I can't decide on a Tesoro for parks!

[Killer]

If you can get a coin out that is 9" deep with a screwdriver and not do any damage to a lawn, i take my hat off to you. I only use a screwdriver and a pair of pointy nose pliers with the centre ground out to lift coins and about 4" is the maximum depth i work. I have not tested accurately what depth i can get with the standard coil but would be very dissapointed if it did not get a gold coin at 8". Sorry i cant be of more help, killer

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

You have been great help, cheers.

It's hard to dig past 4" even with a screwdriver and not cause damage, I agree, you have to round out the hole. I prefer not to either, but there was one place which had loose soil and soft lawn.

 

[trueblue]

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?

yeah I sold my Silver , Compadre and Ace 250 and detect exclusivly with the Tejon ....its a pleasure to hunt Oz coin with if mainly after $1 & $2 coins at the disc settings mentioned earlier and with a thorough feel for Tejon and it subtle language you will dig very little if any trash regardless of site conditions and dont worry about the frequency it hits deep & hard on coins . A lot of users say its noisy and cant handle minerlized soil well ...in my expeirience I will say yes its somewhat noisy clicks and farts on iron but Im sure glad it does as it lets you know to slow down be aware of masking and work a site well , If you've got a good set of Phones and the hr's up on the Tejon you will rarely be fooled by iron . as for Gbalance capability of the Tejon I havent found a site I cant hunt and Im sure I hunt some challenging soils as most of my time is spent detecting for old coin in victorian gold bearing soils , the only fault I can find is that it woulda been nice if Tesoro fitted there detectors with 10 turn GB insteada the 3.3/4 used

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Yeah, seeing a short GB knob is a bit strange. I used a Bandido uMax 2 a fortnight ago and the GB knob just kept on turning left or right, you could keep turning it and it wouldn't stop.

 

[trueblue]

the GB pot on the Bandito II Umax is a 3 & 3/4 turn pot

 

[Smudge]

Personally, if your parks have no open fields, I'd probably just advise you use the Compadre.

If there are open fields, a Silver uMax with the Clean Sweep coil might not be a bad idea,

 

[Furious T]

Firstly, the Eldorado (u Max) replaced the Bandido II.

Second, and I know you have received lots of advice on Tejon, Golden, Vacquero and Compadre, and hunting in parks you would not go wrong with any of these...they would all do the job well... Unless you have really bad ground where you are, the Cibola would do the job, probably just as well as the other machines mentioned. It has not variable ground balance, but it is sensitive to both gold and silver (and everything else in between, and there is an easy setting for the discrimination where you will only pick up with good signals everything from 50c up (Aussie). You will still dig alum. screw caps, but no pull-tabs. The variety of coils available to the Tejon and Vacquero can also be used on the Cibola.....the Cibola, even with pre-set ground balance, can be used at the beach. If you have access to back issues of Gold Gem and Treasure magazine, there is an article on the Cibola in the Nov. 2006 issue. Hope this helps.

 

[tab-nabit]

I see a lot of replies/recommendations. Although I have a handful of Tesoro's, from what I have, and for parks & coinage, my Cortes utilizing the sum feature would be easy going, although I have a hard time leaving the Compadre in the SUV.

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Thanks for all the advice,

I bought a Vaquero. I could only buy second hand, the Tejon was too expensive and the Cibola wasn't available, but even though the Vaquero cost a bit more (had there been a second hand Cibola), at least I get manual GB! Looking forward to it.

 

[D&P-OR]

Congrats on your purchase of the Vaquero.----The "V" & with its manual gb was a very good choice.

 

[trueblue]

good choice good luck & happy hunting

 

[digginLa]

congrats on your purchase, that would have been my choice if I had needed manual ground balance, HH and hope to read about your finds soon.

 

[Infiniumexplorer Excalibur]

Thanks to all, I look forward to posting about my finds!

There's still something I'd like to know... because in a way this was two threads in one... what replaced the Eldorado uMax? In other words, what's today's incarnation of the Bandido 2 uMax?

 

[trueblue]

1980: Deep Search VI, Deep Search IV, Deep Search VII
1981: Aztec, Cortes (first), Amigo
1982: Scout, Mayan
1983: Inca, Silver Sabre
1984: Sabre II, Sabre Supreme, Silver Turtle
1985: Golden Sabre, Cutlass
1986: Silver Sabre Plus, Eldorado, Royal Sabre
1987: Toltec 100
1988: Toltec 80, Diablo, 4 Reale, 8 Reale
1989: Golden Sabre Plus, Lobo
1990: Bandido, Pantera
1991: Diablo II, Silver Sabre II, Stingray, Laser B1
1992: Cutlass II, Golden Sabre II, Laser B2
1993: Bandido II
1994: Toltec II, Sidewinder
1995: Piranha, Stingray II, Laser B3
1996: uMax Bandido, uMax Cutlass, uMax Diablo, uMax Sidewinder, Amigo II
1997: Shadow X2, Lobo SuperTRAQ, Laser PowerMax, Bandido II uMax, Silver Sabre uMax
1998: Cutlass II uMax
1999: Sand Shark, Laser Rapier
2000: Conquistador, Compadre, Golden uMax, Tiger Shark
2001: Cortes, Conquistador uMax, Eldorado, Euro Sabre, Silver uMax
2003: DeLeon, Tejon
2004: Cibola, Vaquero

 

[mike5853]

I sent you a PM and a link, it should help - let me know if you got it OK.
Mike

 

[trueblue]

I sent you a PM and a link, it should help - let me know if you got it OK.
Mike

with respect , wer all interested so why go private be no members here if we all jus pm'd each other ! dont be shy

 

[davef99]

Golden is nice for parks...Fast response with tone ID, and especially NOTCH to get rid of the pesky pull tabs,
(AND STILL GET THE GOLD RINGS!)