Tesoros and salt water

[Anonymous]

Too cold and wet to detect- so I tried out the 3 Tesoros I have in garage using gallon jug with 1/2 cup salt disolved in it.
Original Sidewinder discriminates out salt @ 2 1/2-3 on scale, gives broken response to quarter taped to back side of gal jug! Silver Sabre ll disc salt out @3 , no response to quarter on jug! Original Bandido discriminates salt out @5 with white coil, salt out @ 4 brown coil, no response to quarter wiith white coil, broken response to quarter with brown coil!
All 3 detectors would detectect quarter thru 2 1/2" salt water- the gal jug is about 4" thru.
What does this prove????? I've got too much time on my hands :>)
Richard

 

[Anonymous]

Other than your machine is working. I've never found much in a bucket, same goes for air test, it works, thats it, but none of the above are real hunting conditions where the ground comes into play, along with the blooms from target etc... Different salt water areas can drive a machine nuts not to mention all the minerals in different areas...
I'm told they set it up that way at Tesoro factory.
Perahps thats why it don't do what it should do in salt water..... Just to many variables in salt water from beach to beach, coast to coast, state to state.... One bucket does not fit all so to speak.
having said the above,I would not give my Tiger Shark up, its 4 years old now and is a hunting fool in fresh water and I would put it against any of them. I use it over my Minelabs in fresh water,its that good. Learn it and It will get chains when nothing else will....Case in point, I followed a club group last year at a lake hunt....right behind them, fact behind about 8 of them all spread out....up down, diagonaly etc....They got done and kinda watched me.... I pulled out 11 chains they missed, and none of them got any chains, 7 odd shaped gold charms and a very small solitare diamond ring they missed. Tigers are killers in fresh water on gold. but it takes a lot of time listening...Most would never dig a chain tone...I never did till the second year... Then the bell went off..... a Tip, if it makes any sound, dig it, zero disc, when done, go to all metal and do it again....
It it makes a sound, something there should not be, dig it up.... Another tip, freshly planted targets, Tiger will sniff them right out....I really like Tesoro products....just not in salt water.....
George-CT