I'm pretty anxious to check this baby out but winter has me socked in pretty good right now. I'm reading about setting this machine up, the settings, not the actual machine, which took two minutes to assemble. I'm a little concerned about the flimsy looking battery hinge covers, so I'll put a large rubber band around those when in the field. I also found the arm cuff to be a bit snug, but other than that I'm tickled pink. I have a big pile of 2650 mAh rechargeable Duracell's that I installed for 2-3 quick starts. I got a quick four beeps on a completely fresh charge. I took them out immediately though as the manual says 1.5 V. batteries only. With the Factory Panasonic 1.5 V batteries I got seven quick beeps on start up and I had to plug headphones in because I was getting a tone off everything inside my place on sens. four ! I haven't even used this dirt weapon yet and I already have a good feeling about it. Is it true that you lose depth with battery drain, and how many beeps before you replace your batteries? I'm used to NimH rechargeables that stay strong until a quick death at the end. Come on spring ! I welcome an tips, observations, heads up about the Tejon that you can offer a new user. Thanks.
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Just bought a new Tejon
- Thread starter upnorth
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The only thing I can suggest is practice and don't be afraid to dig until you get a good feel for it. Set the primary disc as low as you can stand it and the second a little higher. The second disc I mostly use to guage what I may be digging. I love mine and I am sure you will, too. Congrats
I still have the original Tejon, one of the very first two production units ever built, and the doors are still going strong. I would be interesting to know how many batteries I have gone through in all that time, but they have held up great and not a sign of any wear to the "hinge" part. And you have life time warranty, even if anything did happen, and the door portion of the battery assembly can be removed seperately, which would make it very easy for you to mail just that portion back to Tesoro if it ever was an issue. But like I said, have no fear, those doors will probably out last all of us.
First off after 40+ years in this hobby I say with no doubt you have the very best VLF machine made for hunting your ancient sites.
Don't sweat the battery doors they're stronger than they look. Actually they're awesome and I hope they never change them.
The Tejon will pull hammered coins deeper than you will believe but here's how it works.
Set it to max sensitivity and discrimination as low as possible.
Swing briskly (rather fast) one way and then cover the same area more slowly (about half speed swing).
Keep that coil as close to the ground as possible and listen for those distinct but weak smooth sounds. The small silver coins down deep produce small/tight/mellow signals.
If the Tejon makes some noise that's okay because this means it's seeing ground minerals and is ultra sensitive. You need this to find those deep gold coins and small pieces of jewelry. The real targets are easy to make out once you gain a little experience.
Once learned you can walk behind Minelabs and Fishers and dig what they miss.
Don't sweat the battery doors they're stronger than they look. Actually they're awesome and I hope they never change them.
The Tejon will pull hammered coins deeper than you will believe but here's how it works.
Set it to max sensitivity and discrimination as low as possible.
Swing briskly (rather fast) one way and then cover the same area more slowly (about half speed swing).
Keep that coil as close to the ground as possible and listen for those distinct but weak smooth sounds. The small silver coins down deep produce small/tight/mellow signals.
If the Tejon makes some noise that's okay because this means it's seeing ground minerals and is ultra sensitive. You need this to find those deep gold coins and small pieces of jewelry. The real targets are easy to make out once you gain a little experience.
Once learned you can walk behind Minelabs and Fishers and dig what they miss.
Thanks for the support guys. And a special thanks to JHM for the great email info. I'm not afraid of putting serious time into learning a new machine, it's the only way really. I'm happier than ever with my new detector choice. Now to go back over those old sites that I used the ACE 250 on.
I have to disagree with you on the battery doors.
You have evidently never walked almost a mile down some railroad tracks to detect an old house site only to find out that one of the battery doors has opened up and you are missing a battery pack. Nor have you been in the woods looking for civil war relics and start to wonder why no targets and then find out you have lost a battery pack. Luckily, I backtracked using my gps and was surprised to find my batteries after only a few minutes.
Now let me say that Radio Shack, a store that I despise because of their junk, has identical battery holders. Look exactly the same and they are cheap and I would advise buying one just to be safe.
As for design of the doors. They are not really flimsy, but the main problem is that they can open up. You have to make sure they are fully closed and snapped. Even then don't trust them. Do put something around the doors or buy a protective cover which I bought from a guy in England. One cover covers the battery pack and keeps the doors closed and the other covers the detector. This keeps the knobs from turning, which they will.
Now for the good part. The Tejon is by far the best relic machine out there. I can say that after 40 years of hunting relics. It is deep and the slight problems anyone has with turning knobs and battery doors can be very easily fixed. One note, Tesoro changed my whole battery pack because of the battery doors. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A TESORO
You have evidently never walked almost a mile down some railroad tracks to detect an old house site only to find out that one of the battery doors has opened up and you are missing a battery pack. Nor have you been in the woods looking for civil war relics and start to wonder why no targets and then find out you have lost a battery pack. Luckily, I backtracked using my gps and was surprised to find my batteries after only a few minutes.
Now let me say that Radio Shack, a store that I despise because of their junk, has identical battery holders. Look exactly the same and they are cheap and I would advise buying one just to be safe.
As for design of the doors. They are not really flimsy, but the main problem is that they can open up. You have to make sure they are fully closed and snapped. Even then don't trust them. Do put something around the doors or buy a protective cover which I bought from a guy in England. One cover covers the battery pack and keeps the doors closed and the other covers the detector. This keeps the knobs from turning, which they will.
Now for the good part. The Tejon is by far the best relic machine out there. I can say that after 40 years of hunting relics. It is deep and the slight problems anyone has with turning knobs and battery doors can be very easily fixed. One note, Tesoro changed my whole battery pack because of the battery doors. YOU CAN'T GO WRONG WITH A TESORO
The problem is not the doors, it is the way they are locked. I have lost two battery packs.
Maybe it was my fault, maybe I didn't fully push the doors closed, I don't know, that is a possibility. Tesoro did replace that portion on my detector when I had it in for service.
As I said a rubber band around the doors will fully solve the problem.
I do know that for the money, who the heck can complain, you are getting a top of the line detector for a great price and the best warranty of probably 95 per cent of all the products sold in the United States. Maybe I should change that to 99% because no matter what, no matter if the machine is purchased used on Ebay, Tesoro stand behind their products, and I stand behind Tesoro.
Maybe it was my fault, maybe I didn't fully push the doors closed, I don't know, that is a possibility. Tesoro did replace that portion on my detector when I had it in for service.
As I said a rubber band around the doors will fully solve the problem.
I do know that for the money, who the heck can complain, you are getting a top of the line detector for a great price and the best warranty of probably 95 per cent of all the products sold in the United States. Maybe I should change that to 99% because no matter what, no matter if the machine is purchased used on Ebay, Tesoro stand behind their products, and I stand behind Tesoro.
bentley1989
New member
Hello,I'm new to this forum but,I have one of the first Tejon's to come out.Great machine for the money.I've read what has already been posted,all I can think to add at this point is to ground adjust your Tejon to the positive side.If you are not familiar with this term,When ground adjusting,lower the coil to the ground,you want a slight increase in sound.To get this turn your ground adjust knob to the plus side(+).At this setting,mine will be within an inch and a half of the new Fisher F75 in depth.Hope this helps as it does for me,Barry.