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DeepTech

Is that it for this year??

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Ivan

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A reworked Compadre......aka Mojave.................all that Tesoro is capable of at this time?? I was hoping for a second introduction of more a mid to high performance model. I would have been happy if they reintroduced the Golden............in a new color scheme!! Another detector out just in time for Christmas would also be a good idea. A new target id unit.......some many avenues they could go down ..but no movement........just stuck in the current dated line up.......................come on Tesoro just me a reason to send you some money!!
 
I sort of doubt Tesoro will ever try to compete with a "modern" detector the likes of a CTX, Deus or Impact. Their beepers sell pretty well for them, and find plenty too. The Mojave was a hit for me.. Paid for itself within a month. :bouncy:
 
Same here.
In mid 2010 I got a new Vaq, by August 2011 I had a cast-off Compadre from Skiwhiz.
The Vaq was my main until I got an F2 and found out I have a great affinity for Fishers and that screen so the Tesoros got relegated to second string but I still used them when I needed a change.
I was curious about other models but I never really wanted or thought I needed another Tesoro however recently I traded the Vaq for a Mojave hoping it would work better than the Compadre in my dirt.
Turns out my wish came true, this new one not only works better than the Compadre but all indications seem to tell me it is working just as well if not a bit better than the Vaq here too.
Within an hour I knew I would be thrilled with this new one...might not be pulling the Compadre out much more anymore either.

Their current lineup is fine for me and I see hours of fun ahead for us but when I want a whiz bang unit with all minds of extra features I have my F70.
 
They have their established niche and seem to be sticking with it.
I think it's more telling that the other manufacturers don't try to compete with them!
The machines work extremely well and I never feel like I'm outgunned
or leaving anything behind when I hunt with friends with other brands.
All comes down to what you think you need to get the job done.

Noah
 
I have a Vaq and when I have hunted with other people using more highly technical machines , I usually have the better finds .
 
Ivan said:
A reworked Compadre......aka Mojave.................all that Tesoro is capable of at this time?? I was hoping for a second introduction of more a mid to high performance model. I would have been happy if they reintroduced the Golden............in a new color scheme!! Another detector out just in time for Christmas would also be a good idea. A new target id unit.......some many avenues they could go down ..but no movement........just stuck in the current dated line up.......................come on Tesoro just me a reason to send you some money!!
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Fraid so. I did what all the staunch users suggested and got another brand. Still go to the Compadre on casual low trash, oft hunted sites.
 

I agree. They will never be in that league. Even adding 2 tones seems to be out of the question. I think people need to stop expecting too much, and appreciate them for what they are. When it comes to beep and dig, Tesoro is tough to beat. There are only a few companies that even try to compete with them (Cscope, and DeepTech come to mind).
 
I'd like the outlaw without retune and battery check back on the toggle. probably describes a discontinued model but before this turns into a tesoro history lesson i'd like it with a warranty.
 
This is kind of an interesting point in that I've been thinking that there just have not really been revolutionary advances in metal detection technology in close to 20 years now. It's not just Tesoro it's all the companies. Minelab came out with multi frequency machines and that was revolutionary. But since then, no one has really taken the next step. Sure some of the new VLF machines have great speed and power and target separation, and some have built a wireless very light weight machine, and this is all great, but no one has really raised the bar on the technology itself. The kind of tech that allows you to actually see a scan of the item you are detecting in the ground and see it at depth so you know it's a coin or an old washer for example. They can be very hard to distinguish even for machines costing big bucks.
 
I think that in many cases , what some folks consider not having a screen being a DIS service , I think of as a positive ......When we have a screen and see numbers , we automatically think " this is a penny , or a nickel , or a quarter , or ????......We judge said target and either dig it or not .... A strange number might make us NOT dig something or a penny number might stop us from digging .....While some may think this is a positive , they might be missing out on some pretty good targets ....My example was digging all day on the beach with a broken digging tool , and getting pull tabs all day long ....It was hot , and I was tired , and my last pull tab number came up and I just passed on it ....My buddy dug it and it turned out to be a honker of a Platinum wedding band !!...... Lesson learned .....Tesoro machines force us to dig as we are just not sure of what's under the coil sometimes .....We have the Tesoro roll to give us somewhat of an indication of what's there ... They give us the depth that we all crave, and they have many different coils to get into just about any scenario that we want , and they don't require 12 batteries to run deep !!..... They are light weight and easy to handle so that an old timer ,or a kid , can swing them ...... I'm at the stage in my life whereby "Less is more " ..... Bottom line ...You're gonna dig more garbage before you dig that special target !!.....Get use to it !.... Do you remember your first ring , or your first Silver ? ..... You were like a kid at Christmas !!! ... It's GREAT that something so simple can give you so much joy !!...... KISS ( Keep it simple stupid ).....
 
I wish I had obtained the treasure magazine that published an article-about 10 years ago. It was a revolutionary article with fantastic pictures to boot. The most memorable was the screen video image of an aluminum can with a mercury dime beneath it- you could even read the date on the detector screen- it was a television image! The date of the publication? April 1st!
 
But what mint? :). Anyway they have to have a couple designs on paper (thumb drive?). I wonder about industry wide sales, up down? And who's buying them, if your 35-40 yrs old a tesoro must look strange in deed. 30 and younger unless grand pa got them started i don't think they would go near them, target ID's included. And i still want a Vaquero or Outlaw so not bashing Tesoro i have 2.
 
The analog signal of a Vaquero is like a voice , its smooth , abrupt , subtle , screeching , soft, edgy ... It speaks .
 
I just had a lesson in Tesoro-ease . Put a seven inch wide scan on a golden µmax. Way different but cant wait to get some time with it. Depth seems noticeably better, separation, much better but small crusty iron nail heads sound coiny and hard to disc out.
 
How about a hard wired Mojave water proofed enough for wading. Screw cap for the battery and a and clear plastic face plate cover with gasket.
 
No engineers = no new products. Sad, but that's the situation. The owners are inwilling pr inable to make the investment necessary to develop new machines. They will continie to do what they are doing as long as it makes financial sense, then Tesoro will disappear. All companies disappear eventually.
 
They make great beep and dig machines, and they make them well. I still believe they are the most enjoyable machines out there.
 
I wish they would do something a little different too. They did hop on board and start offering DD coils with some of their models. But a change of color is a little disappointment they past few years. I am a fan of the brown box units still compared to like the vaquero and cibola. I have never tried a tejon but have played with a few. I think it is a super nice unit. I wish they would go back to some models or reintroduce some good units no longer in production. Also I totally new unit, would be cool too. Something with analog and digital controls that is waterproof would be real cool.
 
In my detecting arsenal i currently have 4 Tesoro/Laser based machine 2 old but closet queen brown boxes jobs,Compadre still like new and why i fell for all that hype as all i have used it for is a pinpointer with the 4'' coil on,then the last machine and the only one that i occasionally use is the UK version of the Vaquero which runs and 18.5khz,fixed/manual GB and the 11x8 coil which i have never used but i do like using this machine with the NEL Snake on trashy roman sites.But apart from this one machine which is only say once a month used.All the others just gather dust.

My personal verdict is i 'will' probably never fall for the Tesoro hype again,and just keep the ones that i have in my detecting arsenal but mothballed,its a shame really but no one here in the UK buys these machines,they may serve the US market needs of tot lots and those type of environments but for the UK market you just cannot compete with the likes of the Deus,even Garrett machines are extremely popular,but in the last few years even Whites of which i was a very big fan have just floundered.

Nokta/Makro who have only been in the detecting arena for such a short time duration listen and produce what us the detecting public want and not something that was/is designed by Noah in the Ark,hope they come out with something decent but after that fiasco of asking us for a detector name and all the build up hype and then never producing it,well scenarios like that can/do damage the companies reputation,you cannot live off the companies laurels from say 20-30 years ago and no one too replace the founder who 'did' design some classics after he passed away.
 
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