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Toltec 100

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HaroldILL.

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I always heard good things about this oldie but goodie any opinions from previous owners? I hear some say it was the best I.D. Detector Tesoro made. I know it is older ,But will it get respectable depth by todays standards? Also I see it has a big nickel window is this pretty true or do pull tabs still hit in this area? Thanks.
 
I had one back when they first come out...Never impressed me enough to keep it...
Good for nickels but this day and age I would get something that work close or
finds targets right in the same hole as iron....D
 
Hey Dugger,I saw your post on the other forum about the Indians you got with the AT-PRO nice finds! Now get an E-trac and go back and get the seated's!
 
Harold said:
Hey Dugger,I saw your post on the other forum about the Indians you got with the AT-PRO nice finds! Now get an E-trac and go back and get the seated's!
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Harold, eventually i probably will...Wanted the AT Pro first because of all the water in my area.
 
No, it will not get "respectable depth" by today's standards. It was great at seeing in and around iron (for ghost-townsy-like conditions), but no, wasn't reknowned for depth. Especially by today's standards.

But go figure, such is the rule for most depth demon machines (explorers, CZ6, etc...) : the deeper your reknowned depths, then the more masking you could expect. Conversely, machines which did well averaging and seeing in/around nails, was invariably not going to be depth demons. This is the usual trade off.

On a different subject (straying from your question, but along the lines of the "compromise" I cite above), the Explorer, IMHO, does a pretty respectable job in junky sites, considering the power-house that it is. Sure, not as good in sidewalk tearouts, ghost-townsy/ruins type sites as various tesoros like that Toltec, but still.... considering the power, a good compromise.
 
Thanks for the reply Tom. I have an E-trac and it is great in iron or modern trash and pretty damn deep like the Explorer models before it. It's hard to beat the Minelab detectors. I also have a CZ-3D coil for coil a hair deeper,But not as good in iron trash as the E-trac. These are my 2 main detectors as I will use one at a site then go back with the other in no particular order just depends which one is in the trunk at the time.The Minelabs and Fisher CZ's are my two favorite detectors.
 
Ahem......I had a toltec 100. I liked it so much I still use it in my email address. I was still a rookie when I bougjt it used. It was a decent machine and I wise I still had it. It was heavy
Real heavy. Could kill a bull with it.
 
I agree with Dang! The Toltec 100 was my 2nd metal detector. My first being the original Whites Eagle in late 1987. I got a flier in the mail about the new Tesoro ID metal detector(Toltec 100) around November 1987. I waited until Spring of 1988 and bought one. I started to find older,deeper nickels!
The separation between the 5 cents and pulltabs was phenomenal! The coin range was tight,but I swear I could tell between a copper penny and a clad dime. The depth was above average for the time. Granted,it was heavy(brick on a stick for a good reason)...a hipmount was available for it from the factory. It was a pleasure to use. I no longer have one,but will always remember the joy it brought me til the mid 1990s.
 
The first silver coin I found with this machine back in the spring of 1988 was a 1892-O Morgan Silver Dollar. I found Thousands of Silver Coins with it until I traded up to a Minelab Explorer XS. Today I have a Minelab CTX3030. I started out in the hobby back in June 1968 with a Metrotec 220-A I still have that machine as well. After 46 years in this great hobby....I still Love it. And will till the day I die. HH everybody!!!...Jesse.
 
coin meter ok for usa coins but bad on canadian very bad
detector companies hate canadians so much
there stillm has not been 1 machine
with even a decal over the usa coin meter
to give you a faint id where they might appear
so analog still good coin meter
 
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