Just got home with my new cibolo today and am looking forward to my first outing tomorow. I've read a few pages here and everyone seems to like tesoro. I was wondering if the cibolo was a good choice for a newb. I have a basic understanding of the operation of the machine but do not understand the supertuning thing (whats it for and how do you do it).
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My first detector!
- Thread starter Jaystoke
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Its a great detector for anyone. Simple to use, and works very well. It shouldnt take much time getting used to. Its pretty much set it and forget it. I would start out at sens. around 8. Keep disc a little above iron. That way you still get gold. The supertuning gives extra depth, depth amount varies depending on your ground mineralization. Turn the Threshold up all the way. (NOTE: you will not be able to use pinpoint when Threshold is turned all the way up. You must turn it back down to a steady low hum to use it again. Around 1 o'clock area.) Turn sensitivity as high as you can without chattering/blipping. (Right at 10-11 area for me) And thats it. Have any questions just post and we'll gladfully help. Good luck. HH
Les in the UK
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you don't want to be supertuning your detector just yet, you want to be getting to know it first mate. I personaly think that you find a bit more iron and the detector becomes unstable when you supertune it.
Some very rare celtic coins found with the Cibola set on normal settings.
Some very rare celtic coins found with the Cibola set on normal settings.
I ran a Vaquero last summer and really liked it, a lot! I only tried supertuning once or twice. In the parks that I hunt regularily supertuning was just way to noisy. I ran the sens at about 1-3 in the begining and was still hauling out coins at the 6" mark without any problems.
I tried a Cibola for a day at a hot soil beach and was so impressed with the depth that I bought the V, only for the GB option.
More important than Supertune is target separation. If you have the means $$$$ buy the 5.75 coil. Once I got the small coil I almost never put the stock coil back on. The small coil only loses about an inch or so of depth over the stock coil but really separates the trash from the goodies and runs very stable in the hottest of soil. I have a park here that is filled with coke stone and other varieties of hot rocks, it was a rail road trash heap. The V ran smooth and picked out the stuff very nicely.
To add to this the disc knob is so precise you can knock out so many of your targets at such exact positions that you can TID to a great degree. Some one wrote up a how to on fine tuning your machine by actually marking the break points on your faceplate. It is that good.
I tried a Cibola for a day at a hot soil beach and was so impressed with the depth that I bought the V, only for the GB option.
More important than Supertune is target separation. If you have the means $$$$ buy the 5.75 coil. Once I got the small coil I almost never put the stock coil back on. The small coil only loses about an inch or so of depth over the stock coil but really separates the trash from the goodies and runs very stable in the hottest of soil. I have a park here that is filled with coke stone and other varieties of hot rocks, it was a rail road trash heap. The V ran smooth and picked out the stuff very nicely.
To add to this the disc knob is so precise you can knock out so many of your targets at such exact positions that you can TID to a great degree. Some one wrote up a how to on fine tuning your machine by actually marking the break points on your faceplate. It is that good.
I bought the Cibola last month then bought the Tejon a few days ago for the ground balance and dual discriminate feature. I think the Cibola is a fine 1st machine. I start with the discriminate set low at about the iron setting. When I hit a target that sounds good, I'll continue swinging over the target back and forth and at the same time slowly thumb the discriminate knob up till the target may just start breaking the audio. I'll do this maybe up to the nickel or tab range depending on the area. I do this just for kicks, but I normally dig all hits above the iron anyway. Having a tone only machine (TID/VID) in my opinion keeps you from depending on a screen too much. Audio first for me always. I have machines with the screen display which are an additional tool but I depend on audio. In the long run, and in my experience, audio only results in more digs which hopefully results in more keepers. The Cibola is easy to learn and goes deep - afterwards you can start using the supertune for additional depth. When I purchased the Tejon the other day, I also picked up the 575 coil. It's a nice addition especially for high trash areas. Another thought on the Cibola, besides being a fine starter, its a fine addition to my other machines. Just my 2 cents worth here...
Thanks everyone for the good info and suggestions. The old abandoned school i took my detector to on my first outing yesterday was apparently turned into a ranchers trach heep. I dug around 80 bundles of Hay bail wire up. I now know for sure what rusted iron sounds like! That said i still had a blast. Thanks again for all the help everyone.