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DeepTech

Tesoro Inca Again

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Bill in Texas

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:detecting: Well I had buried 2 pennies in my front yard about 13 years ago about 7 inches deep. One flat and one on edge. I did not hunt for 5 or 6 years and then started again. I tried to find the coins with my old bounty hunter, but could not. About 2 months ago I got a Silver Umax, a Vaquero, and a Inca (I had another Inca for many years). Recently I got the Vaquero out. I knew that it would find those pennies, but it did not. Yesterday while I was waiting on a family member I got the Inca out. Almost at once I got a deep reading and the Inca discriminated it at about a nickle. I then got the V out and it verily read it, but would not read it with any discriminate setting above foil. I am pretty sure it is the penny buried flat, but have not dig it because I want to check a few friends detectors on it. The Inca does not seem to be as sensitive on very small targets, but I have better luck on small silver and gold targets with it than the V. I have not learned the V real well as of yet, but at this point in time I like the Inca the best and the V second. Bill in Texas
 
[size=large]that swung me over to selling Tesoro's. I was a multi-line dealer, but only carried Tesoro's, only used Tesoro's (mainly the Inca), and sold almost exclusively Tesoro's. The Inca was my main-use tool, although I also put the Royal Sabre to good use where I appreciated the dual-tone audio, the the Silver Sabre (original). I didn't part with my Inca until the Eldorado (original) was released late in '86, and it was my main-use unit until they gave us the first Bandido.

While I admit I prefer the Bandido and newer models due to the enhanced, lower-end Disc. adjustment to help reduce target masking in the iron-litters old town sites, there's something about the Eldorado and Inca that is impressive. I almost always use headphones, but when ghost towns hunting in the middle of summer in Utah, Wyoming, and Nevada, I admit to baring my ears quite frequently when the temps were in the 95
 
Hi Monte: I have never used the 7 on my Inca. I also had a Mayan (way back when), but never thought of swapping coils at the time. Right now I want to keep this Inca Original for old time sake. I still want to pick up a good old BFO (to use for a specific job), but don't know which one might be the most stable. I know that was a problem with most BFO's. Can you give me a idea what to look for? I am in a very good area to find older detectors. Bill in Texas - :tesoro: Vaquero, Inca, Silver Umax and a couple of other older brands.
 
Good Monte.

Bill, my first detector was a Bounty Hunter III BFO in about 1973(I cannot remember the exact year). It was a light brown control box. Not very good and picked up every nail. The TR's then VLF's were much better. Garrett may have made them too. I cannot think of an benifit to a inferior BFO over a VLF. I am curious, what job are you using the BFO for Bill?

Maybe try here?
http://www.google.ca/search?hl=en&q=%22bounty+hunter%22+BFO&btnG=Google+Search&meta=
 
:detecting: David I am a depth guy. I don't care about any other info except how deep is it. I have a area that is just full of small bits of metal of one kind or another. I know from searches there (after cleaning a small area) that there are good targets at 5 inch's or less. The newer machines just don't show anything under that iron mast, but the BFO ignores the real small bits and reads the targets under it. Now with the BFO you can not tell what is there, but you can tell the depth and in this area most targets under 2/3 inches have a Chance of being good. I am not a good writer, but I hope this helps. Most guys won't fiddle with a BFO, but for a occasional one of a kind of hunt, I still like to hunt with one. I just don't want to pay much for one because I just don't use one much. Bill in Texas :tesoro:
 
"....a area that is just full of small bits of metal.....The newer machines just don't show anything under that iron mast, but the BFO ignores the real small bits and reads the targets under it."

I got it, understand Bill. Good luck at finding a BFO, I do not think they are made anymore anywhere. Must be lots of old ones around somewhere. I wish there was a place a person could buy old metal detectors for nastalgia and for a collector. I use to have a Compass Judge I Automatic in about 1975-1976 and I would like to get one again along with a B.H. III BFO that I had as well...I wonder if anyone has a metal detector museum set up...
 
that's kind of funny that you mention the Compass. I still have a Judge 2 with two coils. The leads need to be redone although it still works.
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