Tesoro Cortes Strikes Gold :tesoro::usaflag:

[tabman]

I've never posted here before. For those who don't go over to the Tesoro forum, here's why I swing a Tesoro.

I went out this morning to see if I could get some detecting in before the rains came. I hit a local sports field and was finding some pretty deep targets with the Cortes. Most of the tabs and coins were 5 to 6 inches deep and the Cortes with the 8 inch doughnut coil was hitting super hard on them. About an hour into the hunt I got a sweet signal that rang out loud and clear. I knew what it was even before I dug. Heck, I even circled and hovered over the target for over a minute to milk out every bit of joy I could take in. The VDI number was a steady '61' and the 'sq' tab bar was solid with no bouncing around. The Cortes was locked on like a pit bull dog. I could raise the coil around 5 inches off the turf and still get a strong signal. I carefully dug the plug so not to damage the target. Sure enough, a little over 3 inches down, out pops a nice size man's 14k gold wedding band.

You can see my settings in the picture. If I had been using the notch feature I would not have found this ring. Yesterday I did some testing out in the yard with the Cortes and Golden

 

[Goldstrike]

Congratulations on detecting a very nice looking gold ring! The adrenaline rush and thrill finding gold makes digging all those pull tabs and screw caps worth it!!

 

[knarfj]

Way to go Tabman! All the testing and experimentation served you well. Outstanding find.

 

[DESERT DOG]

n/t

 

[laynecarr]

Very nice find! Still waiting for my first real ring.

 

[chevyman52]

Sweet, Nice find tabman. Hope I can start finding more of those gold rings.

 

[deliveryboy]

Very nice Tabman, you are getting me itchy to buy a Cortes now lol