vaquero or cibola

[teresa056]

I know I have yet to get the hang of using my Compadre but in the spring I may be coming into some money and am looking to get either a Cibola or Vaquero. Which one is better? I know the Vaq has manual ground balance. But other than that is there a difference?

 

[dirt doctor]

I know I have yet to get the hang of using my Compadre but in the spring I may be coming into some money and am looking to get either a Cibola or Vaquero. Which one is better? I know the Vaq has manual ground balance. But other than that is there a difference?

I've never owned a Cibola so I'm not qualified to answer if that is the only difference . I do know that in my varying soil conditions an adjustable ground balance makes a big difference . The Vaquero is very easy to get a good ground balance on .

 

[kaolinwasher]

I have used the cibola if I remember right , it does not have an all metal like the VAQ the ground balance is a big plus i would recommend it over the cibola I had some trouble in my ground with the cibola but I liked it , liked the coil very good machine , in the end i wanted something with a ground balance, from the videos i have seen the vaq is not to badd on high conductors, I just traded for a vaq so in time I can say more if your ground is mild go with the cibola but it sure is nice to have an all metal and a ground balance. it makes a difference , you could put a ground balance on the cibola but then your warranty is gone .

 

[dirtdigger1]

The cibola has a all metal mode,. i have had one for several years but spend the extra and get ground balance . i have had good luck with the cibola in spots but my ground has lots of granite and quartz rock, i would get the vaquero if i had it to do again.

 

[digginLa]

I have the Cibola and it does very well in the soil conditions that I have here in La. I use it with both the stock coil and the 5.75 when I get in a really trashy area or around fences and play ground equipment. I've found metal objects with the stock coil that were darn near impossible to find without my pinpointer. Just a thought and the reason I went with the Cibola over the Vaquero is that if I was off on my ground balancing then I'd be worse off than having a fixed gb all the time, which is why my other two machines both have a auto gb feature Hope this helps.

 

[BarberBill]

IMHO if a person is going to have only one detector it should have either true auto ground tracking or manually adjustable ground balance for the areas that it's needed.
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[tabman]

IMHO if a person is going to have only one detector it should have either true auto ground tracking or manually adjustable ground balance for the areas that it's needed.
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Words of wisdom. It's nice to know that your detector can handle any ground, no matter where you travel to detect with it.

tabman

 

[Rainyday101]

For my mild soil the Cibola would work really well. My area is mild and consistent. For example when I ground balance my Tiger Shark from one park to the next, I hardly ever have to touch the ground balance, and if I do it is very little. The answer to your question depends on the type of ground you have. You can do a ground balance mod to the Vaquero and rumor has it that with mod done it is deeper than the Vaq. They are not identical detectors, I have read that the Cibola has a different program chip in it and that disc acts slightly different thatn the Vaq.

 

[dirtdigger1]

I heard they were exactly the same except for the ground balance on the vaquero is manual, the deepest i have found anything was 2 brass rifle cassing at about 9 inches with the cibola.

 

[Rainyday101]

Nope the chips are different. Sven can verify this. They are supposed to act a little different in discrimination.

 

[dirtdigger1]

I am no expert ,just going by what others say. but the cibola is a good unit. i really like the weight of it but if i was doing it over i would get vaq. I have dug alot of holes that i couldn't find nothing but it would still ring out.