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I can't decide on a Tesoro for parks!

I've been doing a lot of research on Tesoros and I still can't decide which one to get for parks. For now, I only care about hunting $2-$1 Aussie coins, which are high in conductivity. On an Explorer, they read 26 on conductivity.

I thought I settled on a Vaquero, but then I read from a few reports that the discrim isn't very reliable and such. I wonder if the Cibola is the same.

Something else I want to know regarding this... which Tesoro replaced the Bandido 2 uMax?
 
Where did you read those reports? A competitor's forum?

You won't go wrong with a Vaquero or a Cibola. You might want to consider a Golden
 
Vaquero disc is very reliable with falsing only on large targets that overwhelm it. In fact it is so quiet that once I detected for about 15 minutes (disc at max), with a bad connection on my ear-buds and didn't realize it till I hit the pinpoint button and had no sound. Usually it will false on large objects but will run silent until you are over a good target. Honestly I don't think you will be disappointed and I highly recommend it. However I do have reservations for the disc technology used in the Cortes. I can't remember what version it is at the moment, but my Cortes was very unstable and falsed a lot over small targets that should have been ignored. I can't comment on the Cibola but you may wish to check the Cibola disc technology before you make your decision.
 
I read concerns about the disc of the Vaquero from only a few people who I don't think hunted parks.
How large a target will throw off the disc? Hopefully fairly large so it's still good in parks.

The Cibola, Vaquero and Compadre use ED 180 discrim technology, the Golden uses ED 120 (according to their website), so the first three should be similar in disc performance, but the Golden might be better since it is a specific coin hunter?

I'm trying to convince myself that the Cibola is all I need since it's cheaper and that a manual ground balance is not needed for park hunting... someone please tell me that's true:bouncy:
 
If that is all you are hunting then you need a cruiser.....the Golden/Cleansweep crusing combo. It will outperform all the other Tesoro's for that particular task. No other unit can touch it. Just walk along and recover the high tones. They will really sing out nicely over the other tones and you like the discrimination and recovery speed. You'll pull high conductive coins out of bottle cap infestations with ease

HH
Mike
 
I can only do a compasion between the Ace 250 , Compadre , Silver Umax , Eldorado Umax , and Tejon ...used'em all here in Oz and the best by far for $1&2 coins is the Tejon , set the dual disc .....disc 1 @ at the highest point of accepting $ 1 ..set disc 2 @ just were you loose $2 ..beeps on disc 1 silent on disc 2 = dig you wont dig bugger all trash if any ...
 
The Golden with the tone ID allows you to hunt with lower discrimination settings, hence better depth/unmasking and you just listen for the high tones.

Never used a Golden before but I am seriously thinking of selling one of my heavier units and getting one for the parks and tot lots.
 
Id stick with the Vaquero. If you have soil with changing mineralization, the ground balance is a big plus. I have a cibola and a tejon, the discrimination on both are awesome! yes larger iron can fool them, but ive never used a machine that wouldnt sound off on large iron or iron washers. I just switch to all metal and check how wide the signal is if i suspect an iron target. works most of the time for me. Sadly my poor cibola has been sitting idle since ive gotten the Tejon, its just so much more versitile, and alot of fun to use. Ill keep the cibola for back up and for friends to use.
 
Another vote for the Vaquero. The manual ground balance will never hurt you in areas where preset machines do well, but could make a large difference (when properly adjusted) in sensitivity and depth in more mineralized areas.
BB
 
Very good info guys, the Tejon sounds interesting. I'm a bit worried about the 17 kHz frequency, but the dual disc sounds really good. It seems that the ED 120 - 180 only matters on lower conductive searches. The Golden works on 10 kHz frequency which is much better for coin hunting, probably why they thought it didn't need ground balance.

I wonder what the recovery speed of the Tejon is like, I like the Vaquero recovery speed.
 
that may not be true as ground minerals vary in strength,and in composition from site to site!
a detector equipped with a ground balance circuit will afford you better depth,and more accurate id.

(h.h.!)
j.t.
 
Ok, now I want the Tejon, but I can't afford it. At the moment I can only afford the Cibola, not sure how it will handle mineralisation in most of our parks given it doesn't have a ground balance.

Trueblue, do you still use yours for aussie coins? I take it you might have had success with yours?
 
Infinexplexcal, i use a Cibola in parks here in Aust, mineralisation is not a problem in the parks in major cities, with the cleansweep coil you cleanup on the 1 and 2 dollar coins. killer
 
In the parks i only aim for the top 3" as i cant do any damage, thats with the cleansweep coil, with the sensitivity turned down, with the standard coil it goes really deep. I only hunt 1 and 2 dollar coins so the Cibola is only used with the 18 x 3 cleansweep coil. killer
 
Nice.

I don't mind locating coins 7 or so inches deep. 9 inches gets a bit tedious but if they're there I can get it. It's alright if you use a screwdriver, they do 0 damage. Not that I expect the Cibola to go 9" but I'm not afraid of a bit of depth.
 
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