Hey all, I just agreed to buy a mint Toltec 100. Seems like it has a lot more knobs and switches on it than most other Tesoro's. Like the "tuning" knob. Not even sure what that does. Obviously im going to study the manual when it arrives but could someone explain to me in laymans terms how to ground balance this machine for basic coin hunting in disc mode? Thanks a bunch.
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Toltec 100
- Thread starter The Dark
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Hi...
...I have the Toltec 100, mine is deep with the Troy X-2 S9 coil, the meter is very accurate but it is a top heavy beast that likes to fall over on it's side when set down. The TUNING is the Threshold volume that you set at a just audible setting when in the all-metal mode, I made a little mark on the dial face for that setting (sliver of tape). Here is how I set mine up, the DISC MODE...set to NORMAL,.... SENSITIVITY....set to 8....DISC. LEVEL...set to MIN....on the top of the unit there is a toggle switch, you have a choice of NORM TUNE or AUTO TUNE...select AUTO TUNE, now look at the toggle switch next to the meter on the right side, select ALL METAL ... next adjust TUNING to a just audible volume....now bob the coil from about 8" to within 1" of a metal free piece of ground, what is the threshold doing? If it goes silent turn GROUND ADJUST clockwise a little at a time until it sounds like no change in volume, likewise if the threshold volume increases, turn GROUND ADJUST counterclockwise a little at a time to get an steady threshold sound as coil gets close to the ground. A perfect ground balance is achieved when threshold does not change while bobbing the coil briskly towards the ground. Once ground balanced select DISC on the toggle switch to the right of the meter.
...SUPER TUNING the Toltec 100 is accomplished by increasing TUNING volume after ground balancing, hence the reason for a little mark on the dial (sliver of tape) it will ad another inch or two of target depth. A word of caution if you want to use all-metal after SUPER TUNING simply return TUNING dial back to the little mark or it will hurt your ears and all- metal is useless at a higher setting. Hope this clears it up somewhat.
...I have the Toltec 100, mine is deep with the Troy X-2 S9 coil, the meter is very accurate but it is a top heavy beast that likes to fall over on it's side when set down. The TUNING is the Threshold volume that you set at a just audible setting when in the all-metal mode, I made a little mark on the dial face for that setting (sliver of tape). Here is how I set mine up, the DISC MODE...set to NORMAL,.... SENSITIVITY....set to 8....DISC. LEVEL...set to MIN....on the top of the unit there is a toggle switch, you have a choice of NORM TUNE or AUTO TUNE...select AUTO TUNE, now look at the toggle switch next to the meter on the right side, select ALL METAL ... next adjust TUNING to a just audible volume....now bob the coil from about 8" to within 1" of a metal free piece of ground, what is the threshold doing? If it goes silent turn GROUND ADJUST clockwise a little at a time until it sounds like no change in volume, likewise if the threshold volume increases, turn GROUND ADJUST counterclockwise a little at a time to get an steady threshold sound as coil gets close to the ground. A perfect ground balance is achieved when threshold does not change while bobbing the coil briskly towards the ground. Once ground balanced select DISC on the toggle switch to the right of the meter.
...SUPER TUNING the Toltec 100 is accomplished by increasing TUNING volume after ground balancing, hence the reason for a little mark on the dial (sliver of tape) it will ad another inch or two of target depth. A word of caution if you want to use all-metal after SUPER TUNING simply return TUNING dial back to the little mark or it will hurt your ears and all- metal is useless at a higher setting. Hope this clears it up somewhat.
It does indeed. Thank you very much for the explanation. This thing is mint and was checked over by Tesoro and everything is all good. What wad the standard coil that came on it? This one has the 7" or 8" concentric, the solid white one..not sure if that is the original stock coil.
The Dark said:
The Toltec 100 is a very decent detector with fully adjustable tuning controls, mine is very deep because I set it up right, yours should be the same once you have a handle on it's operation. It should have the 8½" solid concentric coil if original, for trash situations the 7" or 5.75 concentric coil is tops. GL & HH
kansa54 said:
Hi Clint
My knees with any detector let me down first from getting up and down digging, the weight of the Toltec doesn't bother me if the lower pole is adjusted where the coil is just in front of my feet. I'll bring it up to to your neck of the woods and show it to you, if I get an invite to hunt.
Randy
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Toltec 100 is one of my favorite Tesoro of all time,10 tern GB ,notch and a accurate meter.they make a hip mount for it but may be hard to find one.
I do not know why Tesoro went with a single turn gb and no notch on the Toltec 2,then put the notch back on the Cortés and made gb only work in all metal
PS
I wish I could get my old Toltec 100 back I loaned it to a friend he passed away,and his family does not have a clue what happened to it
I do not know why Tesoro went with a single turn gb and no notch on the Toltec 2,then put the notch back on the Cortés and made gb only work in all metal
PS
I wish I could get my old Toltec 100 back I loaned it to a friend he passed away,and his family does not have a clue what happened to it