Your two favourite Tesoros

[JaWi.]

Had several but would say the Golden Sabre 2 and the Silver Umax. I'm mainly a coin hunter. Got a Outlaw on the way.

 

[oneguy]

Golden Sabre II...... What can I say? I bought it new 20+ yrs ago and it's the only machine I've ever owned or used. Can't compare it to anything but it has served me well and still finds the coins......

 

[wltdwiz]

golden umax & compadre

 

[John (Ma)]

Upnorth, The Tejon has been called an animal by several different people. It is an amazing detector when the language is learned. Many people do not give it a fair chance as all the hype are on high end detectors, multi tone, id screens, etc. Once you start getting the hang of it, it is quite simple to use and very effective, especially with relics as it is designed. I had one a few years back and it was the only detector I have ever regretted selling. I had to have another one and within 20 minutes I had a nice 2cent coin that was around 10" deep.

 

[upnorth]

Upnorth, The Tejon has been called an animal by several different people. It is an amazing detector when the language is learned. Many people do not give it a fair chance as all the hype are on high end detectors, multi tone, id screens, etc. Once you start getting the hang of it, it is quite simple to use and very effective, especially with relics as it is designed. I had one a few years back and it was the only detector I have ever regretted selling. I had to have another one and within 20 minutes I had a nice 2cent coin that was around 10" deep.

I agree with you 100%. I went from a newby with an ACE 250 to the Tejon and I found it to be a little intimidating because of my detecting ignorance. Then I started to realize that the machine was light weight, pin pointed very accurately, and was getting serious depth. Not only that, but it would pick up on tiny objects also. I began to go full sens, zero descrim out in fields and pulled out amazing relics. Then I moved for a job opportunity to the south. The first thing that I did was research and I found a turn of the century fair location on the edge of town. It had been beaten hard by the locals for literally decades. To the point were the locals gave up on it. Being new to town and ignorant, I knew none of this. So I went out in the early fall with bone dry soil conditions and pulled out two large cents, a teens dime and silver five cent piece within a week. It wasn't that simple but close. I also pulled up swimming award pins, girl guides pins, a few brass diaper pins, an axe head etc. I will not even guess at the coin depth but they were seriously down there and the signals were just soft but solid repeatable whispers on the T. Then through research I found an old trail going further south that had high traffic at the tail end of the covered wagon era. I guesstimated how far ( I also asked farmers) a horse or ox wagon could go in one day, and were the nearest water was from there. Bingo, I found the first (stopping house) as they were called back then. So I hit that field with the T and for two years pulled out relics and silvers from the 1870's to the 20's. But that field is also polluted in some spots with a LOT of various iron, brass and tin garbage, tractor spread through the years. So last winter I grabbed an AT Pro for tone differentiation in the really dirty patches of that field. It worked very well actually. Maybe someone better skilled than myself could go through that field with the T, but for myself, I felt that there are times and places for certain machines were they shine. I am a hard core believer in the Tejon and will still use it in a general application when I feel like it. But it did best for me in the rich black loam a little further north. I am down in clayish and more mineralized soil now. The T was still performing but maybe not as amazingly as further up north. I also wanted to swing a multi tone for a while because I really do like them from my ACE start. I see old posts, one in particular from a fellow named Monte who seems highly knowledgeable, and they puzzle me. He said, I believe, that his Compadre came within an inch of depth of his three Tejons. Well in my experience the Compadre must be an amazing machine because MY tejon goes deep. The funny part of this hobby and a possible source of conflict at times is machine performance\ our own experiences\soil conditions etc. I for one am a dyed in the wool believer of the Tejon because I've been there done that. I went two years hard core detecting with that machine only. I still do not feel that I have mastered it. I have limited experience in VCO mode. I feel that I get 80-85% out of the machines capabilities, it is still a bit better than me. I have zero desire to give the machine up and sometimes wonder why the Vaquero gets all the love. Well I can also say that I have relic hunted with my Tejon and was side by side with a guy that knew how to work his Vaq. very well. It IS a deep machine, no doubt about it. And at $150.00 less than the T. I can see the attraction. On the other hand I have yet to fully master the T and it is already a very serious relic machine with many additional features over the Vaq. I find it quite nice actually knowing that the Tejon still has more to give when I get the last nuances and tweak settings. I have never super tuned and barely know what that means. I am currently rocking an AT Pro and having great fun. This does not mean that I like the T. less, just that I feel that I'm currently using a machine for my local conditions at this time and place. Lately I have been thinking about the old fair grounds again and when I pick the T. up I remember how light it is all over again...............