Need Information From Tesoro Users

[Prospector]

I was using a metered machine until recently ( will not mention brand), but have switched to Tesoro since I pretty much dig every good signal anyway. Have found some nice gold rings in with the pull tabs. I purchased a Cibola with the high tone and recently added an older Bandito II with ground balance and all metal threshold. The Cibola has the bigger coil while the Bandito has the 7" coil. In discriminate mode the Cibola is deeper, if I put the Bandito in all metal it is about even. My question is this. If I buy a larger coil for the Bandito will it get comparable depth in discriminate as the Cibola does? I really like hunting in all metal and checking signals in discriminate. I am trying to figure out which of these two units to make my main detector. If I can squeeze some more depth out of the Bandito in discriminate mode by using a different coil, that would help make up my mind. Any user suggestions would be helpful especially if you are familiar with the Bandito and Cibola. Thanks!

 

[pennyfarmer]

What is your experience with manual ground balance?? Just wondering because if you do a good job with ground balance you can get some impressive depth with the Bandito II. One way to give the Bandito more depth is to ground balance more positive to the ground. When you are doing a manual ground balance and you are trying to get the same threshold tone weather you are dropping or raising the coil. To make it more positive turn the knob just a small hair so that the noise gets louder as you drop the coil to the ground. This may help to increase your depth depending on the area.

Hope this helps.

 

[Hightone]

I had a Bandido (not the Bandido II that includes ground balance) and I think it is one of the best all around detectors ever made. Properly ground balanced it should go as deep as the Cibola. The frequency is lower that should give great depth. I don't know what mineralization your soil has, if any.

The Bandido II should do a little better on wet sand than the Cibola, though both excel on dry earth. Both have fast response. My choice in regular soil would be the Cibola and the Bandido when you need ground balance or want to scan in AM mode with threshold.

My opinions are my own, as I am more of a uMax 10khz person over the 14khz and 17khz of the V, C and T detectors.

 

[tabdog]

When the going gets tough, see who the real performer is.

HH,

 

[R-n-R Magnolia SpringsAla]

Try playing with the threshold(turn it up) on the Bandito it will give more gain(response) in the disc mode a simple air test can show you. I have a Bandito and Bandito 2 (brown box) I use the 7 inch,4 inch and 10.5 inch coils) and I'd buy another brown box if I ran across it. So send all those old sorry, no TID, outdated machines to me and I'll "dispose" of them. ;~)

HH

R-n-R

 

[Monte]

... have switched to Tesoro since I pretty much dig every good signal anyway. Have found some nice gold rings in with the pull tabs. I purchased a Cibola with the high tone and recently added an older Bandito II with ground balance and all metal threshold. The Cibola has the bigger coil while the Bandito has the 7" coil. In discriminate mode the Cibola is deeper, if I put the Bandito in all metal it is about even. My question is this. If I buy a larger coil for the Bandito will it get comparable depth in discriminate as the Cibola does? I really like hunting in all metal and checking signals in discriminate. I am trying to figure out which of these two units to make my main detector. If I can squeeze some more depth out of the Bandito in discriminate mode by using a different coil, that would help make up my mind. Any user suggestions would be helpful especially if you are familiar with the Bandito and Cibola.

[size=medium]... If you "petty much dig everything" and you have "found some nice gold rings in with pull tabs", then it sounds like you can take advantage of the Bandido II with 7" coil, and if you're hunting trashy sites, depth isn't really the issue as it can work against you.

Now to your questions/comments: