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Tejon
- Thread starter Mikel
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Vernon in Virginia~Formerly Alaska
New member
n/t
Nancy has had hers for almost three years now, and I have had one for two years. I have been detecting since 1962 and Nancy joined me in detecting in 1970. I have always used Whites detectors, but the Tejon has amazed us both.
It has proven itself over and over in the ability to go way deeper than I should say and the target seperation and discrimination are fantastic. I use My XLT more often, but when I want to go deep and on sports fields or beaches where we find gold rings, the Tejon is my first choice every time.
I am out-hunted most of the time now by my lovely wife when she is armed with her Tejon and the 5.75 coil. Even with out any target I.D. she can tell what almost any target is by the audio and digs very few pull tabs but cleans up on the nickles and jewelrey. Once you learn how it talks it tells you a lot.
I am not trying to sell anything, just answer a question as best as I can based on experience. I'll give you and example. Last fall the water level at one of our water hunting sites went down and exposed the whole swimming area to our land detectors. This has happened several times before and we have hit this site hard. I went by myself and used the stock 8x9 coil. The big part of the site was very quiet from us hunting it a lot over the years, and cleaning it up with the water detecor in the summers. I moved into a very trashy part of the site that is too deep to water hunt, but was dry now. The trash was very thick, pull tabs, cans, iron junk, nails, you know the usual. I was cussing myself for not bringing a small coil, but time was limited so I tested out how well the stock coil would do in heavy trash. I was able to spend about a half hour in the fading sunlite and dug only the signals that were good. I was able to clearly and loudly pick out a 1942 silver war nickle at, and I had a tape measure with me, at a depth of 13.5 inches. I also found a 14k white mans wedding band at 8 inches. The soil reads -94 on the XlT at this place, bad ground for sure.
I have also watched Nancy dig tiny gold stud earings up at 3-4 inches that I doubt I would have never found with any other detector. I was messing around with my Tejon on in my hay field and was digging up single lead shot from pheasant hunting. It will also find the small stuff.
I know that every one has their own favorite, and any top of the line detector is a good one these days. I do believe that the Tejon is one of the best there is. The only way to get the best out of any detector is to spend time with it and get to know it well.
I hope I did not start a war of any kind. I just report the news not make it. If any of you guys want to send me your detctors to prove to me they are better I will gladly use them too.
HH DC
It has proven itself over and over in the ability to go way deeper than I should say and the target seperation and discrimination are fantastic. I use My XLT more often, but when I want to go deep and on sports fields or beaches where we find gold rings, the Tejon is my first choice every time.
I am out-hunted most of the time now by my lovely wife when she is armed with her Tejon and the 5.75 coil. Even with out any target I.D. she can tell what almost any target is by the audio and digs very few pull tabs but cleans up on the nickles and jewelrey. Once you learn how it talks it tells you a lot.
I am not trying to sell anything, just answer a question as best as I can based on experience. I'll give you and example. Last fall the water level at one of our water hunting sites went down and exposed the whole swimming area to our land detectors. This has happened several times before and we have hit this site hard. I went by myself and used the stock 8x9 coil. The big part of the site was very quiet from us hunting it a lot over the years, and cleaning it up with the water detecor in the summers. I moved into a very trashy part of the site that is too deep to water hunt, but was dry now. The trash was very thick, pull tabs, cans, iron junk, nails, you know the usual. I was cussing myself for not bringing a small coil, but time was limited so I tested out how well the stock coil would do in heavy trash. I was able to spend about a half hour in the fading sunlite and dug only the signals that were good. I was able to clearly and loudly pick out a 1942 silver war nickle at, and I had a tape measure with me, at a depth of 13.5 inches. I also found a 14k white mans wedding band at 8 inches. The soil reads -94 on the XlT at this place, bad ground for sure.
I have also watched Nancy dig tiny gold stud earings up at 3-4 inches that I doubt I would have never found with any other detector. I was messing around with my Tejon on in my hay field and was digging up single lead shot from pheasant hunting. It will also find the small stuff.
I know that every one has their own favorite, and any top of the line detector is a good one these days. I do believe that the Tejon is one of the best there is. The only way to get the best out of any detector is to spend time with it and get to know it well.
I hope I did not start a war of any kind. I just report the news not make it. If any of you guys want to send me your detctors to prove to me they are better I will gladly use them too.
HH DC
Mike Livingston
New member
THANKYOUVERYMUCHHHHH!!!! THATS WHAT i WAS LOOKIN FOR. What about consistance in quality? One guy, well actually two different guys, said you might get a good one and then you might not.
What say ye?
What say ye?
And I can't tell the difference between them in any way. I have heard from some other hunters that some are hotter than others, but that was based on how high they could turn up the sensitivity until it chattered. In other words some would chatter at a setting of 8 while others could run them at 10 or higher before they became unstable. Well, for maximum depth you turn it up until it chatters and back it down a little from there, what number on the dial it is on is not important at that time. Nancy runs hers on a sensitivity setting of 2-3 most of the time and finds stuff so deep she gets tired of digging.
I have also heard the early models had some battery door problem but I do not know of any. The most important thing with this detector is to properly ground balance it. It is manual, but very easy to do. Some folks have trouble understanding how to do this. I can not imagine why.
If any problems do arise, you do have a lifetime warrenty, and they do back that up.
Hope this helps DC
I have also heard the early models had some battery door problem but I do not know of any. The most important thing with this detector is to properly ground balance it. It is manual, but very easy to do. Some folks have trouble understanding how to do this. I can not imagine why.
If any problems do arise, you do have a lifetime warrenty, and they do back that up.
Hope this helps DC
Lawrence in Alabama
New member
n/t
SENSITIVITY, that is what I meant. She runs her sensitivity low like that because the majority of stuff here in the hard ground of Idaho is not as deep as it is in other states. She still finds coins deep enough even with it turned down.
Densitivity is what I possess, sensitivity is what women want in a guy.
DC
Densitivity is what I possess, sensitivity is what women want in a guy.
DC
Mike Livingston
New member
Densitivity!! Me too. You'd think by the time a guy got's to be 57 he would be with his lovey dovey. But at least this way I get to dig in the dirt all I want to. Now if I could find enough to pay for those machines. HH.
Mike
Mike
Brandon/ny
New member
What models do you have. Also are they good around cellar holes. I own the DFX and the Classic ID and wanted to try out another unit that is lighter and may work better around cellar holes and in tough ground. Thanks a bunch!