i mean SMALL.You have the option to use the 12x10 dd coil on this machine which can turn this machine into a magic wand as long as you go easy on the sensitivity.
Neil
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Nauti Neil said:The tejon is a good all round machine...it will find coins as well as it finds relics.It's pretty hot on small silver coins here in England and i mean SMALL.You have the option to use the 12x10 dd coil on this machine which can turn this machine into a magic wand as long as you go easy on the sensitivity.
couldnt agree more, that 12X10 is a great coil!
Nauti Neil said:The tejon is a good all round machine...it will find coins as well as it finds relics.It's pretty hot on small silver coins here in England and i mean SMALL.You have the option to use the 12x10 dd coil on this machine which can turn this machine into a magic wand as long as you go easy on the sensitivity.
This is EXACTLY the response that I was hoping for. I've heard that the Tejon is popular in the UK, so I'm all ears. I think I know the coins that you are refering to, they're about the size of a pea. Thanks buddy.
Nauti
Well-known member
The coins i was referring to are the small silver hammered coins from the medieval ages.Some of these coins are indeed as you say about the diameter of a pea.In the middle ages people used to cut these coins into halves and then quarters so you can imagine how small these sections of the original coins are.The Tejon is one of the most popular machines over here for finding this type of coin due to it's awesome sensitivity and recovery speed in amongst the iron.I used to own a laser trident 1 a while ago which is basically a tesoro cibola(a chap over here imports them and re-badges them)and found my best ever roman coin with it.The coin was in a trashy area and had been missed by my other detectors.The Tejon has more performance than the cibola so you can start to see it's potential.
p.s...i did not get rid of the trident/cibola....i gave it to a friend who wanted a detector but who was struggling financially.He still uses it with a lot of success and his finds rate increased again when he started using the12x10 coil.The tesoro range are awesome detectors and often overlooked by detectorists who get drawn in by the colourful advertising campaigns of the larger manufacturers.If you decide to purchase one i wish you every success with it in the future.Regards,Neil.
p.s...i did not get rid of the trident/cibola....i gave it to a friend who wanted a detector but who was struggling financially.He still uses it with a lot of success and his finds rate increased again when he started using the12x10 coil.The tesoro range are awesome detectors and often overlooked by detectorists who get drawn in by the colourful advertising campaigns of the larger manufacturers.If you decide to purchase one i wish you every success with it in the future.Regards,Neil.
Excelllent on coins, and deep coins.
The Tejon has a lot of power, in my experience too high sensitivity makes it unstable. The high beams in the fog analogy comes to mind.
With the small coil, my typical sens setting is 8-9 and slightly less than that with the stock coil.
The Tejon has a lot of power, in my experience too high sensitivity makes it unstable. The high beams in the fog analogy comes to mind.
With the small coil, my typical sens setting is 8-9 and slightly less than that with the stock coil.
amcjavelin
Active member
and if the tejon slips away don't over look the vaquero not quite the horse power under the hood but is the second runner up to the tejon!
Rus_Digger
New member
As far as I understand Tejon is excellent for places where coins and relics lie among iron subjects and very close to them. It has very good discrim. It can find even a very small coin near big old nails. There is a video, which shows how it works in discrim mode. [video]http://video.yandex.ru/users/pivodevkirocknroll/view/31[/video]