I've had the Cibola for only two months now. Fell in love with it the first time out. I'm even more in love with it now that I've become more proficient. I've added the 5.75 also.
I like relics, parks, house sites, churches, ect. The usual all around stuff.
I wasn't interested in using my other MDs any more, and I wanted one to backup and complement my Cibola. I didn't want to invest as much as the Cibola. I read what people said about the Silver and liked what I heard. I chose a used Silver Saber Umax because it has a similar knob and button layout as the Cibola. That doesn't mean that it has the same performance characteristics as the Cibola. Probably the Silver Umax and the Silver Saber Umax are similar in performance.
I've had the SSUmax less than a week now. My first impression is that the Silver is similar to the Cibola as far as great performance and basically how it works. But the silver hits on all coins, even nickels with a little more pizazz. It seems to be at home in the parks, depending on what your looking for.
With the difference in frequency, I can hunt close to some one using the other and not worry about it.
The difference in discriminator and frequencies along with different engineering aspects seem to make a good combo. Take into account that I'm just learning, and these are my first impressions. I feel that Tesoro has allowed me to enjoy this wonderful hobby even more.
cheers