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DeepTech

Original Silver Sabre or Tejon?

M

Michigan Badger

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I was just checking the various detector writeups online and came upon a website that claimed that the old original Tesoro Silver Sabre is superior to the new Silver uMax.

Another site claims that the Silver uMax fitted with the 9x8 concentric web coil can beat the "hot" Tejon with stock coil.

What do you all say?

Badger
 
I think that the old original Tesoro Silver Sabre gave you a better sounding signal to a target (coin) that was in ground with a lot of rusty iron nails in it than what the Silver Umax did.
I also think that he Tejon and the Cibola both go deeper than the silver umax
 
[quote Les in the UK]I think that the old original Tesoro Silver Sabre gave you a better sounding signal to a target (coin) that was in ground with a lot of rusty iron nails in it than what the Silver Umax did.
I also think that he Tejon and the Cibola both go deeper than the silver umax[/quote]

Have you compared the Tejon fixed with the 9x8 coil up against the original 1983 Silver Sabre fitted with a concentric 9x8 coil?

I've been told by several people now that with this coil the old original Sabre goes deeper than the Tejon.

I also have heard what you wrote. That is, everyone who told me the old Silver is deeper than the Tejon also told me what you wrote about target separation.
 
I don't know about the Silver Sabre, but I have seen The original Bandido and Bandido II (not Umax) equiped with the 9x8 cocentric spider coil and the owners seemed to be very pleased with the results. This was at a club hunt and I just did not think at the time to ask what kind of depth they were getting.
 
I can say that the older SS uMax is superior to the newer Silver model. It's hotter and has additional features like PP and the THRESH adjust that they somehow left off the new model.

Is it as deep as a Tejon with the larger coil? - maybe.
By the time you get one (providing you can - used ones are almost as much as a new model) and another coil, you'll come close to a used Tejon. NO SS uMax will offer the other features of a Tejon.

I don't see the point, unless you have one lying about.
 
I'm basing that on the fact of what I used. I had a Pantera that was very similar to the Silver Sabre.(but I do realize that many detectors are hotter than a identical detector). I used it with 9X8, and I dont think it went as deep as my Tejon. Did I like the Tejon better? No. I liked the audio qualities of the older detectors better, and the pinpoint was far superior. Its a matter of need and taste. On futher ponderance, there is one thing I didnt like about the Silver Sabre/Golden Sabre/Pantera detectors....The weight. They are definately heavier than the Tejon. Those 8 AA's are heavy!

J.
 
[quote Michigan Badger][quote Les in the UK]I think that the old original Tesoro Silver Sabre gave you a better sounding signal to a target (coin) that was in ground with a lot of rusty iron nails in it than what the Silver Umax did.
I also think that he Tejon and the Cibola both go deeper than the silver umax[/quote]

Have you compared the Tejon fixed with the 9x8 coil up against the original 1983 Silver Sabre fitted with a concentric 9x8 coil?

I've been told by several people now that with this coil the old original Sabre goes deeper than the Tejon.

I also have heard what you wrote. That is, everyone who told me the old Silver is deeper than the Tejon also told me what you wrote about target separation.[/quote]

I had the Tejon pro (the English Tejon) and i would say that it air tests the deepest out of all the Tesoro detectors and i would also say that it finds the most iron out of all the Tesoro range of detectors (But then it is a relic machine).

I have compared the Tejon, Cibola and the Silver sabre up against each other and the one that gets the deepest is the Tejon followed by the Cibola and then the Silver sabre, i did not like or get on with the Tejon and the Cibola was verry much like the Lobo st (the detector that i use)for depth on the sites that i search and the Silver sabre is my loan detector as it is so great for a newbie to use. I hope that this helps all the best Les
 
[quote rentasquid]I'm basing that on the fact of what I used. I had a Pantera that was very similar to the Silver Sabre.(but I do realize that many detectors are hotter than a identical detector). I used it with 9X8, and I dont think it went as deep as my Tejon. Did I like the Tejon better? No. I liked the audio qualities of the older detectors better, and the pinpoint was far superior. Its a matter of need and taste. On futher ponderance, there is one thing I didnt like about the Silver Sabre/Golden Sabre/Pantera detectors....The weight. They are definately heavier than the Tejon. Those 8 AA's are heavy!

J.[/quote]

Great post and thanks so much! What you're writing here is pretty much what I've been getting back from Forum members all over the world (different Forums).

It's funny how so many dislike the Tejon for the very reasons you stated. But most all like it's depth while not the deepest but still very good.

I've been using the Tejon as my main machine now for about 1 year. I really like it but then I don't have the broad experience of some here.

Best to you.

Badger
 
[quote DavHut]I can say that the older SS uMax is superior to the newer Silver model. It's hotter and has additional features like PP and the THRESH adjust that they somehow left off the new model.

Is it as deep as a Tejon with the larger coil? - maybe.
By the time you get one (providing you can - used ones are almost as much as a new model) and another coil, you'll come close to a used Tejon. NO SS uMax will offer the other features of a Tejon.

I don't see the point, unless you have one lying about.[/quote]

Thanks much for your comment.

I'm waiting on the delivery of an old original Silver Sabre and I already have a 12x10 concentric coil to put on it.

I will just consider this a play thing just for the heck of it. I'll test it out and if it gets poor depth I'll send the whole thing into Tesoro with some sample dirt and see what they can do with it. This should be kind of fun. Who knows, I may just be surprised.

Badger
 
[quote Jerry Ga.]I don't know about the Silver Sabre, but I have seen The original Bandido and Bandido II (not Umax) equiped with the 9x8 cocentric spider coil and the owners seemed to be very pleased with the results. This was at a club hunt and I just did not think at the time to ask what kind of depth they were getting.[/quote]

I do know that when these old Bandidos show up for sale they bring very good prices.

They must be pretty good.

Badger
 
[quote Les in the UK]i also thought that it found a little more iron than what the silver sabre plus did.[/quote]

Thanks for all your replies Les.

I've heard this too from many people.

Badger
 
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