Tesoro Tejon Zinc Penny Discrimination

[Carlos (CA)]

Hi Folks,

I have noticed that the Tejon (unlike my silver umax) doesn't have a Zinc indicator on the discriminator dials. I am wondering if a zinc penny will discriminate out at 3pm (zinc disc area on the silver) on the Tejon?

I really come across ALOT of corroded zinc pennies when I hunt school yards, so this is the only real peeve I have. I dont mind pull tabs, but cant stand corroded zincs.

I really really love my Vaquero, and it discs beautifully. Always wondered bout the Tejon, and if it would disc in the same manner as my Vaquero and Silver Umax.

Thanks Much, Carlos

 

[pinenut]

Nope.
On the Tejon, zincs disc out somewhere right around "MAX". A little before there or slightly after max, depending on which coil you have on.

 

[Welgund]

With the stock 9x8 concentric coil a zinc in air tests discs out at the S in scap. With the stock 8 x 11 DD it discs out just past the S in scap in air tests. In actual ground this may vary depending on soil conditions, depth etc.

 

[WV62]

You pull the knob off your V and within reason you can calibrate the pointer mark to hit disc in or out on a letter on the face plate.

I have a Tejon and I set both disc knobs to the same letter and I was using a nickel. The big thing for me was to have both disc calibrated so that they are the same.

I don't run like this but if I wanted to check for zinc's I would have a corroded zinc with me and I would set disc one just so I would detect the zinc. Then disc 2 would be set just a hair above the zinc and when I hit a target I could switch from disc 1 to disc 2 and if the target goes away that would tell me it may be a zinc. You could do the same with your V by thumbing the disc control.

Ron in WV

 

[pinenut]

With the 5.75" concentric on either of mine (I have two Tejons), nickels disc out right at nickel, and zincs in the middle of SCAP (sorry; wrote MAX...too many Tesoros..).
Well past the 3:00 as on some other Tesoros.

 

[Carlos (CA)]

Thanks alot Gents, your info is super helpful. I may just stick with my current models, they serve me quite well, and I get pretty great depth.

 

[BarberBill]

I have several older umax detectors that just have numbers, rather than other indications. I just determine where I want a particular target to crackle our and mark the spot. I usually like to just accept a nickle and leave it at that setting, but also have it marked where likely zincs drop out.
BB