I have a modded Vaquero (ten turn GB by Sven),and was wondering about either a Tejon, or buying a Cibola, and having the GB mod done to it..Most of my hunting is either in town (some really deep coins), and fields where depth is needed.. I like the idea of increased speed and depth not decreased.... Coils are stock, 8 inch concentric, clean sweep..Thanks for your comments in advance.
Find's Treasure Forums
Welcome to Find's Treasure Forums, Guests!
You are viewing this forums as a guest which limits you to read only status.
Only registered members may post stories, questions, classifieds, reply to other posts, contact other members using built in messaging and use many other features found on these forums.
Why not register and join us today? It's free! (We don't share your email addresses with anyone.) We keep email addresses of our users to protect them and others from bad people posting things they shouldn't.
Click here to register!
Need Support Help?
Cannot log in?, click here to have new password emailed to you
Modded Cibola or Tejon
- Thread starter KVM2
- Start date
Sven
Well-known member
Hi,
Only if you can find a hot stock Cibola to start with cheap. Or find a good used Tejon for best performance right out of the box.
Since you have a V, would take it with you if your buying a used or new Tejon and make sure the Tejon is indeed better than your V.
Same with the Cibola, make sure it air tests the same or better than your V before mod'ing.
Or wait until Tesoro new units come out, hear there's actually two in the works.
The Golden Sabre is no longer being made, over, gone, done with.
I'm saving some money up................with high hopes.
Good luck
Only if you can find a hot stock Cibola to start with cheap. Or find a good used Tejon for best performance right out of the box.
Since you have a V, would take it with you if your buying a used or new Tejon and make sure the Tejon is indeed better than your V.
Same with the Cibola, make sure it air tests the same or better than your V before mod'ing.
Or wait until Tesoro new units come out, hear there's actually two in the works.
The Golden Sabre is no longer being made, over, gone, done with.
I'm saving some money up................with high hopes.
Good luck
MarkCZ
Well-known member
The Tejon is deeper than the Vaquero if you don't super tune the V, but if you super tune V it will hit on every nail in the ground.
The Tejon will run to its full depth (as deep as the V will go super tuned) and maintain its discrimination ability.
In other words,
Yes! you can super tune the Vaquero and it will go deep, but it loses most of its ability to discriminate past its normal depth not super tuned.
You can't super tune a Tejon, so it just does what it does out to its full range.
Now, for relic hunting this doesn't amount to much difference, but for deep coin hunting your just screwed.
Mark
The Tejon will run to its full depth (as deep as the V will go super tuned) and maintain its discrimination ability.
In other words,
Yes! you can super tune the Vaquero and it will go deep, but it loses most of its ability to discriminate past its normal depth not super tuned.
You can't super tune a Tejon, so it just does what it does out to its full range.
Now, for relic hunting this doesn't amount to much difference, but for deep coin hunting your just screwed.
Mark
MarkCZ
Well-known member
Yes! you can super tune the Vaquero and it will go deep, but it loses most of its ability to discriminate past its normal depth not super tuned.
You can't super tune a Tejon, so it just does what it does out to its full range.
Now, for relic hunting this doesn't amount to much difference, but for deep coin hunting your just screwed "with the Vaquero unless the area doesn't have much Iron to work around".
I should have proof read my post better, sorry about that.
I had A Vaquero just before I got my Tejon, the "V" was nice but for me and trying to reach those 7" to 8" deep coins it wasn't happening, so I traded it for a Tejon.
Now, the Tejon's worse problem for me is the tiny stuff that it will hit on that other detectors just go right past, some stuff is so small that it won't set off the pro-pointer unless you touch it right on the probes shaft, it amazing.
Mark
You can't super tune a Tejon, so it just does what it does out to its full range.
Now, for relic hunting this doesn't amount to much difference, but for deep coin hunting your just screwed "with the Vaquero unless the area doesn't have much Iron to work around".
I should have proof read my post better, sorry about that.
I had A Vaquero just before I got my Tejon, the "V" was nice but for me and trying to reach those 7" to 8" deep coins it wasn't happening, so I traded it for a Tejon.
Now, the Tejon's worse problem for me is the tiny stuff that it will hit on that other detectors just go right past, some stuff is so small that it won't set off the pro-pointer unless you touch it right on the probes shaft, it amazing.
Mark
MarkCZ
Well-known member
My Tejon holds up pretty good up to the screw cap range before much depth is lost. (Screw caps disc is pretty much max for me on the Tejon)
When I was talking about the depth and discrimination I was just talking about running them just above small iron and the "V" when super tuned loses its ability to disc out Iron at all when its deep, it will still disc it out if the iron is more shallow.
Mark
When I was talking about the depth and discrimination I was just talking about running them just above small iron and the "V" when super tuned loses its ability to disc out Iron at all when its deep, it will still disc it out if the iron is more shallow.
Mark
Neil
Well-known member
dan b said:
Dan I think they all do, at least all the ones Ive ever used and Ive used my share of them. They might still go deep in a higher disc setting but any machine Ive ever used that had an all metal mode and a disc mode, the all metal was always deeper. You may not notice it on some targets but the deepest ones you surely will.
Thanks for all the information. I'm too old to go playing games trying to decide what is hot, and what is not. I'll hang in and see what Tesoro may offer in the coming months...If nothing, I'll pick up a Tejon and see how it compares to Jabbo's Fisher this Spring..I got away from all metal in favor of discrimination...I think that I may also buy a Cibola, Otter box it and go stream wading...For relics, that is the last frontier.
I believe Dave is using a Coinstrike..We went to a 1700,s house outside of Millstone..Didn't find anything old, but the one nickle I found(with the Vaquero) was at 7 inches..Soil formation was fantastic. One of the reasons I want depth is all the excavation being done around old houses..