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Vaquero...my impression...(long)

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You probably saw my posts on the Garrett,Whites,Tesoro and classifieds forum. I have used them all.i don't go by brand, i go by performance.If a detector has weaknesses i name them.
Now what is for real with the Vaquero !?
It is more stable than a Tejon and gets the same depth.
I don't believe reports that the Vaquero or Cibola is 2 inches or more deeper than a Tejon.
You may get lucky and get a hot Vaquero or Cibola that can be deeper than a cold Tejon and the other way around.
I think if you have a Tejon, that air tests a nickel at 13 inch or better there is no need to buy the Vaquero or Cibola.
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 to 2 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.
What i posted here is no hype and i have no connections to tesoro in any way.
I aitested my second Vaquero i bought from Scott,ME and got the same results that i got with my first Vaquero.
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 10 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
 
notice there is a sweep speed that works best for the deep targets? Somewhat forgiving but it can be swept too fast if you're not careful. At least that's what I'm seeing. Just curious if you saw that too?
 
I actually am glad to see the one you bought from me is the same as your first one.
I also like that small coil too...I wish they would make one for the regular umax series.
Nice post...I saw the same thing here...same depth as the tejons I had...although in my soil I loose more depth than some other areas......but not like this northern Va. soil I have been hunting in this weekend....arghhh...have not seen soil like this since I was gold prospecting in Az.
Scott
 
Yes sweep speed is important.I tried different speeds until i got the best result.
The depth is really outstanding for the money.
HH,
Andy
 
Do you or anyone else know why this detector only runs on 1 9v battery, while the Tejon takes the 8AA's?
Just Curious,
J.
 
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