G'day Elizabeth , I ve only been into this hobby for about 6 mths so I'm a realative newbie
Even though Im new to this hobby Im out almost everyday sometimes from dusk till dawn " I just cant put'em down " if I aint in the field learn'n Im read'n an weeding me way through the truths an not so truths that abound , but always learning ...... I quickly learnt that it pays not to read to deeply into the the opinions an views of others and to keep a fairly open mind and that goes for the veiws and opion that Im about to express .
I started off with a Bounty Hunter QD II an I really put the hrs in to learnt the BH but it wasnt my cuppa tea ,I made some ok finds with it but overall I found it to be a very heavy on batterys ,it had quite a slow target response and it pinpointed like a dog add to that it was its poor build quality I wont be going down the BH road again ! although it did have a tone ID goin for it and that was something that I miss'd when I got a Tesoro
So next I brought a used Tejon , now after reading all the reviews and the countless posts on this board and others regarding the Tejon , I was begining to question my purchase even before it had arrived , why ? its a noisy poor performer in iron infested sites , its unstable ,cant handle ground conditions to well , hard to ground balance , the battery housing doors are faulty , it depth is overated ...ect ect .....
Well I found none of this to case with my Tejon ,apart from yeah its a noisy over iron but not a bad as some would lead to belive its actualy a postive because its letting ya know the irons there and alerting you to the possability of masking , an there aint no mistaking a good signal .
My finds increased dramaticly using the Tejon over the same areas I had hunted using the BH , the target response is lightning fast and pinpointing 100% on the $$ every time , now I could finally stop digging bomb craters
thankyou Tesoro
I now have over 300hrs clocked up on the Tejon and am very confident in it , that being said in the first 40 hrs or so the chatter expeirenced over iron infested ghost town sites was at times annoying but that came to pass with time its just the nature of the Tejon
Next I brough a used Eldorado Umax for the wife , I found the Eldo to have a more stable threshold tone and a real breeze to ground balance over the Tejon , the Tejon is by no means hard to GB but its a bit more touchy or tricky'r to get a neutral GB on than the Eldo at least thats what I find , I also reckon the Eldo is just as chatty on the iron as the tejon wheras others say its much quieter I dont find it so , I find the Eldo to be a very good detector same fast response an excellent PinP abilitys good discrimination but it lacks depth when put up against the Tejon .
Ok next I brough a Compadre , I found it to have the same good qualitys of the others although it lacked depth but that was to be expected , If youve read though alota the tesoro posts you will be familiar with the users reffering to the subtle tones or language of the Tesoro's , I can hear the differences in tones on differing targets but it took quite along time to be able to distinguish those
very subtle differences in the tones , I would actual prefer tone ID anyday than having to concentrate so hard on almost every signal to hear those very very slight tone differences , I know other tesoro users are going to disagree with me there as prehaps they find it quite easy to pick those subtle changes , I can hear them but its by no means an easy thing to get used to in my veiw and I belive its a drawback of the Tesoro's . I never could get a grasp on the the above tones using the Compadre to me it really was a beep an dig detector , great disc however an very quiet over iron , but I still found myself digg'n heaps a trash in modern trashy sites but it did perform excellent in ghost town sites where I only had to contend with iron but I soon parted with it .
Next came a Silver Umax , at first I wasnt overly impessed with it , didnt really offer much over the Compadre apart from the ability to change coils . Depth was ok in my ground got a little more over the compadre but hardly noticable ..I have 60-80hrs up on it , It may be a personal thing but I felt the Silver was weak in its target swing response when compared to the others its a bit hard to explain , I find it needs a slower swing than the others or you will easily miss targets an it dont hit as hard as the others thats just my feel for it , I will say that I can hear the subtle changes in tone on targets with the Silver ,all in all it doesnt give me a great deal of confidence in it so its on the way out the door
Now Im looking at the Ace 250 , it has alot to offer and is cheaper than the silver Umax , My beleif false it may be has been that the ace is another snozbox just like the BH from all negative reports on its PinP ability ect , fact ? maybe maybe not I reccommend you read this post Elizabeth
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?32,806401
I am looking foward to atleast having to option of the TID as apposed to NONE as offered by the Silver Umax
good luck Elizabeth an take ya time on ya choice !
