The Outlaw is the best in heavy iron trash?

[Rick N. MI]

Would some older Tesoros work as well? I like the analog sounds on the single tone detectors.

Thank you,
Rick, N. MI

 

[TheManMetz]

My Outlaw does very well in the iron. Keep a low disc setting and go slow. If I get in a hurry, I miss those soft targets.

 

[tabman]

Just about any of the older Tesoro detectors that I've used work great around nails and iron. The Bandido II µMax, Compadre, Eldorado, Silver µMax etc. all do a great job. Some think that they work better than the Cibola and Vaquero in and around iron. I find that my Cibola and Vaquero work really smooth and quiet for me at iron laden sites if they're set up properly. Also my modded Cibola and Vaquero handle EMI a lot better than all my other detectors do. Way better and with more depth!!!!!!!!!!!

tabman

 

[TAB.HUNTER]

Would some older Tesoros work as well? I like the analog sounds on the single tone detectors.

Thank you,
Rick, N. MI

I've had the Silver UMax, Lobo ST, and the Outlaw. I've had very good separation with all of them. I took a square rusted nail and put a dime on top of it. In the air, the Lobo was still able to "see" the dime. The signal broke up of course. I never tried that with the other two.
I know some Minelab follower will go into a tizzy when I say this, but the Safari was the worst detector I ever had for separation. A disclaimer: maybe I couldn't interpret the bazzilion signals? I think it sent out 34 frequencies. The damn thing sounded like a Star Wars Robot Convention. You cannot believe the relief I had when I replaced it with the Lobo.
One thing though; you ask about being good around iron. Do you mean to find it or separate it? Probably any Tesoro will do a good job finding it. However, just as important though is your coil size. I use coils down to the 4" size when working in trash.

 

[Walknstik]

I don't own an Outlaw but by design it would probably be one of the quieter current Tesoro's to use in heavy iron trash. I use the original Bandido with a 5.75" and a 4" concentric coil when I sometimes hunt an old WW1 training camp dump. This place is nothing but old iron trash(reminds me of old mining camps out west)but as usual along with the trash good items were accidently tossed out. I also will sometimes use the Lobo ST with the smaller 3 5/8" x 7" elliptical concentric coil with good results in the trash. I seem to find pretty neat smaller iron relics with the Lobo ST cause you can drop your disc. level to run anywhere between the ED-120 to ED-180 range. I bet the Compadre with the smaller 5.75" concentric coil would also work well in heavy trash sites. Knowing the machine you use along with the smaller coils will find you more goods in the trash! Best of luck out there and HH!

Randy

 

[Rick N. MI]

I haven't tried the 5.75 coil on my Tejon. that's what I will be trying in the spring. Probably the dd. i know the others are smoother and will probably get another one sometime. Am very happy with my Tejon. Sold one once. Will never get rid of this one. Really hard to beat anolog single tone detectors. Also will be getting the 10x12 coil and the 8" coil.

Rick, N. MI