Mojave owners whats your thoughts so far?

[pinenut]

What I'm confused about, if it is basically a deeper, hotter compadre, then it wouldn't be quiet... it would be chatty as hell. I realize that you can turn the disc up. Does it have a better disc circuit?

You can't change the ground balance or sensitivity on a Compadre unless you open it up and adjust it internally... Some people may have sucess with that but many don't, and you still won't be able to change it to suit different locations and conditions while you're out.
Mojave is relatively quiet 'cause you can control the ground balance (somewhat), and you have the option to adjust sensitivity as well. I don't think it's quieter just because of different circuitry. My Mojave isn't always quiet BTW, 'cause I try to run it as hot as I can. That usually means near max'd sensitivity and GB in "low", the negative setting. In some other places though, I have to run it turned down... The first day I had mine I was detecting not far from big power lines, so ran sensitivity at the half-way "preset" point, and toggled the GB in several spots where I got into gravel... I found two Barber coins and an early wheatie in that area, first day out, with the Mojave. I think the lack of adjustment on the Compadre would have made it a pain to use in that area.

There's not all that much to be confused about regarding the Mojave. They're a $250 detector with a lifetime warranty. Made in USA by a company that's great to deal with if you ever have a problem or any questions. If you have doubts about what others say about them, then you owe it to yourself to try a loaner from either your Tesoro dealer, or someone who has one. Swing a few detectors that you may be considering and see for yourself. It's still not my favorite Tesoro, but the Mojave sure does work.

 

[walnut]

Yeah it sounds tempting. I'm not poor, but I try to make my detectors pay for themselves before I get another one, and I am sure I am behind. Unless you are finding gold, it takes a long time generally. Even a Mojave at only $251 is going to require about 60 barber dimes worth about $4 apiece, haha

I seem to find more jewelry than silver dimes for some reason but lots of it is junk, some good.

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

Yeah it sounds tempting. I'm not poor, but I try to make my detectors pay for themselves before I get another one, and I am sure I am behind. Unless you are finding gold, it takes a long time generally. Even a Mojave at only $251 is going to require about 60 barber dimes worth about $4 apiece, haha

I seem to find more jewelry than silver dimes for some reason but lots of it is junk, some good.

I had the same idea, but gave up when I found great deals on detectors.

 

[Monte]

Like it or hate it?

I really like the new Mojave, a lot!

Worth the price?

It is well worth the price, and provides the consumers with a detector that has all the important features and in-the-field performance to easily replace both the Compadre and Silver [size=small]micro[/size]MAX that shared the two lower-end priced models prior to its introduction.

Something new or just the same old thing?

The Mojave IS something new. It still provides consumers with the 'same old' Tesoro performance of silent-search with a quick-response and fast recovery in very littered environments, and does quite well dealing with good-target masking in dense iron debris. It does that while letting us enjoy a comparably quieter operation than the other models mentioned, plus features search coil interchangeability and variable Sensitivity control not found on the Compadre, ED-180 Discrimination range lacking on the Silver µMAX, and the very functional Low/High toggle selector that both those models lacked to shift the GB setting between lower mineralization and higher iron mineralized ground conditions.

Additionally, it comes equipped with the new Precision 7 Inch Concentric search coil that is a thin-profile and comfortable coil to use afield.

It is a very good "entry level" detector for those on a tighter budget. It makes a great 'back-up' detector, or an 'always-carry' detector in case you chance upon a needs-to-be hunted-NOW kind of site, like renovation work. It can fill in as a 'loaner unit' if you happen to have more than one detector in your arsenal. And best of all, the Mojave is just a very useful and functional detector for some quick-hit sites, such as wood-chip or sand-filled tot-lots, volleyball courts, sand-boxes, beach hunting, renovation work, etc., and can still hold its own for regular-duty Coin Hunting or Relic Hunting traditional sites if desired.

As noted in my Signature, my Mojave joins my Vaquero, Bandido II µMAX, and 'original' Bandido as one of my all-time favorite Tesoro models to have on-hand as part of my Regular-Use Detector Team.

Monte

 

[Cajundirtdobber]

check ebay out i see several on there used.

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

check ebay out i see several on there used.

Yeah I grabbed one off there for a deal.
Seems like the story on all is, they bench tested and maybe went through their test garden and wanted something digital with a screen and VDI or TID.
I was happy. Got the blank warranty card with it too. So now I have 2 Mojave lol.
Gonna let my girlfriend try mine out and if she gets into it, she gets the other Mojave, but I hold the warranty card lol.

 

[amberjack]

yeah I seen the used ones on ebay good time to grab a new used one

it has its flaws and its good points also using the good points to my advantage is all I want it for.

AJ

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

And for 251 from dealer can't be beat haha. Punches above its class for what I need it for.

 

[REVIER]

The mojave is "quiet" running I hear, which I like, but it is 180 ED? How is it different I wonder?

The compadre is not particularly quiet.

I have used my Compadre with the sense turned up internally almost to max for about 7 years now and it is amazingly quiet.
I have used it in two different states and a huge amount of different sites and there was only one time I can remember that it got chatty.
It was in a tiny park that had a huge ground based transformer.
Every other site this thing has been a literal "silent search" machine...it beeps over targets and that's it.

If yours is extremely noisy there might be an issue with your soil and some way off base ground balance, maybe the sense could have problems or has been turned up too high, coil or coil wire problems or something else.
Out of all the thousands of posts I have ever read by owners talking about using their Compadres I can't recall one that ever mentioned anything about noisy extra noisy behavior except for a couple that got inside, messed with the sense, disc or GB settings and did it wrong.

 

[slingshot]

The mojave is "quiet" running I hear, which I like, but it is 180 ED? How is it different I wonder?

The compadre is not particularly quiet.

I have used my Compadre with the sense turned up internally almost to max for about 7 years now and it is amazingly quiet.
I have used it in two different states and a huge amount of different sites and there was only one time I can remember that it got chatty.
It was in a tiny park that had a huge ground based transformer.
Every other site this thing has been a literal "silent search" machine...it beeps over targets and that's it.

If yours is extremely noisy there might be an issue with your soil and some way off base ground balance, maybe the sense could have problems or has been turned up too high, coil or coil wire problems or something else.
Out of all the thousands of posts I have ever read by owners talking about using their Compadres I can't recall one that ever mentioned anything about noisy extra noisy behavior except for a couple that got inside, messed with the sense, disc or GB settings and did it wrong.

I have a feeling he means a different kind of chatty! Turning that disc down around the "I" in iron picks up the teeniest pieces of foil and metal that most preset detectors would overlook.

 

[Zinc Penny]

I love the Mojave its a great little machine and I have used mine everywhere from a mineralized park to the wet sand at the beach to dry beach sand and I have to say that pretty much no matter where you use it its a quiet machine. I love the disc levels you can really fine tune it for what you want to hunt for and I have to say that I have experience depths of at least 8-10 inches in my soil which is mineralized California soil so its not easy soil for detectors.

I have to say though that the only other Tesoro machine that I have owned was a Silver Sabre 2.

 

[walnut]

The mojave is "quiet" running I hear, which I like, but it is 180 ED? How is it different I wonder?

The compadre is not particularly quiet.

I have used my Compadre with the sense turned up internally almost to max for about 7 years now and it is amazingly quiet.
I have used it in two different states and a huge amount of different sites and there was only one time I can remember that it got chatty.
It was in a tiny park that had a huge ground based transformer.
Every other site this thing has been a literal "silent search" machine...it beeps over targets and that's it.

If yours is extremely noisy there might be an issue with your soil and some way off base ground balance, maybe the sense could have problems or has been turned up too high, coil or coil wire problems or something else.
Out of all the thousands of posts I have ever read by owners talking about using their Compadres I can't recall one that ever mentioned anything about noisy extra noisy behavior except for a couple that got inside, messed with the sense, disc or GB settings and did it wrong.

I have a feeling he means a different kind of chatty! Turning that disc down around the "I" in iron picks up the teeniest pieces of foil and metal that most preset detectors would overlook.

Yep, that's what I meant, the low disc chattiness. The compadre has a way of making micro junk sound like possible targets, too.

Don't get me wrong, I love my compadre and have done really pretty well with it. No way I'd sell that old friend for even $200.