What do you like best about Your Tesoro...?

[Wraytex]

I started with a silver umax and detected several places in central Texas and found plenty of silver coins And for some reason lots of Mexican coins. I went and ordered an AT pro and used it for about a year. With it I found some deep ww2 coins from Germany and the vichi government at our place in Gonzales. For some reason I just liked the knobs and infinite adjustment I think I get from a true analog setup. Not to mention the at pro's language wasn't as pleasant as the silver's. I sold the at pro intending to buy a vaquero but came across a good deal on an excellent condition eldorado umax and bought it instead. It wasn't as deep as I'd hoped but the thing sure is predictable and stable running. I gave my silver to my dad and purchased a used Tejon this year and I am just getting acclimated to running it. Setting the ground balance is a bit different that that of the Eldorado. The one thing common to all three is the repeatability of targets, where the at pro sounded like a rooster in a cockfight wth multiple tones coming from the same target, the Tesoros just seem to give a better audio response. I'm not trying to belittle the AT pro, which is one heck of a detector, I just got comfy with the knobs and simplicity of setting up and operating the Tesoros.

 

[scannerguy1968]

Start out with the cons. (Vaquero)
#1 Hits coins too deep. Tiring digging that deep
#2 Has too fast of a recovery speed. End up spending quite a bit of time digging vs swinging
#3 Turn disc all the way up and you mainly get dimes, quarters and halves when coin shooting
#4 Stupid super tune. Have to turn two dials before you start hunting and know that you are going to have bend over quite a bit.
#5 Way too light, portable and low price. Too easy to just throw in the trunk or backseat, then grab it out when needed. Makes a person careless with it and forgets about it sometimes.
#6 One 9 volt battery. There's no way it could possibly do as good as it does with just this battery so why bother with it.
#7 Why would someone make a detector that can find a needle sized target out in the middle of nowhere. Such as 1 grain of Gold
#8 Names of some of the detecors are hard to pronounce sometimes
Pros
A lot of people don't realize it's potential. Leaving the cheap, reliable, deep and simple detector to those who own one to find the goodies.

 

[Charles (Sabre)(Tx)]

You're cruel...but way cool!

 

[hihosilver]

Start out with the cons. (Vaquero)
#1 Hits coins too deep. Tiring digging that deep
#2 Has too fast of a recovery speed. End up spending quite a bit of time digging vs swinging
#3 Turn disc all the way up and you mainly get dimes, quarters and halves when coin shooting
#4 Stupid super tune. Have to turn two dials before you start hunting and know that you are going to have bend over quite a bit.
#5 Way too light, portable and low price. Too easy to just throw in the trunk or backseat, then grab it out when needed. Makes a person careless with it and forgets about it sometimes.
#6 One 9 volt battery. There's no way it could possibly do as good as it does with just this battery so why bother with it.
#7 Why would someone make a detector that can find a needle sized target out in the middle of nowhere. Such as 1 grain of Gold
#8 Names of some of the detecors are hard to pronounce sometimes
Pros
A lot of people don't realize it's potential. Leaving the cheap, reliable, deep and simple detector to those who own one to find the goodies.

Now that's funny! True... But funny.

 

[Happy_Hour]

All you have to do is go to any ( AUCTION ) site or ( FORUM ) on this planet and it is flooded with Minelab, Garrett, Fisher and White's for sale....Now check the Tesoro Line....Very, Very few of them...What does that tell you mister.

 

[shaunem]

I own an outlaw and an AT Pro.

I have a clean sweep coil on my outlaw and use it a LOT on the sports fields. I never did like the DD coil, but then I am not searching old areas where the goods are DEEP. it is just really hard to set right, I found.

Now that clean sweep was finding 22 shell casings easily. A good solid beep. I have the feeling my AT Pro would miss it if I was swinging it as fast.

Just my two cents.

 

[amberjack]

AT what joke as it is an AT Pro is not on my hit list.

AJ

 

[upnorth]

It's deep and sensitive...............like me.