Pinpointer Mod For Tesoro Compadre

[Hotwire]

I have a used 8" coil tesoro compadre. Somewhere someone said there is a pinpoint mod for this detector? I'm aware i can "X" the area to pinpoint but prefer not to.

 

[Davethejunky]

I find Xing is a lot easier and faster than pinpoint mode.

 

[REVIER]

Plenty of mods for the Compadre but I have never come across one that adds a pinpointer because this is one feature most don't think it needs.
http://www.findmall.com/read.php?22,1698994

I never X anything...just some short, quick side to side swipes while looking at the center of the coil zeros me in fast and efficiently.
Many other detectors have pinpointers if you are really not into the Compadre way of hunting, but for me it became second nature pretty soon after I first started swinging one and now I never think about the pinpointer thing at all.

 

[Mega]

The Compadre is a very easy detector to pinpoint,with the 8'' polo just use the 'X' pinpointing method,being a Polo coil it should be very easy,just put a few items down on the ground and then give it a try.

 

[Monte]

Too many people have tinkered with a Compadre and I have come across several that were really messed up. It is my feeling that the very simple Compadre is best left alone by consumers, at least so far as messing with the internal trimmers, and especially trying to add a conventional 'Pinpoint' mode. If someone wants to have a detector that has a traditional, Threshold-based All metal and/or Pinpoint mode/function, then they should by a former model, like a Silver Sabre II, Silver Sabre µMAX, a Bandido series model, Eldorado, Royal Sabre, Golden Saber Plus, Pantera, Golden Sabre II, Lobo, Conquistador µMAX or many others that were offered. If current production, shop for a Cibola, Vaquero, Téjon, Lobo SuperTRAQ, Outlaw, or one of the two TID models.

I know the potential abilities of the Compadre and I am not arguing what they can do, but I will say I like more adjustment and versatility in a detector so the Compadre hasn't been a big favorite of mine. That said, there is one "modification" of a Compadre that I did like and had a chance to check one out a fellow detectorist had, and his Compadre WAS his 'Pinpointer.' This was before the big surge in hand-held pinpointing devices, and it worked deeper and provided more versatility than the conventional hand-helds we have available today.

The modification involved cutting off the back tubing from below the hand-grip. Then, remove the lower rod, and cut the middle rod very short. Just enough to extend from the upper rod after the rod-lock was tightened. The 'isolator' section was used and affixed to the shortened middle rod, and a 4" search coil was added with the coil cable shortened to not be in the way and hard-wired.

This resulted in a short-length detector with a pistol-grip, and a 4" Concentric coil mounted. You could just thumb the On/Off knob to the minimum setting for All Metal detection [size=small](it has the ED180 Disc. circuitry)[/size] and use it to 'pinpoint' ferrous and non-ferrous targets. It also provided the variable Discriminate setting should the searcher want to use an adjustment to help deal with some small iron trash when pinpointing. Many early Pinpointers, and some offered still [size=small](like the Auto-Max, etc.)[/size] were/are kind of bulky and awkward, and this little modified Compadre was shortened enough to be carried in a bigger-size finds pouch, and some even made a little 'holster' or 'sheath' to carry it.

Other than making your own useful Pinpointer out of a Compadre, I think the best idea is to just acquire a better, more versatile detector that will provide that feature. Otherwise, Tesoro's have always been very functional in the slow-sweep/quick-response and recovery category to make short crossing patterns to isolate most targets.

Monte

 

[BarberBill]

I've scratched my head for some time over the modifications I see mentioned on the forum. I guess those that like to tinker can have at it, but If one wants manual ground balance, why not purchase a model with that feature? Want to be able to change coils easily? Don't buy a Compadre and then modify it when there are so many other models that allow that. Waterproof a land detector when there are water detectors available? There may be others, but these examples cover most. I'm in agreement witn Monte.
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[Mega]

The pinpointer conversion that Monte has mentioned is a similar type of thing i do with my Compadre,i have a spare cut down shaft with the 4'' coil all ready mounted on the shaft,at a guess its about 15'' total length and takes a very short time duration to change over possible minute and a half to mount the control box on the pinpointer.Main use is for deep potential targets ie hoard hunting on say ploughed and rolled or pasture land.

Works very well,then after use it can be changed back into a normal detector to be carried in the back of the 4x4 that is always at hand,rather than carrying expensive detector that could be stolen.

 

[BarberBill]

I've been able to put my 4" on any of my Detectors since I've had it, except the Compadre. 4" for DEEP targets? Not in my experience.
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[Mega]

I've been able to put my 4" on any of my Detectors since I've had it, except the Compadre. 4" for DEEP targets? Not in my experience.
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The way that Monte and myself have mentioned about using the Combadre for pinpointing is by using it down deep holes instead of a normal pinpointer,you are using the actual using a cut down Compadre as the actual pinpointer especiall down deep holes when searching for poteial hoard sites or other forms of deep targets.

Its actually works a treat,we dont use the machine with a 4'' coil for surface deep searching as you are thinking,but using the compactness of the Compadre control box attached to a small length of stem with a 4'' coil on the end,this then trasnforms it into a deep seeking hoard hunter in the same way as you would locate a coin find with a normal probe.

 

[amberjack]

be nice if there were some hoards around here maybe out in the bush when the stage coach was robbed by bush rangers and they buried the gold to come back latter and pick it up when the heat was off, so could be some out there but there's a lot of bloody bush here so

like the little 4" coil has its place for me works well on the silver for me.

AJ

 

[BarberBill]

If I read it right, this thread started as a question about a pinpoint mod such as the button on other Tesoros for the Compadre?
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[Hombre]

I would not even consider a pinpoint modification on the Compadre, just doesn't have the circuitry for a threshold based all-metal mode. The Outlaw would be the only current model that has the normal/no-motion all-metal mode, naturally I like mine a whole bunch.