Mojave Discriminator Dial

[Carlos (CA)]

Hi Folks,

Does the discriminator dial travel past the end of the zinc indicator?

Does a zinc penny disc out within the indicator or at the end.....on your Mojave?

Curious about this...and how zinc disc compares to my existing Tesoros.

Thanks and best of luck with your Mojave!

 

[Whimpster]

Carlos,

My Mojave disc out a zinc penny just past the line between PT and ZN.....

Cheers,

HH.

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

It's the same as a compadre just with different lettering and colors around it lol.
You can still disc out zinc and get all above.

It's like the difference between a bandido II micromax's numbers around the knob vs. the outlaws words. Same thing just different stuff around the knob. I hope that makes sense

 

[Carlos (CA)]

Carlos,

My Mojave disc out a zinc penny just past the line between PT and ZN.....

Cheers,

HH.

Thanks Whimpster, the info helps

 

[Carlos (CA)]

It's the same as a compadre just with different lettering and colors around it lol.
You can still disc out zinc and get all above.

It's like the difference between a bandido II micromax's numbers around the knob vs. the outlaws words. Same thing just different stuff around the knob. I hope that makes sense

Yep, makes sense. my Vaquero and Silver Umax have the words, which i like alot. Admittedly, I sold all my units that had numbers, because I I could never get it precisely right (where the zinc falls out,

Plus they wouldnt fall out right at three o'clock, and i would disc out dimes if i wasnt careful (on the particular Silver Sabre And Bandido II Umax(s) that I sold). I really like just to turn on and not have to

second guess, so despite that that they were awesome units, I sold em'. The only numeric dial Tesoro I own now is the Toltec II, and I hunt wide open with this one because the meter is so right on. I can

tell the zinc from the copper.

I really like the discriminator color scheme of the Mojave...and feel it is a great idea...for impatient turn on and go knuckle heads like myself....

 

[88junior]

I love digging the zinc penny signals others disc out I've found that is right where large gold class rings register.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I love digging the zinc penny signals others disc out I've found that is right where large gold class rings register.

Yeah, I kinda figured that i'd be missing some stuff. I hunt school yards and they are always loaded with zincolns...it gets really annoying fast.

Do you find there is a distinct Tesoro audio response with rings as opposed to the zincolns?...when they hit it the zinc range....in general..?

 

[Frank in NH]

I think some of the Indians hit there too.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I think some of the Indians hit there too.

Sounds like I better start 'listening'

Thanks Frank, HH.

 

[88junior]

I mainly listen for sweet repeatable digg me targets I set my disc high enough to knock out a small nail. Do I dig trash yes I do but I know I'm not missing gold.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I mainly listen for sweet repeatable digg me targets I set my disc high enough to knock out a small nail. Do I dig trash yes I do but I know I'm not missing gold.

Sounds good. Going forward and will give a try and do the rigor, and practice, instead of cherry pickin'.
Mojave arrives Monday

Thanks!

 

[REVIER]

I love digging the zinc penny signals others disc out I've found that is right where large gold class rings register.

Yeah, I kinda figured that i'd be missing some stuff. I hunt school yards and they are always loaded with zincolns...it gets really annoying fast.

Do you find there is a distinct Tesoro audio response with rings as opposed to the zincolns?...when they hit it the zinc range....in general..?

I have on 2 of the very large 10k class rings I have found, 1 with my Compadre and one with my Vaq, curiously in two different parks and both rings were identical except for the size and from the same school but different graduation years.
I found 3 others also with my Fishers.
On all other smaller gold rings I have found with my Tesoros that all came in lower than where those class rings did, pretty much at 3:00 on the disc knob, all have been nice, solid, repeating and sharp sounding but not any different to my ear than any other good target like a coin.
Those big class rings, however were way different and I mean life changing different.
The first time I heard this unique tone it was with my Compadre and I didn't know what it was.
I bent over to dig a zincoln and a big ol gold ring came up instead.
Evidently that tone still got into my head that day, into my core, DNA and very soul because a few months later I heard that sweet sound again while using my Vaq and it stopped me in my tracks and rocked me back on my heels...and I took a breath.
I have dug about 3 dozen gold targets in my career but that was the one and only time I ever knew 100% I was swinging over gold before I dug it.
All other gold targets were complete surprises...this one was not.
The sound is sweet, full and sustaining on these big gold targets as the most perfectly cast bell you have ever heard.
I can't explain it fully enough to do it justice but I know it is totally special and unique and I assume it would be the same on any other Tesoro analog detector.
It is not like any other tone I have ever heard on any other target using my Tesoros and I have dug thousands upon thousands of different bits of metal over many hundreds of hours spent with them.
It is now my holy grail sound, I have heard it twice and every single time I go out with a Tesoro I hope I can get a chance to hear it just once more in my lifetime before I retire from the hobby.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I love digging the zinc penny signals others disc out I've found that is right where large gold class rings register.

Yeah, I kinda figured that i'd be missing some stuff. I hunt school yards and they are always loaded with zincolns...it gets really annoying fast.

Do you find there is a distinct Tesoro audio response with rings as opposed to the zincolns?...when they hit it the zinc range....in general..?

I have on 2 of the very large 10k class rings I have found, 1 with my Compadre and one with my Vaq, curiously in two different parks and both rings were identical except for the size and from the same school but different graduation years.
I found 3 others also with my Fishers.
On all other smaller gold rings I have found with my Tesoros that all came in lower than where those class rings did, pretty much at 3:00 on the disc knob, all have been nice, solid, repeating g and great but not any different to my ear than any other good target like a coin.
Those big class rings, however were way different and I mean life changing different.
The first time I heard this unique tone it was with my Compadre and I didn't know what it was.
I bent over to dig a zincoln and a big ol gold ring came up instead.
Evidently that tone still got into my head that day, into my core, DNA and very core because a few months later I heard that sweet sound again while using my Vaq and it stopped me in my tracks and rocked me back on my heels...and I took a breath.
I have dug about 3 dozen gold targets in my career but that was the one and only time I ever knew 100% I was swinging over gold before I dug it.
All other gold targets were complete surprises...this one was not.
The sound is sweet, full and sustaining on these big gold targets as the most perfectly cast bell you have ever heard.
I can't explain it fully enough to do it justice but I know it is totally special and unique and I assume it would be the same on any other Tesoro analog detector.
It is not like any other tone I have ever heard on any other target using my Tesoros and I have dug thousands upon thousands of different bits of metal over many hundreds of hours spent with them.
It is now my holy grail sound, I have heard it twice and every single time I go out with a Tesoro I hope I can get a chance to hear it just once more in my lifetime before I retire from the hobby.

Beautiful! I am all in! Thanks for sharing your experience with the most awesome testimony and information. Keep at it and I wish that you find several more! .

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

I love digging the zinc penny signals others disc out I've found that is right where large gold class rings register.

Yeah, I kinda figured that i'd be missing some stuff. I hunt school yards and they are always loaded with zincolns...it gets really annoying fast.

Do you find there is a distinct Tesoro audio response with rings as opposed to the zincolns?...when they hit it the zinc range....in general..?

I have on 2 of the very large 10k class rings I have found, 1 with my Compadre and one with my Vaq, curiously in two different parks and both rings were identical except for the size and from the same school but different graduation years.
I found 3 others also with my Fishers.
On all other smaller gold rings I have found with my Tesoros that all came in lower than where those class rings did, pretty much at 3:00 on the disc knob, all have been nice, solid, repeating and sharp sounding but not any different to my ear than any other good target like a coin.
Those big class rings, however were way different and I mean life changing different.
The first time I heard this unique tone it was with my Compadre and I didn't know what it was.
I bent over to dig a zincoln and a big ol gold ring came up instead.
Evidently that tone still got into my head that day, into my core, DNA and very soul because a few months later I heard that sweet sound again while using my Vaq and it stopped me in my tracks and rocked me back on my heels...and I took a breath.
I have dug about 3 dozen gold targets in my career but that was the one and only time I ever knew 100% I was swinging over gold before I dug it.
All other gold targets were complete surprises...this one was not.
The sound is sweet, full and sustaining on these big gold targets as the most perfectly cast bell you have ever heard.
I can't explain it fully enough to do it justice but I know it is totally special and unique and I assume it would be the same on any other Tesoro analog detector.
It is not like any other tone I have ever heard on any other target using my Tesoros and I have dug thousands upon thousands of different bits of metal over many hundreds of hours spent with them.
It is now my holy grail sound, I have heard it twice and every single time I go out with a Tesoro I hope I can get a chance to hear it just once more in my lifetime before I retire from the hobby.

So where did the rings come on and where have the bulk of the rest disc out?

 

[88junior]

The big gold class rings disc out at a zinc disc setting.

 

[hihosilver]

I did some air tests and my Mojave will disc it a zincoln but still hit and indian cent, so maybe not all large gold rings will vanish. I don't own one so I cannot test it.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I did some air tests and my Mojave will disc it a zincoln but still hit and indian cent, so maybe not all large gold rings will vanish. I don't own one so I cannot test it.

That's interesting...wish I had a gold ring and IH to test too, I will definitely keep this in mind. ..I wonder if your disc test result is exclusive to the Mojave.. ill have to wait for an opportunity to test with an indian head and a gold ring..

Thanks for the info! HH

 

[Electricfrontporch]

I've tested a few rings with the compadre and Mojave.
With the two men's class rings I tested the 10kt would go away about the same as a zinc penny.
The 14kt went away about the middle of the tab area.
I think it's because the 10k has a higher silver content.

Noah

 

[Carlos (CA)]

I've tested a few rings with the compadre and Mojave.
With the two men's class rings I tested the 10kt would go away about the same as a zinc penny.
The 14kt went away about the middle of the tab area.
I think it's because the 10k has a higher silver content.

Noah

Hi, Noah, Ah hah, Great info! Will keep it in mind as well..

HH

 

[hihosilver]

I did some air tests and my Mojave will disc it a zincoln but still hit and indian cent, so maybe not all large gold rings will vanish. I don't own one so I cannot test it.

That's interesting...wish I had a gold ring and IH to test too, I will definitely keep this in mind. ..I wonder if your disc test result is exclusive to the Mojave.. ill have to wait for an opportunity to test with an indian head and a gold ring..

Thanks for the info! HH

At the zinc setting my wedding band disappears. But I was talking about the large class rings. I am curious as well if they still hit while dissing out the zincoln.