TESERO STINGRAY

[RICKinFLA]

CAN ANYONE GIVE ME ANY INFO ON THE STINGRAY? SUCH AS ANYONES EXPIERIENCE WITH IT AND SO ON....................ANYTHING WILL HELP ,I AM CONSIDERING BUYING ONE AND WOULD APPRECIATE ANYONES 2 CENTS WORTH!

 

[padiggin]

.....it's one of my favorite detectors. Easy to use, easy to interpret the signals, I've had mine since 1995 and I love it still. What else are you interested in knowing about it?

 

[RICKinFLA]

THINGS LIKE ....DOES IT FALSE ALOT,OR EASY TO SETUP AND WHAT KINDA DEPTH YOU GET ! THANKS

 

[Arturo de Zorro]

I have the Stingray II and its great on small gold chains that other detectors can not detect, and you can change coil size, most other brand water units the coil can not be change. It is mainly used in fresh water but I have used my twice at the saltwater edge with no problem. I may be selling it soon so stay in touch.

 

[RICKinFLA]

do you mean you mainly use it in freshwater or the machine is specifically made for freswater?

 

[padiggin]

My Stingray never falsed. Easy to set up (just ground balance it correctly, which is easy to do) and that's it. Depth - about average from what I can tell after using it all those years. Most of my hunting was civil war relic hunting in plowed fields or cow pastures. So the things I was searching for were not very deep anyway.

 

[Arturo de Zorro]

I believe when the Stingray II came out in the 1990's it was made for freshwater and the PIranha (pulse) was for saltwater,

 

[Bling]

was great in fresh water.

 

[padiggin]

That may be the case for salt water - I've never used it for beach hunting, it was more of a waterproof relic hunter for me. I did some searches in fresh water rivers with it, but never salt water, so I can't speak on that topic. I love the Stingray for relic hunting, it was very easy to use, very hot on lead and brass which was perfect for civil war relic hunting.

Let me put it to you this way about how I feel about the Stingray - I sold that unit about 10 years ago while going through a divorce and custody battle because I needed money. I had a newer Tesoro Golden Sabre II at the time, so I held on to that. However, about 3 years ago, I was talking with a buddy of mine who knew the guy I sold my Stingray to. I asked him if this guy still had and if he uses it. My buddy said he never used it. I bought it back from this guy for $200 3 years ago and I'm happy as heck to have my Stingray back again. It's an awesome back up detector and it's perfect for rainy days when I'm out relic hunting. I love it.

 

[succ33d]

It's a good detector. A group of gold nugget hunters compared the Stingray to several detectors by planting a small gold nugget in large bucket (hot Arizona mineralization ground). I don't recall where I read this, however the Stingray was voted by them to be the best of the batch in terms of depth (all Vlf's way before Minelab'$ 4500). Although it's not a prospecting detector according to the tester it showed it is sensitive and can be setup for hot ground found in the gold fields. At the time I read this, I was mostly into gold nugget detecting so I bought a used Stingray 1, a used SR2 wasn't available at the time. Mine was very sensitive to small gold targets, I was impressed with the performance. I didn't use it for nugget hunting because I didn't like the built in headphones for Arizona heat or the internal ground balance(The SR2 was on the outside). It's a good detector provided it never leaked and the elec. board is clean with no issues.
Allen