Vaquero acting up.

[hatpin]

Looks like Ill send my unit in for repair this winter.Here is whats happening. I hit an object, lets say a pull tab. I thumb it up until the signal disappears. When I thumb it back down the signal does not come back unless I thumb it most of the way down or hit the pinpoint button. I know this is not right. It didnt use to do it.
At first I thought it was the new 5.75 inch coil but when I put the stock coil back on it continued. Have any of you had the same problem ?

 

[jld66]

i bought mine back in april, new. i notice on mine when you thumb up the disc until signal disappears. i have to turn it back a bit lower to get it back before the spot where i lost it. say, i loose the signal right at the pull tab mark. i cant turn it back a hair and get the breaking up signal again. i have to go back, like to the 5 cent mark. get it back to solid tone, then turn up disc again to see where it broke up at. like the disc has to be turning up to get the exact spot where you loose it. does not seem to break up in the same spot when while turning the disc down. i just thought this was normal since thats how it has been since i got it. thats is with the stock 9x8 coil.

 

[Sven]

Just guessing as i don't have a Tesoro currently to check.....
Since it is a motion machine, it may be in retune mode during thumbing over the target.
Try thumbing down with the coil away from the target, then swing back across.

 

[hatpin]

Ill try that Sven.

 

[tabman]

Mine is spot on both ways on discriminating out a nickel.

tabman

 

[hatpin]

I tried what Sven says and it did not work. Its also not discriminating very well. Some beaver tails make a signal with the disc maxed out. It didnt use to be this way. For some reason it has become unstable.

 

[square_nail]

You may have already checked this, but make sure the set screw isn't loose on the disc knob.