Tesoro Umax Bandito

[Welgund]

Hi all,

I picked up one of these that is in mint condition I don't think it's ever been used. Beautiful condition. Can anyone tell me about this unit?

 

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[Sandman]

This should help. https://new.losttreasure.com/Home/FieldTestDetail/6137

 

[tabman]

This should help. https://new.losttreasure.com/Home/FieldTestDetail/6137

Most any Tesoro in the right hands and at a good location is going to produce some super nice finds. What amazing me is how Tesoro is able to put so much power into such a small µMax package.

The Bandido II µMax is favored over its predecessor the Bandido µMax, because it has an exterior threshold control knob and is a little deeper, so they say.

tabman

 

[Welgund]

Well it probably won't out perform my vaquero or cibola but probably look pretty nice mounted on the wall.lol. own 5 tesoro's now outside my deus and at pro and sure live them and hunt often with all them. Would like to get my cibola modded like yours tab if I find someone to do it. How did the mod turn out on your compadre?

 

[tabman]

Well it probably won't out perform my vaquero or cibola but probably look pretty nice mounted on the wall.lol. own 5 tesoro's now outside my deus and at pro and sure live them and hunt often with all them. Would like to get my cibola modded like yours tab if I find someone to do it. How did the mod turn out on your compadre?

The Compadre mod turned out nicely. It probably won't get much use, because the Vaquero and Cibola perform so well at the places that I usually detect.

I really need to put more time in with my Tejon and learn how best to use it. The Tejon isn't anything like the Vaquero, Cibola or most other Tesoro detectors. It has a different language. It's a little hotter on gold jewelry and I'm thinking about hooking it up to my newly acquired CleanSweep coil and hit some sports fields.

Also along the way I like trying other brands to make sure that I'm swinging the very best detector for the task that's available. It' hard not to love a Tesoro once you learn how to use one.

'Mastering the Tesoro Tejon and Vaquero' Kindle Book is the best $10 dollars that I've ever spent. The book does a great job explaining in detail how to use both detectors and along the way explains why digital readout screens fall short. It's a great read even if you don't own a Tesoro.

Right now I'm ground because of the dry soil conditions and extreme heat. So presently I'm spending my time researching and looking for new places to detect. Finding good locations to detect is really important.

tabman

 

[Welgund]

Yeah I'm lucky I have old mining sites and homesteads around the mountains around me so I get to hunt through the summer. My friend uses the tejon he does alright with it but my vaquero tends to smoke him most trips. I would say on a 6 to 8 hour hunt I spend half the time with the deus and half with the vaquero.

 

[Hobojo]

There has to be a tone mod for Vaq, its such a deep machine but I just cant stand the quack, quack. I guess it lives up to its name Vquack , Vquack.

 

[Welgund]

The high tone vaquero is a lot better I assume than the low tine. If the low tone is like my cibola than I see what you mean by the quack sound. I used the tejon for a little while but it didn't seem to perform as good for me as my vaq. Might be just me but seemed every time I would go back to the car and get my vaq I would start pulling the good stuff. I love my tesoros but I don't ever regret graduating to deusland. Only detector I have ever used that outperformed my tesoros

 

[Welgund]

I got the Bandito today. All I can say is wow, they must have found it in some grandpa's closet never used because this thing looks brand new. I fired it up and tested it against the compadre with the same size 8 inch donut coil. It was about 1 1/2 inches deeper than the compadre on air test and seemed to separate the same on Montes nail board test. Not going to replace my vaquero but very pleased with the look and quality of this old beautiful tesoro!

 

[tabman]

I got the Bandito today. All I can say is wow, they must have found it in some grandpa's closet never used because this thing looks brand new. I fired it up and tested it against the compadre with the same size 8 inch donut coil. It was about 1 1/2 inches deeper than the compadre on air test and seemed to separate the same on Montes nail board test. Not going to replace my vaquero but very pleased with the look and quality of this old beautiful tesoro!

That's good news! What kind of headphones are you using?

tabman

 

[Welgund]

I use kill b wasps tab. I really like the sounds of them with my tesoros. Right now I am using a pair of earbuds with them though cause it's to hot to wear the wasps. Hopefully it cools off soon.

 

[tabman]

I use kill b wasps tab. I really like the sounds of them with my tesoros. Right now I am using a pair of earbuds with them though cause it's to hot to wear the wasps. Hopefully it cools off soon.

The same ones that I use. I can't get along without them. They're the best that I've ever used with my Tesoro detectors.

When I first got my Vaquero, I didn't like it at all, because the audio was too bass sounding, but the Killer B Wasp Headphones changed all that. Now the Vaquero sounds like sweet music to my ears.

I can easily hear the roundness of a coin and the sharp edge of big iron.

The only time that I get fooled by big iron is when I get in to a big hurry and not listening to what the Vaquero is telling me.

tabman

 

[luvsdux]

I'm surprised no one has mentioned the "high tone" change over for the Vaq. $15 when I had it done.
luvsdux

 

[CaptEsteban]

There has to be a tone mod for Vaq, its such a deep machine but I just cant stand the quack, quack. I guess it lives up to its name Vquack , Vquack.

I am hard of hearing & have trouble with certain tones of some detectors. I have used one of these to change that tone. This may help you , too.

Buy Koss 3-band Equalizer For $18.99 | loudvibes.com

 

[DirtToad]

I got the Bandido II original this summer and like it really well. I think the coil may not be working properly (shorting) since it randomly chatters especially in dense grass after about ten or so minutes here lately. I reground balance and all with no luck. Sometimes it takes an hour or two before it starts sometimes right after I start. I'm looking at the new 11x8 rsd coil. Y'all think it will breathe new life into this old fella? Or maybe a 7-8" widescan.