MarlboroMan
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I just found this forum and decided to register and reply. From 1975 to present, I've had so many brands of metal detectors that I've lost count of them all. Numerous high-end brands such as Whites MXT, DFX, Minelab (2), Fisher's, you name them and I've had one. I settled on Tesoro brands in the early 90's and haven't looked back.
I used the Lobo till I just about wore the thing out, then switched to Silver Umax (still have it). I bought the Cortes two years ago, but traded it for the DeLeon (larger readout). The Deleon and Silver Umax will do me for the rest of my life, then I'll pass them on to my grandkids.
Anyways, not knocking the other brands, but Tesoro is VERY HARD TO BEAT when it comes to finding smaller, deeper objects like dimes or rings. My friend has the DFX by Whites and I always seem to come home with more and better finds? My other buddy has a CZ3D by Fisher and does good with it, but complains of all those tones constantly chirping and gives him a headache.
If you want to stop brand surfing and settle down for a ONE TIME PURCHASE...I'd go for the DeLeon. Same circuits as the Cortes, but the readout is MUCH larger and easier to see. Use the stock coil and a pair quality phones and I GUARANTEE you'll never look at other brands of detectors.
In my test garden, I buried a silver rosie at 9" and a pull tab at 4" directly over the top. My friends DFX picked up the tab no problem, but failed to recoginze the rosie? My other friends Fisher read "foil" but my Deleon clearly read 95...9"...silver" on the display. Go figure? That's my two cents. BTW, last year, I accidently dropped my DeLeon in the creek, it floated about 50' downstream, I sent it back to Tesoro and 5 days later, my brand new DeLeon arrived back on my doorstep.
Tim
I used the Lobo till I just about wore the thing out, then switched to Silver Umax (still have it). I bought the Cortes two years ago, but traded it for the DeLeon (larger readout). The Deleon and Silver Umax will do me for the rest of my life, then I'll pass them on to my grandkids.
Anyways, not knocking the other brands, but Tesoro is VERY HARD TO BEAT when it comes to finding smaller, deeper objects like dimes or rings. My friend has the DFX by Whites and I always seem to come home with more and better finds? My other buddy has a CZ3D by Fisher and does good with it, but complains of all those tones constantly chirping and gives him a headache.
If you want to stop brand surfing and settle down for a ONE TIME PURCHASE...I'd go for the DeLeon. Same circuits as the Cortes, but the readout is MUCH larger and easier to see. Use the stock coil and a pair quality phones and I GUARANTEE you'll never look at other brands of detectors.
In my test garden, I buried a silver rosie at 9" and a pull tab at 4" directly over the top. My friends DFX picked up the tab no problem, but failed to recoginze the rosie? My other friends Fisher read "foil" but my Deleon clearly read 95...9"...silver" on the display. Go figure? That's my two cents. BTW, last year, I accidently dropped my DeLeon in the creek, it floated about 50' downstream, I sent it back to Tesoro and 5 days later, my brand new DeLeon arrived back on my doorstep.
Tim
