Tesoro Compadre Payday :tesoro::usaflag:

[tabman]

I dug like crazy a couple a days ago looking for a gold chain and all I got for it was a lot of trash and some really sore muscles. I went back today and on my 4th target I found this gold watch bezel. It was around 3 or 4 inches deep and gave a weak but repeatable signal. You can see in the picture that I had the discrimination set just below 'foil'. I checked the discrimination on the gold watch bezel when I got home. It discriminates out between nickel and sport's drink foil caps. I found plenty of those foil caps today. I only detected for around 45 minutes before deciding it's too hot. I did get some strong signals on a couple nickels at around 6 inches deep.

The Compadre really likes gold and nickels.

tabman

 

[Topo]

awesome, se

 

[Mike Hillis]

Hi Tabman,

Any particular reason you were digging for chains in that spot?

HH
Mike

 

[tabman]

Hi Tabman,

Any particular reason you were digging for chains in that spot?

HH
Mike

Yeah Mike, it was a soccer field. I've found silver chains and a gold ring there before with my Compadre, but not any gold chains.

With all this Compadre talk here lately, I thought would dust off the Compadre and see if I could find a gold chain with it.

I've been keeping discrimination set where a paper clip will crackle and pop, and digging any and all repeatable signals.

I guess that I might need to turn the discrimination down some more.

Any suggestions would be welcome.

tabman

 

[Sitting Bull]

Great find tabman,
do you think the Silver micro max would respond as well as the compadre on the same things? or should I add a compadre to the list? Heck! I have only had mine for 2 weeks and I already want to add an other one. am I sick?

 

[tabman]

Great find tabman,
do you think the Silver micro max would respond as well as the compadre on the same things? or should I add a compadre to the list? Heck! I have only had mine for 2 weeks and I already want to add an other one. am I sick?

The Silver

 

[kaolinwasher]

thats good depth you are getting Tab

 

[Sitting Bull]

Thanks tabman,
why would one detector over an other do better? I guess why would they make it that way?are they not supposed to detect metal.

 

[tabman]

Thanks tabman,
why would one detector over an other do better? I guess why would they make it that way?are they not supposed to detect metal.

It has something to do with low and high gain. The older low gain on the Compadre does better at detecting fine chain necklaces.

It supposedly doesn't get as much depth using low gain, but my Compadre goes pretty deep with the 5.75 inch coil.

tabman

 

[REVIER]

Thanks tabman,
why would one detector over an other do better? I guess why would they make it that way?are they not supposed to detect metal.

It's because of that low gain thing, different circuitry than the other Tesoros, and the true 180ED.
A combination of some or all of these makes it more sensitive than most other Tesoros, but I have read the Tejon is pretty close in sensitivity..

Over the years my disc knob has moved lower and lower on my Vaq and when I got my Compadre it moved lower still, and after some time hunting with the Compadre my disc knob on my Vaq when I use it moved even lower into the iron section..
That Compadre found me more chains than all of my others...it is just the best at doing that.

When I am jewelry and chain hunting, which is most of the time, and using the Compadre, unless I am at a site with too much iron I just hunt with the knob all the way down in all metal as low as it can go.
I have found that I will get more signals that way, (not just iron),and a clearer signal on some deeper targets.
You do lose a little depth as you turn up that knob, not a huge amount but some, and there seems to be a slight difference even between all metal and the N in iron.
I aquire all the signals I can, thumb the knob up past the fade out point and then back down slowly to listen how they "come in"...a more accurate way to do this in my opinion.
The signals that come in clean, firm, solid and clear with no breaking or crackling on the end, and with no clicks or at least very few clicks I dig.
I might not dig all the signals down at the bottom end but if it is anywhere around that iron section or even a little below the I in iron it usually gets dug.
Doing it this way I have found a few more very small thin chains.

The small silver chain came in at the R in iron, at the O it was gone.
The tiny clasp on the thinnest gold chain I have ever seen actually fades out below the I in iron.
In all metal this clasp can be picked up loud and clear up to about 3 inches.
On most of my other detectors this chain is close to invisible.

 

[slingshot]

You guys are patient! I have to stay at the "i" in iron 'cause I just don't have the time to check all the wire, paper clips, and bobby pins in my area. And I found a thin gold chain right at the "r" in iron, so I'm stuck on the "i" now. I guess you could say I have an "i" out for gold.

 

[tabman]

A 'i' discrimination setting on one detector and a 'n' discrimination setting on another detector could both have the same exact discrimination.

I recalibrate the discrimination knob on all my Tesoro detectors to discriminate out a nickel when the pointer is dead on the 5 cent mark.

With the exception of small chain necklaces, I've found that most gold jewelry is going to be found above where sports drink foil caps discriminate out.

I'm going to run super low discrimination for awhile to see how things pan out. I might change my mind.

tabman

 

[Mike Hillis]

Hi Tabman.

Since the Compadre doesn't have a nice clean ferrous nonferrous cutoff you probably need to lower your disc some more until you start getting the tiny targets. I see a lot of "ring trash" but not any "chain trash". Where are the tiny targets? I see a bunch of targets missing. No cleats, no air needles, no broken costume jewelry parts, no tiny alum. Maybe its there but I'm not seeing it?


And turf hunting chains is a chore in and off itself. Best done in places where you know for a fact they are worn, but with limited access so the trash content isn't as high.

Maybe

Good luck.

HH
Mike

 

[homebre]

when you calibrate your DISC are you just loosening the set screw (if there is one) on the know and setting it where the sport drink foil caps DISC out completely or break-up? Also, do you do this on the ground, in the ground, or with an air test?
Thx,
Homebre

 

[tabman]

when you calibrate your DISC are you just loosening the set screw (if there is one) on the know and setting it where the sport drink foil caps DISC out completely or break-up? Also, do you do this on the ground, in the ground, or with an air test?
Thx,
Homebre

I throw a nickel on the ground in a trash free area. I loosen the set screw and remove the discrimination knob. I turn the the discrimination shaft to the point where the nickel is just discriminated out or slightly cracking and popping. Then I carefully, push the knob back onto the shaft where the pointer is dead on the five cent mark and tighten the set screw. It takes me several tries to get it exactly right. I usually set the discrimination where a sports drink foil cap crackles and pops, but here lately I've been using a lower discrimination setting so I might have a chance at finding a fine chain necklace. A tick mark made by a Sharpie ultra fine point permanent marker helps me locate exact points on my Golden

 

[homebre]

Thanks. This would work on a "V'--correct?

 

[tabman]

Thanks. This would work on a "V'--correct?

That would be correct.

tabman

 

[TP63]

I may have to do that with mine also, sometimes it doesn't seem my Compadre doesn't hit hard on nickels if I have my disc turned up a little
Like to "o" in foil. Some of those iffy targets that I have dug turned out to be a nickel. And nice job on the gold tabman.

 

[deliveryboy]

Good find Tabman, now finf the rest of the watch it has to be there somewhere lol. I have yet to find a gold chain myself but prefer to hunt "I" in iron mostly. Great tip on calibrating the machine I noticed both of my compadres were slightly different after i took the knob off prior, I just put it on to match lowest discrim. I think i'll try your method today.

 

[tabman]

Good find Tabman, now finf the rest of the watch it has to be there somewhere lol. I have yet to find a gold chain myself but prefer to hunt "I" in iron mostly. Great tip on calibrating the machine I noticed both of my compadres were slightly different after i took the knob off prior, I just put it on to match lowest discrim. I think i'll try your method today.

I started looking for the rest of the watch right after I recovered the bezel. I spoke with one of lawn jockeys who works for the city and he said they run over stuff with those mowers all the time, because by the time they see something, it's too late. He said he has hit a lot of cell phones.

One thing that I always do after finding a pendant, is to switch to all metal or the lowest discrimination setting and start searching around the area for the broken chain.

One of these days I'll find one.

tabman