tesoro vs whites spectra v3i

[cladcanada]

Happen to bump into another detectorist om weekend and was told that detecting behind him was a waste of time!!!! as i would not find anything .

he had a v3i and i had my little compadre so i guess he should find "more" right ????

what tesoro would go up against the v3i?

also whats with big attitudes and expensive detectors ????

 

[dan b]

Don't pay any attention to that nonsense. Chances are he has his machine set up to cherry pick silver coins. He's leaving plenty behind. You need to keep using your Compadre and dig all the repeatable signals. He might find a few silver dimes but you'll get the gold.

The attitude comes from the mistaken idea (and believing all the hype) that you have to spend a lot of money and have a zillion options in order to be successful at detecting. My Compadre has paid for itself twice over with a single find. Wonder if that guy can say the same with his $1500 machine?

As far as your question as to what Tesoro could go up against his V3i? Take your pick, and learn it well. And dig.

 

[slingshot]

As much as I would like to have a nice detector like the V3i, I would feel insane spending that much money for finding coins at my tot lots. My Compadre has already paid for itself 3 times over.

 

[yowow#1]

Don't pay any attention to that nonsense. Chances are he has his machine set up to cherry pick silver coins. He's leaving plenty behind. You need to keep using your Compadre and dig all the repeatable signals. He might find a few silver dimes but you'll get the gold.

The attitude comes from the mistaken idea (and believing all the hype) that you have to spend a lot of money and have a zillion options in order to be successful at detecting. My Compadre has paid for itself twice over with a single find. Wonder if that guy can say the same with his $1500 machine?

As far as your question as to what Tesoro could go up against his V3i? Take your pick, and learn it well. And dig.

Yep he's probably leaving plenty crap To compare a compadre to a V3i is like bringing a stick to a gunfight. However if he V3I user is a newbie to his V3i then you would have a chance against him..otherwise

 

[tomtomnc]

I was using my Tesoro Sidewinder with a new hunting buddy once. He wasn't bragging about his nice white's machine but I could tell he didn't think much of mine. Well one hour into the hunt I found myself in the middle of a bunch of can slaw but I dug every signal . On the seventh consecutive can slaw signal out pops a pretty gold ladies ring. That was the last time he called me to go hunting.. oh well. Learn your Tesoro and you will find the goods, they hold there own against all competitors regardless of price .

 

[cladcanada]

yes, how many $1000 plus machine owners can say it has paid for itself many times over. innochio

That v3i looked way to techie for me (never been a whites) and i don,t think i would ever run into that guy again not that i would want to .

i am very content with my compadre

 

[happycamper08]

I have an E-trac and an outlaw. As soon as I use the machine I dig way more and my cool finds increase dramaticaly. The screen just tells you not to dig and it is amazing what it can be. The only thing the minelab has that the tesoro doesn't is multi tones. If the new machine tesoro is comming out with is multi toned I think the E may go up for sale.

 

[yowow#1]

All i can say is good luck guys with your Compadres up against V3i's and the like.

 

[yowow#1]

yes, how many $1000 plus machine owners can say it has paid for itself many times over. innochio

That v3i looked way to techie for me (never been a whites) and i don,t think i would ever run into that guy again not that i would want to .

i am very content with my compadre

What do you mean by innochio. junior... Also if a machine only cost a $100.00, it ain't real hard to pay for it with finds.

 

[calibil]

My Bandito 2 does just fine

 

[cladcanada]

Don't pay any attention to that nonsense. Chances are he has his machine set up to cherry pick silver coins. He's leaving plenty behind. You need to keep using your Compadre and dig all the repeatable signals. He might find a few silver dimes but you'll get the gold.

The attitude comes from the mistaken idea (and believing all the hype) that you have to spend a lot of money and have a zillion options in order to be successful at detecting. My Compadre has paid for itself twice over with a single find. Wonder if that guy can say the same with his $1500 machine?

As far as your question as to what Tesoro could go up against his V3i? Take your pick, and learn it well. And dig.

Thanks Dan b Couldn't have said it better (thought so)

 

[cladcanada]

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[rodbuster]

Hi Cladcanada
Here's my two cents worth. Whites are excellent detectors, well made and great customer service but so are Tesoro' s line up of detectors. I started detecting in 1972 with a whites coinmaster TR unit and have owed several top of the line Whites since. I also own a Tesoro V, Cibola and a Golden UMax. Both are fantastic company's and build quality machines and I have found thousands of coins with both brands. There is no perfect detector and if you study your detector and spend the time to understand it you will be rewarded with great finds. Technology has come a long way since I started and I enjoy the hobby very much, spending as much time in the field as I can. Having all the latest advances in a detector are great but you have to know what your detector is telling you, and more important your coil has to be over it to find it. I have two short stories, I was at a park one day detecting when this guy walked up with his detector and told me not too waste my time, he had found all the good stuff in the last three years. I said , well I would give it a try anyway since I was there. Over the next two years I found over a hundred silver coins. Silver dollar to 1\2 dime. I was beach hunting one summer with the latest underwater detector and there was a young boy and his dad also working the beach. We were going along when I heard this kid yell, he had found a beautiful diamond ring with his 49.95 detector and I had a dime, and 2 bobby pins. This young guy taught me a valuable lesson, never give up and learn my equipment. No one ever finds it all, no matter what brand you use.
Good hunting

 

[Larry (IL)]

Metal detecting has more to do with the hunter than it does the machine. He seems to be pretty arrogant and I would hunt right behind him just pizz him off

 

[hunter12]

When i'm told it's hunted out, it makes me want to MD the area more.At the beach one time i took a break from the water. I was sitting there with a sand shark, when i see a fellow detectorest doing the dry sand.He had a top of the line MD, I watched him as he approached . He was swinging the md at least 6"-8 " off the sand and walking like he was in a race. He tells me he got pretty every thing in the sand. After he leaves i went and followed his trail for a wile.The PI md found a cheap ring, about .75 cents in change.Then i hit the water again, 1/2 hr later i find a ring.

 

[dan b]

Yep he's probably leaving plenty crap To compare a compadre to a V3i is like bringing a stick to a gunfight. However if he V3I user is a newbie to his V3i then you would have a chance against him..otherwise

As we all know, metal detecting isn't an exact science. In theory, it should be. Get the coil over the item and the machine beeps. But in reality there are so many variables that equalize a high end machine and a less feature rich machine like the Compadre. That's why I say making such a statement is nonsense. I'm not implying that, everything being equal, the two machines are the same. That would be nonsense.

Before I would believe that somebody with that level of a machine is cleaning out a sight, I would watch their technique. Are they sweeping parallel to the ground, or swinging the detector like a 19th century sickle cutting hay? Is he proceeding forward without overlapping his coil? Or is he meticulous in covering the surface area? If it's the latter, then yeah, I'd go somewhere else. Also, how much digging is he doing? Is he doing more scanning and fiddling than he is digging? Is he leaving what the machine has convinced him are zincs and pulltabs, in quest of the almightly silver coins? If that's the case, I would happily go where he's been and find what he was talked out of digging.

As for the analogy of bringing a stick to a gunfight, I would disagree. The Compadre is a metal detector. The V3i is a metal detector. The analogy should be more along the lines of bringing a .22 to a gunfight where the other guy has a .45. They are both tools that ultimately accomplish the same task. Now, put that .22 in the hands of a marksman, and the guy with the .45 is going to be in trouble unless he too is a good shot.

 

[dan b]

Also if a machine only cost a $100.00, it ain't real hard to pay for it with finds.

Exactly!

 

[cladcanada]

Excellent stories, thanks everyone

 

[stasys]

Successful metal detecting is not only depends on what detector we use, but most important is how much time we can spend detecting.

 

[mudpuppy]

I'm firmly in Danb's camp on this one...

Some folks only buy top of the line, whether it be cars or clothes or any product. Thats good! It keeps all companies R&D dept funded and churning as well as reducing price and pushing formerly high end technology down to the mid level range consumers. With this in mind, High end product buyers are doing everyone a service and should be thanked! If some of them tend to cop a little attitude of superiority, cool! They paid for that pleasure, and funded the technology the rest of the group is using!

The art/skill and reasons(fun, exercise, money) to detect are as varied as the individuals involved...folks find pleasure in the same sport through differing reasons and results..There is nothing quite as satisfying as being "one" with your gear, no matter what that gear may be, and no matter what finds result, its a personality thing....
Mud