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Which Tesoro should I get?

I have been detecting for 15 years and mostly coin shoot. Yards, schools, fields, woods, and on occasion I hit the beach. I am military and have moved to several different states in the years. Anyway I currently use a Minelab Explorer II. I want a Tesoro for the lightweight. SO please help me pick one. Here is a list of things I would like in the detector to aid your suggestion.
1. Under 3 pounds (prefer one at the 2.2 mark)
2. multi-tone (but not totally needed if good discrim)
3. I want it to go deep. Not 6 inch on a dime but 9.
4. various coil size option

That is all i can think of right now. Thank you for any help. P.S. cost is not a factor
 
Heres some options...TeJon and Vacquero will get you the depth.

Notch units old or new will work well in local parks.

Last but not least can both of them for what you spent on the Explorer series....
 
kingingkunsan said:
I have been detecting for 15 years and mostly coin shoot. Yards, schools, fields, woods, and on occasion I hit the beach. I am military and have moved to several different states in the years. Anyway I currently use a Minelab Explorer II. I want a Tesoro for the lightweight. SO please help me pick one. Here is a list of things I would like in the detector to aid your suggestion.
1. Under 3 pounds (prefer one at the 2.2 mark)
2. multi-tone (but not totally needed if good discrim)
3. I want it to go deep. Not 6 inch on a dime but 9.
4. various coil size option

That is all i can think of right now. Thank you for any help. P.S. cost is not a factor

I have tested the Tejon to 8" on an Indian Head penny in my brothers test garden with the stock 9x8 coil. I could hit it also with the little 5.75 but was vary weak and I don't think I would have hit it if I hadn't known it was there. I only have 2 coins in my new test garden a penny and nickel both at 7" and the little 5.75 hits both with no problem. My other high dollar detector has yet to detect either coin, even with a 11"DD coil.

The Tejon is the only Tesoro I have ever used and I think it is a pretty good machine.

Ron in WV
 
Since you prefer the 2.2lb mark.It looks like the vaquero.No tones though.But it is a deep seeker with no extras.Really great for old coin hunting.Lots of coils to choose from.Also aftermarket coils available.Runs on one 9volt battery.I am really fond of this detector.I had two different ones.A low tone and a high tone.You have to choose,or you will probably get the low tone.I really like the tejon but goes over your weight limit.The tejon has two disc circuits that can be switched with your trigger finger.This toggle can go to alternate disc,and all metal with the touch of a finger.The tone on the tejon can be changed to your liking with the tone control.It also has a vco mode.Here is a pic of a 1702 colonial coin i found last year with the vaquero simply hunting in a wooded area of South Carolina.Let me crop the darn pic and i will send it. :-V
 
I hit a 7" dime with an 8" coil on a Golden umax. It wasn't exactly solid, but I dug it. If you were to toss on a larger concentric coil like the 12" x 10", I don't see why you could not get 9" or very close to that on dime sized targets. You'll get your tones, so you can run it wide-open for max depth while electing to use the audio to discriminate (or not).

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If i didn't have a sandshark on layaway,i would have already got the 12x10 concentric.I really like the golden.I dug a deep 1919 wheat yesterday on a short hunt,a block from my apartment.Did not hit hard, but i knew it was there because i got a small faint hi-tone.If the monsoon rain storms would stop,i plan to start hunting a little,even if it is a block from the house.I got to get out :-!
 
SpiritRelic said:
If i didn't have a sandshark on layaway,i would have already got the 12x10 concentric.I really like the golden.I dug a deep 1919 wheat yesterday on a short hunt,a block from my apartment.Did not hit hard, but i knew it was there because i got a small faint hi-tone.If the monsoon rain storms would stop,i plan to start hunting a little,even if it is a block from the house.I got to get out :-!

Being able to run the Golden at minimal discrimination while getting a fair audio target ID is really nice since less discrimination equals more depth.

I have a ton of coils - I hadn't planned on getting a 12x10" concentric, but hey, I am only a few coils from having the complete collection.

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That sure makes it harder, dont it. You might as well buy all of them and have fun....KEN
 
In my point of view,The tejon and the vaquero are the best in the Tesoro line at this time.These two detectors are the deepest there is.The tejon has added features and runs at a high 17Hz freq.Good luck to you. :-D
 
I am surprized no one mentioned the Tesoro Outlaw , i wanted to hear a little bout it. That one also i heard was a good one w/ the three coils . can't beat it.
 
It is a great umax detector! I was just talking in my point of view.Nothing wrong with the Outlaw.The Outlaw is the only umax detector that has a manual ground balance for the all metal and disc mode.Which to me makes it the best umax available. o_O
 
I was just wondering also , cause i am looking to get a Tesoro and wanted to hear what you all had to say about the diff. ones
 
SpiritRelic said:
In my point of view,The tejon and the vaquero are the best in the Tesoro line at this time.These two detectors are the deepest there is.The tejon has added features and runs at a high 17Hz freq.Good luck to you. :-D

SpiritRelic I think you are right on target. Seems to me that the Tejon gets a bad rap when some say it is just a relic machine, if you go to the Tesoro web site and look it up you will see it is for coins and relics. I would suggest to anybody looking to get a Tesoro, go to their web site and read through the write up for each machine. When I was looking I printed them out and started making notes to figure out which one was best for me. For me it came down to the manual ground balance and that trigger stile toggle switch. I think I got the right one the fist time.

Link to Tesoro's web site http://www.tesoro.com/service/repair/


Ron in WV
 
King...... - I am fairly new to the hobby, but here is my two cents worth. I have a new Tejon, and it really hits deep. I dug a screw cap (not the smallest thing to find, though) at fourteen inches. And it was strong. I have found 22 caliber casings at 7 - 8 inches, etc. The Tejon can be a bit flaky and unstable, but I believe it to be mostly because of my inexperience. I believe the HOT circuitry causes some too, but there again, you have to learn your machine. The dual discs, variable tone, and the other features make the Tejon a great MD.
 
I get so much info from the tejon.Because of the high freq of the detector,i can clearly tell the difference in the way a coin hits compared to a lot of trash.You get such a nice smooth tone on a coin,not raspy like low conductors.This tejon is for me.This is my perfect detector.I have messed with detectors sense i was 11 years old in the early 70's.Have used two minelabs,sold them.The tejon is the bomb period.You can just tell you got a deep coin because of the modulated tone.The signal has a great fade to it after a certain depth.This is what you want to tell what and how deep.The tejon is a awesome coin detector and relic detector. :-D
 
In the past almost all companies say Lower frequency is better for coin hunting. In fact Lower hits Silver better.. Has something changed ??
 
Elton said:
In the past almost all companies say Lower frequency is better for coin hunting. In fact Lower hits Silver better.. Has something changed ??
Yes you are right.But i was trying to express the way the high freq on the tejon actually helps me on high conductors.With the tejon being the hot detector it is with with exceptional depth,i can really hear the deep high conductors so easy because of the low smooth faded type signal were all low conductor targets sound raspy.Did i confuse you or someone else?hear let me try again.Yes the tejon is high freq,so the high freq smooths way way down on a hit with deep silver.So i can just tell right away that it is at least a good high conductor target.I tried to explain it.:O
 
SpiritRelic has bought in an interesting point to the discussion of frequency.

What SpiritRelic is describing (as far as I'm concerned) is knowing the intricacies of your own detector. He has found a way to exploit the idea that higher frequencies hit differently on higher conductive coins.

Here's what I have found with mine:
I can tell you that with my Golden, I too have started to understand what a deep signal is all about. The Golden being 10Khz, has it's own characteristics on what a deep silver sounds like. It does hit hard on coins within 5 inches, maybe 6" on larger coins (especially copper) and often it's hard to tell the difference on whether a coin is 2" or 5", it just hits hard. It's those 7+ inch coins that then signal faint. I am learning to recognise these faint signals.

The theory is that silver is best gotten with the 2.5 frequency range, give or take. All Tesoros go higher than that, with the Tejon one of the highest in the Tesoro range, at 17Khz. The V3i is the only detector that I have heard of where you can dedicate the entire performance on the 2.5Khz. I would like to see a V3i with a big coil compared to most Tesoros with a big coil, lets see which goes deeper.
 
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