Tesoro Vaquero Maiden Voyage:tesoro::usaflag: Wishful Gold

[tabman]

I thought I'd give the Vaquero a workout today to see how it would do. I put on my 8 inch special doughnut coil to start with. I set the discrimination to the point where a Gatorade sports drink foil cap just discriminates out, set the threshold to a slight hum, ground balanced to a slight neutral, and was able to run full sensitivity with very little chatter. Right off the bat I found a 925 silver earring about 2 inches deep under a bush. Not a bad start. I moved over to a grassy area close to the parking lot and started digging all kinds of trash. Hidden in all that trash was a 1944 war nickel, 1914 wheat penny, a bunch of modern coins, a cool looking skeleton key and some kind of scary artwork thingy. With the heat bearing down, I decided to take a Gatorade break and change to the Sharpshooter coil to see how it would work on the Vaquero. My first target was a rotten zinc penny. The very next signal I got sounded loud but good. I heard someone say are you having any luck? I stuck my digger in the ground to mark target I just found and pulled off my headphones to talk. I told her not really, that I was mostly finding just junk and clad coins. She said she heard that guys who metal detect find all kinds of treasure and gold. I told her that metal detecting is kinda like going to a casino, you hear about all the big winnings but you never hear anything about all the big loses. I dig mostly junk. Well she said, I wish you'd find your gold treasure today. She left and I went back to dig the target that I just found. Damn, I popped a gorgeous 8 gram 14K gold ring that was around 2 inches deep. That girl must be a Ginnie. I wonder if I rubbed her chest and made a wish it come true. Maybe a gold ring loaded with a bunch of great big ole diamonds.

You have to dig some trash to find the good stuff. Tesoro ROCKS!!!!!

tabman

 

[razerback408]

ian thinking that if you rubbed her chest and made a wish it would be that the black and blue marks all over your head would go away soon ps nice find

 

[Rainyday101]

Sounds like you had fun rubbing the Genie's chest! LOL Great job on the gold! I am gonna be heading out with the Tejon shortly.

 

[tabman]

ian thinking that if you rubbed her chest and made a wish it would be that the black and blue marks all over your head would go away soon ps nice find

I'd be better off hanging with my lucky cat.

tabman

 

[CO_T\Huntr]

Wow
Great way to start, got most of that machine paid for right there.....
Here Genie genie genie.... here genie genie genie......
I'l rub whatever it takes.....

 

[jim tn]

The gold is a beauty. Has a hefty look to it. Nice find! That kind of find will warm you up on a cool Tn June day. HH jim tn

 

[ken ward]

Tab Man,, if I get cought rubbing a nice looking treasure CHEST, my wife would rub my neck with a bolow knife.. KEN. Ind

 

[kaolinwasher]

Tab I want that Vaquero back , NO " just kidding I knew it was a good machine just needed a good spot I think I proved it can find cut nails good , and now you have shown it can find Gold rings & small things I will now be down grading to a compadre , that gold ring is really a nice find , I had the same thing happen to me the owner came out to see what i was finding on his old farm house and i said nothing but cut nails and as soon as he turned around and left i took my next swing and found a 1918 buffalos nickel rare date I felt like he was that gene as well , or was he an angel sure was strange

 

[Lightstryder]

My goodness, Tabman you have more awesome luck than one man should have, send some my way would ya great finds! Gunnar gave that thing some good juju huh?

 

[dirt doctor]

Great hunt tabman ! Awesome ring . Maybe that was no Genie but a voodoo woman , perhaps she's the one who dropped that scary looking doodad with the skulls .

 

[mudpuppy]

Thats one heck of a ring! I'm sure its been a long time since you were last approached by a girl, so that was quite an event worth reporting on as well!
Mud

 

[hihosilver]

An 8 gram gold ring, that's amazing, and right after "she heard guys who metal detect find gold treasure". Gongrats Tabman, I just need one more gold find like that and my golden uMax will be paid for.

 

[Gso125]

thats a great maiden voyage i hope to at least find some coins when the tejon arrives. awesome

 

[bleeohio]

n/t

 

[kansa54]

Wow Tabman, you are definitely on a roll. I'm beginning to think you could just use your pro pointer and still find good targets. Congratulations on the gold. You da man.

 

[Rainyday101]

Tab, I see you are using that Hunter Nel coil again, Are liking that over the stock coil?

 

[tabman]

Tab, I see you are using that Hunter Nel coil again, Are liking that over the stock coil?

It's a Sharpshooter Coil and I like it a whole lot better than the stock 8 x 9 inch coil. Maybe even slightly better than my Tesoro 'Special 8' doughnut coil.

Once you use a 'Special 8' doughnut coil or a Sharpshooter coil on either the Tejon, Cibola, or Vaquero, you'll throw the stock 8 x 9 inch coil over the fence.

tabman

 

[tabman]

Wow
Great way to start, got most of that machine paid for right there.....
Here Genie genie genie.... here genie genie genie......
I'l rub whatever it takes.....

This is getting really weird. I found this today near where I found the gold ring.

tabman

 

[Rainyday101]

Thanks for the coil advice. I am now torn between the NEL Sharpshooter and 5.75" concentric.

Rub the genie's chest and good luck will come on your next hunt!

 

[tabman]

Thanks for the coil advice. I am now torn between the NEL Sharpshooter and 5.75" concentric.

Rub the genie's chest and good luck will come on your next hunt!

You know I wonder how the Tesoro 10" Elliptical Widescan Coil would stack up against the Sharpshooter Coil. I haven't tried one.

If someone had a good used one with a short cable, I'd give it try.

tabman