I know this is the Tesoro forum and I was using my Whites XLT on this hunt but it was my Tesoros that made this hunt so great. I have a Compadre and Silver uMax and love them both because they have taught me to hunt by sound. I'm a newbie. Bought my first detector just over two years ago and am now fully addicted. Unfortunately, I started with a VID machine and really had trouble understanding when I read other hunters say they could tell the difference between good and bad targets by their sound. I started reading the Tesoro forum and became intrigued. Then one of my friends said he had a Tesoro that was just sitting in the closet and I was welcome to use it. In a few weeks I owned it. Now I know what you all have been talking about. Without a screen to distract me, I could concentrate on the sound and my ears have been opened. On this hunt, I dug some trash because nothing is fool proof but, I also knew by sound every time a good target was coming. The gold ring came in as foil on the XLT but it sounded so good and clean. I dug several other targets in the same range to check. Every time I heard any pops or clicks it was foil or trash. I recommend to anyone just getting started in the hobby to pick up a Tesoro. It will make learning sounds so much faster.
Hunted a pubic sports park Friday. Have hunted it several times in the past. Found the usual clad and trash, but this time got a gold ring that looks like it was either run over or struck by a mower. The big silver is just a replica, but sure made me pee a little when it came out of the ground. Decided it was time to go but didn't want the day to end so detected back to the car car and got a really sweet sound on the XLT. Looked at the screen and saw 83. Clad dimes usually hit 82. The few sliver dimes I have found have come in at 82-83 so this got my attention. But I didn't get my hopes up as this park isn't that old and I had been hitting bottle caps that gave similar VID. But as I continued to sweep the target the tone was so clean, no rough edges or anything. Cut the plug and saw the sliver rim and thought, no way. Boy was I glad to be wrong. First time I've ever dug gold and sliver on the same hunt. Ring is marked 10k.
Hunted a pubic sports park Friday. Have hunted it several times in the past. Found the usual clad and trash, but this time got a gold ring that looks like it was either run over or struck by a mower. The big silver is just a replica, but sure made me pee a little when it came out of the ground. Decided it was time to go but didn't want the day to end so detected back to the car car and got a really sweet sound on the XLT. Looked at the screen and saw 83. Clad dimes usually hit 82. The few sliver dimes I have found have come in at 82-83 so this got my attention. But I didn't get my hopes up as this park isn't that old and I had been hitting bottle caps that gave similar VID. But as I continued to sweep the target the tone was so clean, no rough edges or anything. Cut the plug and saw the sliver rim and thought, no way. Boy was I glad to be wrong. First time I've ever dug gold and sliver on the same hunt. Ring is marked 10k.
