Vaquero and Eldorado u-max

[Gary Of South Jersey]

will these get the same depth? if not about what is the diffrence are we talking like an inch?

 

[Anonymous]

Best Tesoro ever
It is more stable than a Tejon and gets the same depth.

If you don't have a Tejon and want a new Tesoro i would buy a Vaquero.I just like the fact that it's more stable, uses just 1 9 volt battery, has frequency shift and gets the same depth than the more expensive Tejon.
But some may still like the Tejon better since it has a Slow Auto-Tune All Metal AND a FAST Auto-Tune All Metal Mode; Dual Disc and longer Battery life.
I didn't like the battery doors on the Tejon.They gave me the feeling that i have to send the detector in for repair after a few battery changes.Otherwise the performance of the Tejon i had was great.
The Tejon and the Vaquero/Cibola aren't much more deeper than an Eldorado on higher conductive targets like dimes and pennys (About 1 inch).But they will go much deeper (about 4 inch) than an Eldorado on low conductive targets like nickels and goldrings.
For now i think the power vs price of a Vaquero/Cibola is hard to beat.

I didn't super tune sweet spot test, i did it the way the airtest is described in the manual.I think 13 inch on a nickel and about 10 on a dime is great.
I believe you can get more out of that detector by super tune sweet spot airtesting but i didn't do it to compare it to other
Tesoros under same air test conditions.

Did some more air testing today with the 5.75 coil.
Disc was between iron and 5c, sens at max.

Dime 9 inch , Nickel 12 inch with a 5.75 coil !!!!!!!!!

That's what my Eldorado gets with its 9x8 standard coil.
I am glad i bought that coil with my Vaquero.
I am impressed.There is no detector in the price range that can beat that new Tesoro.This is the detector i wanted, thanks Tesoro.

HH,
Andy

I know some guys will disagree that the Vaquero gets the same depth like the Tejon. But i had three Tejons and in Disc mode set to reject iron and sensitivity at 10 not one of the Tejons did better than the Vaquero i have.

 

[rentasquid]

Did you find that you were getting the depth that the Mayor and others were getting with their cibola/vaqueros?

J.

 

[Anonymous]

I don`t exactly recall what depth the mayor and others got.
I think they had numbers way higher than mine. But they did some "sweet spot super tunig" and i did NOT. I set the detector up for airtest like tesoro describes it in the manual.
The Tejon is not a worse detector than the Vaquero but the Vaquero offers for SOME guys all they may ever need. Why spend more money for stuff you don`t need ?
HH,
Andy

 

[Gary Of South Jersey]

gonna go for the Vaquero. thank you so much for the helpful info.

 

[Monte]

that the Eldorado is a discontinued model. Whit;e you will be able to find a few that are still "new-in-the-box" for a good price, there are many, many more used Tesoro's that are "as new" and their lower price can be very appealing. Some of the $$$ saved can go toward an accessory coil or two.

You asked if these two models might get the same depth, and that is really a very tough call. I consider the feature difference as well,as performance difference between detectors. With these two, the Vaquero operates at the higher frequency, has a momentary push-button Pinpoint mode, and a broad range discrimination control. The Eldorado