Why I own Tesoro

Hobojo

Sr. Member
Dec 9, 2013
344
275
South Orange County CA
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Compadre, Vaquero, Outlaw ,Cibola, Sand Shark,
Minelab Xterra 705, Minelab Safari.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting

Snap on Man

Full Member
Apr 15, 2012
124
156
Tupelo, Ms
Detector(s) used
Fisher F5- Teknetics T 2 Classic w NEL Sharpshooter coil - Whites TRX pinpointer
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
I thought maybe it was because you needed at least one thing in the house that goes DEEP!!
 

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eyemustdigtreasure

Silver Member
Mar 2, 2013
3,601
5,581
California
Detector(s) used
Fisher Gold Bug Pro
Tesoro Cibola
Nokta Pointer; Phillips SHS5200 phones
Nokta Macro SIMPLEX +
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
My favored detector is a Cibola - It doesn't like telling me it has found junk, more than once...!
Great discriminator, light weight, goes deep, tough, no-nonsense machine...! :thumbsup:
Now, awaiting news on the NEW machine....(really?)
 

Terry Soloman

Gold Member
May 28, 2010
19,420
30,084
White Plains, New York
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I love my Tesoro's because they find treasure. Here are a couple of examples..





 

jld66

Sr. Member
Oct 28, 2014
250
234
Maine
Detector(s) used
Vaquero with 8x11, 8x9, 5.75 concentric coils.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
because what they have out work well. i like the detectors. just not the companies management.
 

Honest Samuel

Banned
Sep 23, 2015
8,814
4,969
Connecticut
Detector(s) used
Minelab
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
My favored detector is a Cibola - It doesn't like telling me it has found junk, more than once...!
Great discriminator, light weight, goes deep, tough, no-nonsense machine...! :thumbsup:
Now, awaiting news on the NEW machine....(really?)
So, are most Tesoro's users, including myself.
 

peeboo

Jr. Member
Oct 5, 2015
78
69
Southeast GA
Detector(s) used
Tesoro silver umax and fisher f44
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Secret handshake? Dang it. I didn't finish reading the manual.
 

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Hobojo

Hobojo

Sr. Member
Dec 9, 2013
344
275
South Orange County CA
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Compadre, Vaquero, Outlaw ,Cibola, Sand Shark,
Minelab Xterra 705, Minelab Safari.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
They'er alot like Lays potato chips , you can't eat just one. Peeboo you can't have just one. Once you have two or more then you can send away for your secret handshake decoder ring. Or better yet find one at your local tot lot.
HH.
 

Terry Soloman

Gold Member
May 28, 2010
19,420
30,084
White Plains, New York
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting

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peeboo

Jr. Member
Oct 5, 2015
78
69
Southeast GA
Detector(s) used
Tesoro silver umax and fisher f44
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
Lol awesome. But no handshake for the silver? [emoji58]
That's funny though.
 

Crappies-n-Coins

Bronze Member
Nov 25, 2015
1,154
810
N/W MS
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Vaquero, DeLeon, Cibola(s), Compadre, Fisher 1265x, Garrett II PinPointer
Primary Interest:
Other
I use 'em because they're Quagmire approved.

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tabman

Bronze Member
Jul 5, 2011
2,306
7,241
Germantown, Tennessee
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Presently: CTX 3030, Tesoro Modded Cibola, F75LTD-2, XP Deus, Tesoro Mojave, MXT Pro, Tesoro Eldorado, Whites MXT All Pro, Minelab Equinox, Fisher CZ5 & CZ3D
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
I like having a bunch of different Tesoro detectors to change things up.

I had a delightful day out with my Tesoro Golden µMax (new tone version). I thought I'd get the new year started off with a detector that I've not used in awhile. I found around 40 pieces of clad, a bunch of nickels, 12 wheat pennies and a couple of Rosie dimes (1962, 1964). Both silver dimes were found in the grassy area between the curb and side walk at homes that were built in the late forties and early fifties. My Golden µMax will give a clear high tone ID on a dime at 8+ inches using the 8 inch doughnut coil. The trick to getting great depth is using minimum discrimination and not using the notch feature. Just listen to the audio tones. Nickels have a distinct gobble/mid-upper audio tone when the notch width control knob is set properly and the notch width switch is left in the off position. Great detector!

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tabman

Bronze Member
Jul 5, 2011
2,306
7,241
Germantown, Tennessee
🥇 Banner finds
2
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Presently: CTX 3030, Tesoro Modded Cibola, F75LTD-2, XP Deus, Tesoro Mojave, MXT Pro, Tesoro Eldorado, Whites MXT All Pro, Minelab Equinox, Fisher CZ5 & CZ3D
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Here's a picture of my pretty Golden µMax in action today:

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bill from lachine

Gold Member
Oct 30, 2011
22,616
88,899
Quebec
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Folks,

I have to admit I'm somewhat biased but yeah my boring Tesoro DeLeon is my go to machine....it ain't the deepest, fanciest, etc...but it gets the job done.

Regards + HH

Bill
 

KennyD

Full Member
Apr 25, 2013
201
119
Belleville, MI
Detector(s) used
Whites VX3, Tesoro Vaquero, Silver uMax
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Why do I own Tesoro's?
Because while I do like my high-end Whites VX3, sometimes the information overload causes me to talk myself out of digging what could be a good target. The discrimination of my Tesoros is so trust worthy that if they say dig it... I dig. And they are usually spot on.
 

Terry Soloman

Gold Member
May 28, 2010
19,420
30,084
White Plains, New York
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Loving my Metal Detectors!
 

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kebo (scnative)

Jr. Member
Mar 7, 2015
65
56
Lexington, SC
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Vaquero; Tesoro Conquistador uMax; Teknetics Omega 8000, Makro Racer
Primary Interest:
Other
New Tesoro detector ??

Because they make me feel so dirty.
They are the everymans detector.
Chicks dig em.
The secert hand shake.
And because they are gonna make a new one in 2016.

Any information on this new detector? Is it gonna be a much more "hi tech" detector like the Deus and others?? I've long thought that even though the Tesoro lineup of detectors are solid, dependable, and lightweight machines, they are "old school" and have been missing out on sales to other companies with the newer and far more hi tech machines like the Deus XP, the Racer, F75, and some other brands. I will be interested to see what kind of machine it will be, and if they are willing to really "push the envelope", or if it will be a "do over" of one of the existing machines with one or two new features.
 

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Hobojo

Hobojo

Sr. Member
Dec 9, 2013
344
275
South Orange County CA
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Compadre, Vaquero, Outlaw ,Cibola, Sand Shark,
Minelab Xterra 705, Minelab Safari.
Primary Interest:
All Treasure Hunting
um yeah its kind of something , um we dont talk about , um we a, well ever since the , oh never mind. Lets just say its been a difficult subject for us Tesoro die hards. So shhhh don't mention it , the Cazador.
But the good news is we are currently working on the seceret handshake for it. We might include a white sequined glove in the handshake.
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Love that coil on your Vaq Terry, hows it working out? Is it deeper that the stock one?
 

Terry Soloman

Gold Member
May 28, 2010
19,420
30,084
White Plains, New York
🥇 Banner finds
1
🏆 Honorable Mentions:
1
Detector(s) used
Nokta Makro Legend// Pulsedive// Minelab GPZ 7000// Vanquish 540// Minelab Pro Find 35// Dune Kraken Sandscoop// Grave Digger Tools Tombstone shovel & Sidekick digger// Bunk's Hermit Pick
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting

wheatymike

Jr. Member
Dec 31, 2011
68
37
Arkansas
Detector(s) used
Tesoro Golden Sabre Plus, Compadre. Deleon.
Primary Interest:
Metal Detecting
Knobs and switches man!!! That's what it's about!! I just can't get on board wit this new tech. These kids today with there smart phones and screens and minus. I can see the day when a detector will be just like a smart phone. You just buy an app for any model machine the company offers and download it to your detector. You could have multi machines on one unit. Me I will just show up with my old school Tesoro with the knobs and switches and be a novelty to them. They will think I just stepped out of the 70's. Heck I may even grow my sideburns out and buy some polyester to wear when I go tectin. Some big o'l chrome cop sun glasses and a trucker hat....yeah that's the ticket.
 

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