Not impressed with the Mojave

[Stoof-tabsallday]

Got out today for few hours...worked an old school and a soccer field, ran the Mojave all day... great little detector on Canadian clad... but best of all I got a couple silver!!
1910 quarter and a 1931 dime
$24.55 in clad...coffee money for the week...think the Mojave is a keeper
I did have a problem with the 7" coil...it seems to false when I hit the ground with it....put on my clean sweep coil and it worked fine...it's a clad vacuum...good for the top 4" to 5".... tried the 5.75" that coil worked great.
May have to call Tesoro in the morning and see what they say....I suspect a bad coil or cable.
Most of my finds were averaging 4" to 6"...although the two silvers I found were 6" to 7"...nice stable detector..set the discrimination just below the L in foil.
Over all the Mojave has worked well on Canadian clad....dig a lot of trash as well....pull tabs and a ton of foil...
Still like my Bandido ll µMax tones the best

Whimp,

HH.

I'm not sure about the falsing when hitting but according to the manual it says to Bob the coil like you would ground balancing and if it beeps then you need to run it on high.
May not be the issue but worth a shot

 

[BarryL]

noticed this as well with nine flsing when I slightky hit the ground on the back swing not a big deal for me but I do know the super 7 coil on my Shadow X2 does not do this

 

[Electricfrontporch]

Picked up a 4" concentric on eBay. Will be here this week.
Going on the Mojave to see if it can better the 5.75 on the compadre for fence posts and tot lot poles.
The 7" is great but the 5.75 compadre seems to get a little closer.
Should be a fun new toy to run some tests and hunt some tight spots with.

Noah

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

The Mojave was brought out in response to everyone modding their compadres. So they made it like a modded compadre with changeable coils with the added benefit of the ground switch in case you run into bad soil.
I have pretty mild soil do my compadres run great.
But the compadre is still a great option for the smaller budget as long as your soil is mild enough

This is what I stated earlier in a post it being a supped up Compadre either way I own both and think I will keep them

I only use that as a reference being that they both run at 12khz. But aside from that I wouldn't say they are the same but all the adjustments on the Mojave. They are different but similar.
Just like the cibola and vaq being similar by freq. But even after modding cibola with GB, they are not the same. The entire disc circuit is different. But they run the same frequency

 

[Whimpster]

You maybe on to something Stoof....put the 7" coil back on...left the switch on low...with sensitivity for 1 to 4 no falsing...from 5 to max falsing when I shake the detector.
Flip the switch to high...no falsing with sensitivity set to max....bobbing the coil doesn't seem to matter with switch set at high or low.
May not be a coil problem after all...maybe just a sparkie machine..

Whimp,

I'm not sure about the falsing when hitting but according to the manual it says to Bob the coil like you would ground balancing and if it beeps then you need to run it on high.
May not be the issue but worth a shot

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

You maybe on to something Stoof....put the 7" coil back on...left the switch on low...with sensitivity for 1 to 4 no falsing...from 5 to max falsing when I shake the detector.
Flip the switch to high...no falsing with sensitivity set to max....bobbing the coil doesn't seem to matter with switch set at high or low.
May not be a coil problem after all...maybe just a sparkie machine..

Whimp,

I'm not sure about the falsing when hitting but according to the manual it says to Bob the coil like you would ground balancing and if it beeps then you need to run it on high.
May not be the issue but worth a shot

I'm thinking it's either a sparky machine or a soil thing.
Good side is in my tests you only really use 1/2" in real world conditions on high ground setting
Also being more sparky also means more succeptable to EMI and that is another option too.

 

[hihosilver]

I had my new Mojave in the back yard today doing some tests on a freshly buried silver dime and quarter. I could not run it too much past the 4 due to falsing/chattering when moving the coil. I think it is EMI, there was a power transformer overhead.

At any rate, I am so used to the Golden and Outlaw with their ed 120, the Mojave at ed 180 is definitely different!

As far as testing goes, I could not get the Mojave to see a buried quarter in my soil (and with the EMI) deeper than six inches, and only five inches (at best) on a silver Rosie. It did not make much difference to crank up the sensitivity to hear the signal thru all the chatter.

We shall see what it does out in the field away from the power transformers.

BTW! Was able to put the 6" concentric on my Golden umax, and it could see the six inch quarter and five inch dime even stronger than the Mojave.

 

[Whimpster]

hiho...think were in the same boat...BerryL also mentioned his was giving falsings as well...
I did change up the coil to my clean sweep and had no falsing...also tried the 5.75 coil as well...it didn't false either?
Put the 7" coil back on...left the switch on low...with sensitivity for 1 to 4 no falsing...from 5 to max falsing when I shake the detector.
Flip the switch to high...no falsing with sensitivity set to max....bobbing the coil doesn't seem to matter with switch set at high or low.
May not be a coil problem after all....must be a common thing.
Not sure what it is...

Whimp,

I had my new Mojave in the back yard today doing some tests on a freshly buried silver dime and quarter. I could not run it too much past the 4 due to falsing/chattering when moving the coil. I think it is EMI, there was a power transformer overhead.

At any rate, I am so used to the Golden and Outlaw with their ed 120, the Mojave at ed 180 is definitely different!

As far as testing goes, I could not get the Mojave to see a buried quarter in my soil (and with the EMI) deeper than six inches, and only five inches (at best) on a silver Rosie. It did not make much difference to crank up the sensitivity to hear the signal thru all the chatter.

We shall see what it does out in the field away from the power transformers.

BTW! Was able to put the 6" concentric on my Golden umax, and it could see the six inch quarter and five inch dime even stronger than the Mojave.

 

[ken ward]

Got out today for few hours...worked an old school and a soccer field, ran the Mojave all day... great little detector on Canadian clad... but best of all I got a couple silver!!
1910 quarter and a 1931 dime
$24.55 in clad...coffee money for the week...think the Mojave is a keeper
I did have a problem with the 7" coil...it seems to false when I hit the ground with it....put on my clean sweep coil and it worked fine...it's a clad vacuum...good for the top 4" to 5".... tried the 5.75" that coil worked great.
May have to call Tesoro in the morning and see what they say....I suspect a bad coil or cable.
Most of my finds were averaging 4" to 6"...although the two silvers I found were 6" to 7"...nice stable detector..set the discrimination just below the L in foil.
Over all the Mojave has worked well on Canadian clad....dig a lot of trash as well....pull tabs and a ton of foil...
Still like my Bandido ll µMax tones the best

Whimp,

HH.

I get the same chatter if I bump the ground a little. Maybe I should call Rusty to see if thet is normal... KEN

 

[Cameraniac]

Got out today for few hours...worked an old school and a soccer field, ran the Mojave all day... great little detector on Canadian clad... but best of all I got a couple silver!!
1910 quarter and a 1931 dime
$24.55 in clad...coffee money for the week...think the Mojave is a keeper
I did have a problem with the 7" coil...it seems to false when I hit the ground with it....put on my clean sweep coil and it worked fine...it's a clad vacuum...good for the top 4" to 5".... tried the 5.75" that coil worked great.
May have to call Tesoro in the morning and see what they say....I suspect a bad coil or cable.
Most of my finds were averaging 4" to 6"...although the two silvers I found were 6" to 7"...nice stable detector..set the discrimination just below the L in foil.
Over all the Mojave has worked well on Canadian clad....dig a lot of trash as well....pull tabs and a ton of foil...
Still like my Bandido ll µMax tones the best

Whimp,

HH.

I get the same chatter if I bump the ground a little. Maybe I should call Rusty to see if thet is normal... KEN

Sent mine in last week because of the same problem.

 

[C.J.M.]

The bread and butter detector for Tesoro is still the "TESORO VAQUERO" and do I loved mine ,purchased a 10x12" coil and I am looking to pull up a chinaman by his gold teeth.

 

[Monte]

All those $1 and $2 coins to help up your value take compared to us south of the border here in the USA. We have some $1 coins, but they didn't get circulated enough and are not a common-carry chuck on money. If they would get rid of the paper dollar and replace it with ONLY coinage, that would be great. They wouldn't have to be those larger-size coins like you guys have. They could make them like the $2 Australian coins, and a bunch of $1 and $2 coins down here in the US would sure spark the interests of many Coin Hunting Hobbyists, to be sure.

Congrats on your success with a nifty little Mojave.

Monte

 

[slingshot]

All those $1 and $2 coins to help up your value take compared to us south of the border here in the USA. We have some $1 coins, but they didn't get circulated enough and are not a common-carry chuck on money. If they would get rid of the paper dollar and replace it with ONLY coinage, that would be great. They wouldn't have to be those larger-size coins like you guys have. They could make them like the $2 Australian coins, and a bunch of $1 and $2 coins down here in the US would sure spark the interests of many Coin Hunting Hobbyists, to be sure.

Congrats on your success with a nifty little Mojave.

Monte

I've found about 20 of them and have to admit it perks up the day. They hit as quarters and that is exciting enough- but to see $1 on the face is nice!

 

[Whimpster]

Barry,

Try another coil if you have one...8" donut or the 5.75" coil...see if you get any falsing when you lightly hit the ground.
Also try and switch the toggle switch to high... see if that helps in the falsing.
Try the Mojave 7" coil on another detector if you have one and see if it's the coil falsing.
Interested in your findings

Whimp,

noticed this as well with nine flsing when I slightky hit the ground on the back swing not a big deal for me but I do know the super 7 coil on my Shadow X2 does not do this

 

[Whimpster]

Thanks Monte,

I'm enjoying the Mojave...it loves those $1 and $2 coins...guess their coming out with a $5 coin starting this year sometime I'm told.
My only concern is I'm getting some falsing if I happen to hit the ground lightly during a back swing...seems to only do it with high sens settings.
Flipped the toggle switch from low to high and it did seem to tame the chatter and falsing down quite a bit.
Still testing..but think it's great on Canadian clad

Whimp.

HH.

All those $1 and $2 coins to help up your value take compared to us south of the border here in the USA. We have some $1 coins, but they didn't get circulated enough and are not a common-carry chuck on money. If they would get rid of the paper dollar and replace it with ONLY coinage, that would be great. They wouldn't have to be those larger-size coins like you guys have. They could make them like the $2 Australian coins, and a bunch of $1 and $2 coins down here in the US would sure spark the interests of many Coin Hunting Hobbyists, to be sure.

Congrats on your success with a nifty little Mojave.

Monte

 

[BarryL]

I understand not pointing fingers just stating my opinion which as you know we all have one LOL . Also putting the small 4 inch hocky puck coil on mine this weekend just for fun and testing at the demo ;ots this weekend as its gt a tone of trash so will cherry pick just for fun

 

[Stoof-tabsallday]

So far I don't have falsing issues, but I'll keep an eye out for it.

 

[hihosilver]

Did some more playing around in the back yard today with the Mojave and a dime buried 5 inches. First, the Mojave was much quieter today, I could keep the sensitive at 5 without any of the falsing issues I experienced the other day, so I am thinking the problem really was EMI and for some reason it's a little less today. Decided to try all my 5 pin coils on the Mojave. I have the 9 x 8 OOR concentric, the 7" WS, and the 6" concentric. The 9x8 was surprisingly quiet, and I could crank the sensitivity up without any issues with the GB set in low. In fact all my other coils let me run the machine with the sens all the way up, without any issues, so there must be something about the 7 in coil.

The Mojave is a little deeper with the 9x8 coil, next the 7" concentric that came with the machine, then the 7" WS, and the 6" concentric could not see the 5" dime at all.

 

[BarryL]

Barry,

Try another coil if you have one...8" donut or the 5.75" coil...see if you get any falsing when you lightly hit the ground.
Also try and switch the toggle switch to high... see if that helps in the falsing.
Try the Mojave 7" coil on another detector if you have one and see if it's the coil falsing.
Interested in your findings

Whimp,

noticed this as well with nine flsing when I slightky hit the ground on the back swing not a big deal for me but I do know the super 7 coil on my Shadow X2 does not do this

put the 8 inch coil on it and no falsing put the stock coil on my X2 and it falses everytime it goes back to the left put the small 3 inch coil on the Mojave and it works flawlessly so what gives and I know the connector is tight

 

[BarryL]

Got out today for few hours...worked an old school and a soccer field, ran the Mojave all day... great little detector on Canadian clad... but best of all I got a couple silver!!
1910 quarter and a 1931 dime
$24.55 in clad...coffee money for the week...think the Mojave is a keeper
I did have a problem with the 7" coil...it seems to false when I hit the ground with it....put on my clean sweep coil and it worked fine...it's a clad vacuum...good for the top 4" to 5".... tried the 5.75" that coil worked great.
May have to call Tesoro in the morning and see what they say....I suspect a bad coil or cable.
Most of my finds were averaging 4" to 6"...although the two silvers I found were 6" to 7"...nice stable detector..set the discrimination just below the L in foil.
Over all the Mojave has worked well on Canadian clad....dig a lot of trash as well....pull tabs and a ton of foil...
Still like my Bandido ll µMax tones the best

Whimp,

HH.

I am going to try this
I'm not sure about the falsing when hitting but according to the manual it says to Bob the coil like you would ground balancing and if it beeps then you need to run it on high.
May not be the issue but worth a shot