I've got a Tejon coming. Any good advise???

[cspene]

I had one before but didn't really give it enough time. Going to try again.

 

[Scully]

n/t

 

[Mike(NC)]

And realize that the Tejon is maxed out on threshold with no manual adjustment. Depending on the mineral content of your ground, this will effect the stability of your Tejon. Hopefully you have relatively good (mineral free) ground. If not, be expecting alot of ticks, pops and other assorted noises while your detecting. You mention that you had a Tejon previously... whatever your experience was then, be expecting more of the same. Let us know

 

[Mike(NC)]

Try to give the machine a better chance than you did the first time. When you get out, set your discrimination to a point that your comfortable with. Then really plan on digging plenty of targets, even iffy ones so you can get to know what sounds are being made and what targets those sounds turn out to be. You will give yourself a quick education that way. As always, your site selection will make a big difference in how rewarding a trip you have for yourself. Good luck and post what happens.

 

[Dig'n in Va.]

It was a great story and I'm waiting to see if you ever get any more info on the rings.. That was pretty cool..Good luck and keep up the hunting & writing.......Dave

 

[cspene]

one being a Kentucky Militia Medal of Valor. I found that out after doing some research. Also found out there were only 44 I think, issued since the Civil War. The Tejon will find things. HH and thanks for the replies.

 

[Mike(NC)]

No wonder your gettin' another one Cool dig!!

 

[Mike(NC)]

I'm guessing your talking about the white gold engagement and wedding set. It took along time for that story to make the mag. It was right around the 4th of July....last year, that me and Rick were hunting that lake. The dates on the rings showed their anniversary of getting married was the week prior, but decades earlier. I figured that they most likely honey mooned at this particular lodge and possibly return each year for their anniversary. With the pressure of water hunting at this lake, the set was a recent loss, no doubt about it.

The manager could not find anyone with those initials and both sets of initials Bride and groom's are on the rings. Fast forward to a few weeks ago. I called back to the lodge to see if anyone with those initials have made reservations for this years anniversary? I'm sorry to say that the answer was 'no'. But, the lodge travel agent, who makes all reservations out of Raleigh, 150 miles from the lake lodge, is aware of the story and is checking into all records. Hopefully the story has a nice ending. Thanks for your interst Dave.

 

[Dig'n in Va.]

Like Mike said, maybe you need to give this one a longer trial period. What was it that turned you off from the first one? Had you ever used any of the older Tesoro models before trying the Tejon? I have used most of the Tesoro's from the early ones on up thru the Tejon. In some ways it hurts you if you try to use it as the older models. For example the older Bandidos and others that didn't have the full 180 discrimination range worked better/different in nails & iron. At a zero disc. setting they would ignore nails and you could ID the larger iron junk by the sounds of the signal and by using the all metal pinpoint (sizing).. With the high gain setting and maxed out threshold of the Tejon combined with the "all metal" acceptance at zero setting in disc. mode, it's a little different from the old models where you could simply turn your disc. all the way down and turn your sensitivity all the way up and you were good to go. It's harder to find the spot on the Tejon disc. where nails & small iron will give you the same response as with the older models at zero setting.. There's a tricky area on your disc. where a click/tick from a disc. out iron target will be hard to tell from a weak signal from a deep good target. In a test garden or for demonstration purposes they are very easy to tell the difference. But in real life hunting not quite so apparent between the sounds especially if you're running high sens. and listening to some falsing and ground noise just to be sure you are getting all the depth possible. This is the way a lot of Tejon users hunt, but in mineralized ground it can drive you crazy and you will not get the depth in the bad dirt anyway.. The other option is to lower sensitivity but that will cut down on your depth.. Or you can also raise disc. settings but unlike some other brands, with most Tesoro's you will lose depth as you raise disc. settings. So it's a matter of finding that "just right" combination of settings that will allow you to use the Tejon in a manner that takes advantage of it's higher gain and depth of detection over the older models...Also one more note--- you must keep a good accurate ground balance. Having your ground balance out of adjustment will make a huge difference in performance...Good luck and I hope you have better results this time around....Dave

 

[Dig'n in Va.]

Yep those are the ones I was referring to.. I wasn't thinking about the time gaps between the finding , the writing, and the reading..But it sounds like there is still the possibility of turning up the owners......Dave

 

[Scully]

The Tejon has a very subtle language that is not easily detected with cheap headphones. Setting your audio at the 3 o'clock position will give you an advantage telling iron targets from good targets. There is a sharpness to iron, a subtle "snap" that you can detect at this setting with good headphones. Dig everything at first, to learn what the Tejon is telling you, and in time you will come know the sweet, soft and smooth sound of nice, deep target. Also, the Tejon really bangs on gold and you will get a very loud signal for targets 5, 6, and 7 inches deep. Some will sound like surface or very shallow targets but end up being much deeper. It is also very good on coins and buttons on edge. Hunt with it long enough to learn it, go back the places you thought you "cleaned" out, and get ready to be surprised.