Silver Umax

[Old Katz]

I don't see much here about the Silver Umax.
Do the other Tesoro Detectors outshine the Silver
Umax that much?

I also wonder about the frequency they operate at. The
Silver Umax seems to be operating at 10 kHz while the
Compadre operates at 12kHz. I thought the lower the
kHz the better they were for coin shooting. Higher kHz better for
gold nuggets. Why are they operating at a higher frequency?

Katz

 

[trueblue]

hey Katz theres plenty a posts on the Silver Umax just try the search function and you'll soon realize how respected the Silver is among users here .......

 

[joe dirt_1]

old katz, the silver umax is one great coin machine. i let my buddy use my silver umax today for a couple hours and now he wants one. he found a mercury dime and several wheaties and liked the simplicity of the machine instead of looking at target id numbers and listening to tones. i have bought and sold several detectors over the years, but the silver umax is a keeper. add a small 5.75" coil to the stock coil and you have got one heck of a machine for trashy areas. hh.............roger

 

[Hightone]

n/t

 

[dahut]

n/t

Yeah, I explained a bit more, just the other day: http://www.findmall.com/read.php?17,1049320,1049320#msg-1049320

 

[slingshot]

The Compadre even has less following.. One forum had a member who finally came in and wanted to know if ANYONE ever heard of a Compadre-the host of the forum had to fill in a Tesoro message to let everyone have SOME info on the detector. At min. disc. I find a lots of nickels the others leave behind-not to mention other coins that are missed next to iron trash with my Silver. It doesn't have all the glitzy stuff to write home about.

 

[digitaltim]

"I find a lots of nickels the others leave behind-not to mention other coins that are missed next to iron trash with my Silver."

Likely do to the Compadre's smaller coil?

I haven't used my silver a great deal and so will not comment much on it other to say, it seems to be a great detector...I'm confident it can hold its own... After using mine for 3 hours I sold my 1st cibola, if that tells you anything. And I really like the Cibola. (just got another one, I like to use different detectors, but I can't afford to keep em all)

the areas I'm hunting are loaded with iron so I've been using the compadre instead of the larger coil silver.... I've found a few items I missed with my cibola 5.75" combo. (this seems to happen from day to day no matter which detector u use......wet conditons etc have that effect.) It does seem weaker than the cibola, because the Cibola can scream "dig me" on most everything not discriminated, while the compadre actually seems to have a more defined language......
.I'm serious....the compadre: coins and aluminum sound like a nice smooth tone....larger aluminum screams loudly..iron and small gold blips.....there's much to decipher in the way the tone sounds....I honestly believe its the best value out there for a detector....and used they are a steal.

Ofcourse all the detectors have this language to be learned, but it seemed extra easy with the compadre....

I rented a farm house from the 1800's recently and took my compadre....I wasn't even sure if I'd be detecting.......obviously I did and I dug a lot of targets... junk can give softer broken signals while the smallest good targets can come through nice and clear.

I just sold mine, to cover my 2nd cibola's small coil, but I wish I could have afforded to keep it. The buyer is getting a nice machine.

I won't be surprised if I buy another one some day....

 

[rmptr]

There IS an outstanding problem with Tesoro detectors !
And I especially include the Silver uMax and Compadre.

They pretty much do as they are expected to do, without a great deal of continuous adjustment and fiddling.

Most men enjoy gadgets and progress towards more controls on the box, which require more instruction, and room for error.

IMO, there is always doubt about the target until you dig it up.

If it beeps, dig it !
If the amount of scrap you dig tends toward excessive, dial in a bit of discrimination.

Good luck !
rmptr

 

[digitaltim]

n/t

 

[Dirt Poor]

I have been reading alot about different frequency detectors on these forums lately, and I'm from the "old school". Out of all the machines I've hunted with over the years, I can honestly say that I don't know what the operating frequency was on any of them, and it didn't matter. If you set your controls right, it will beep when you want it to. The shaft on my Silver uMax creaks and groans a little, but other than that, it's been a relic and coin producer(and super-simple to use)