silver u max....really???

[caratunk]

hello everyone.. well im from northern maine. and our weather has been bug ridden and wet;[;[; i currently own a whites coinmaster and HAD big plans for it this yr.... yeah ..NO.not yet cant even mow and your eaten alive and swallow half the swarm;[;[ anyways... i went yrd saleing today...and it being sunday everyone is either away or in church...but i found 1;];];] they were ready to close down when i showed up...around 3ish..i walked around and found a few things and asked about the prices.. and grabbed them up .. well the wind was getting strong and was blowing some stuff down.. so as i was trying to help put stuff back ... under a table was a little gold and brown detector.. with the name tesoro...i asked them if it was in the sale and they said it didnt work .. it was in the junk pile...i asked if i could have it and how much.. they said just take it ..it doesnt work,,so before they changed their minds i pd for the stuff and hightailed it for home;];];]now i only "heard" of tesoro at a few whites forums..never paid attention..so i washed it down and pulled the old battery scuffed up the connectors and loaded up a new battery..i turned it on and IT BEEPED;];];] then it got dark and strted to rain... WHATS NEW;[;[;[more glorious weather for the blk flies to do more matting / hatching...and mosquites and soon no see ums;[;[;[ anyways....i literally spend 5 hrs gong through 51 pages on the tesoro forum and read every post that had to do with the "silver u max" aka its now 220 am ..as im writing this im FLOORED JAW DROPPING SHOCKED about the comments on this detector !! the performace and price for it!!!mine isnt even scratched!!it does have a coil cover which i need to remove and clean inside of.. and put back together..and it did not come with headphones...im excited as hell about this "broken, junked " detector;];];];] its my first non visual detector..hell i havent even been able to even get my coinmaster out yet;[;[;[;[ sorry this is long.. but i had to tell you all...thank you for this awesome forum;];];] id read more but im seeing dble now ..tired... been up since 9 yesterday morng lololol catch you all later im bed bound thank you;];];]chat later !!! caratunk

 

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[Terry Soloman]

You are in trouble now. Soon you'll be a member of the Tesoro cult.. err, I mean club!

 

[steve1357]

Silver umax is a good machine. Love mine. Holler when you get ready to check it out, do a few air tests. Probably nothing wrong with it.

 

[Deft Tones]

You'll have that machine paying for itself the first hunt. Congratulations on a sweet deal, free!

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

You are in trouble now. Soon you'll be a member of the Tesoro cult.. err, I mean club!

Terry, your picture looks like detector porn. LOL

 

[Stoof2010]

Even if the detector has issues, Tesoro will take any in for $50 to fix it.
But it beeping when it turned on shows it's powering on.

 

[luvsdux]

You'll be surprised at how capable that little silver is.
luvsdux

 

[caratunk]

well its cold and brezzy and dark out today.... sigh,,,,but i did bundle up and took the silver out in part of my yrd;];];] boy do i have alot to learn....anyways i set it at foil / 7.. and just dug... im 4 11.. and most shovel handles are taller then i am..so that needs to be re contructed..cant handle a trench / silver at the same time ..plus the headset cord gets tangled in the handle of the shovel...sigh... ANYWAYS..... i dug 3 holes..nothing interesting and i still need to get a digital cam for pictures to post...not vry techie;[;[;[ i got 2 nails actually pretty long ones... 2 pieces of i think,,,, sheet metal..a piece of ceramic pottery and like 1/4 of a cork top bottle neck..i think clear....it didnt look screw top,from what i could tell...oh and the pull tab of course;];];];]that was my first dig;];];] ..so...even tho it was "junk" it proves to me the silver... does work;];]];] that made my whole day right there;];];];] so im happy ;];];] now to get used to it and get a better config shovel so i can handle both easier;];];] i dont own a pinpointer but did the Xing and moving around in differnt direction to see where it was the strongest signal..THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for all the info you guys/ girls have on here;];];] im pretty soaking wet behind the ears on all of this...;];];]now question..i saw somewhere here in a post ...of a picture of the silver disc knob and how it was broken down by sections on the knob part..is there any way i can get a copy of that? so i can carry it with me when i detect on the silver? to learn more about it...i also manged to go on tesoros home site and print out the manual;];];] havent read it yet. sorry this was long..any tips would help thank you all;];];];] caratunk

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

Not that it's any of my business but . . . I hope you aren't taking a shovel into any parks to dig targets. It's a good way to get banned.
After a while, you will learn to hear what junk sounds like. But I still dig a lot of targets because you just never know what you might dig up.

 

[caratunk]

well i havent been anywhere yet except my bkyrd so i dont know,,,,, what do you suggest? ill give you a heads up tho.... i had a terrible ACL replacement on my right knee i cant kneel.. due to where they put the screws to hold my new ligaments.. so i can only stand and bend over...any suggestions??

 

[pinenut]

well i havent been anywhere yet except my bkyrd so i dont know,,,,, what do you suggest? ill give you a heads up tho.... i had a terrible ACL replacement on my right knee i cant kneel.. due to where they put the screws to hold my new ligaments.. so i can only stand and bend over...any suggestions??

Take a cute young girl along, and get her to dig for you.

 

[caratunk]

id rather have a cute young man so i can chk him out;];];] perferably late 40s early 50s;];];];] yes im a lady;];];] caratunk is a county in northern maine;];];]

 

[doggoneitdignit]

Great to see more lady's on this forum and interested in the sport. Welcome!

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

well i havent been anywhere yet except my bkyrd so i dont know,,,,, what do you suggest? ill give you a heads up tho.... i had a terrible ACL replacement on my right knee i cant kneel.. due to where they put the screws to hold my new ligaments.. so i can only stand and bend over...any suggestions??

You can get this remote controlled excavator for $25.99 on Amazon:



Take it to the beaches and tot lots where they have sand. And take it to places where they play volley ball and look for gold rings etc.

 

[Tony (Michigan)]

well its cold and brezzy and dark out today.... sigh,,,,but i did bundle up and took the silver out in part of my yrd;];];] boy do i have alot to learn....anyways i set it at foil / 7.. and just dug... im 4 11.. and most shovel handles are taller then i am..so that needs to be re contructed..cant handle a trench / silver at the same time ..plus the headset cord gets tangled in the handle of the shovel...sigh... ANYWAYS..... i dug 3 holes..nothing interesting and i still need to get a digital cam for pictures to post...not vry techie;[;[;[ i got 2 nails actually pretty long ones... 2 pieces of i think,,,, sheet metal..a piece of ceramic pottery and like 1/4 of a cork top bottle neck..i think clear....it didnt look screw top,from what i could tell...oh and the pull tab of course;];];];]that was my first dig;];];] ..so...even tho it was "junk" it proves to me the silver... does work;];]];] that made my whole day right there;];];];] so im happy ;];];] now to get used to it and get a better config shovel so i can handle both easier;];];] i dont own a pinpointer but did the Xing and moving around in differnt direction to see where it was the strongest signal..THANK YOU SOOOO MUCH for all the info you guys/ girls have on here;];];] im pretty soaking wet behind the ears on all of this...;];];]now question..i saw somewhere here in a post ...of a picture of the silver disc knob and how it was broken down by sections on the knob part..is there any way i can get a copy of that? so i can carry it with me when i detect on the silver? to learn more about it...i also manged to go on tesoros home site and print out the manual;];];] havent read it yet. sorry this was long..any tips would help thank you all;];];];] caratunk

When I get a hit, as I run the coil over the located item in the ground, I slowly turn my discriminator up to see what it might possibly be. If you turn your discriminator all the way up and it still beeps, it could be a silver coin.
At least on my Tesoro that works.

If you have it to just accept nickels on up (Hint: take some aluminum and some pull tabs and a nickes and a couple different gold rings, place them about 2 feet apart and find where they can each be discriminated out and where they are accepted,) and make a note of each one. Then take coins of different denominations and place them about 2 feet apart on your sidewalk and see where they hit on your discriminator and where you lose them as you run your disk up and make notes of that. If all you want are silver coins and the coins aren't too deep in your area, just run the discriminator up to where the detector just accepts silver. You might lose some depth doing that. Bottle caps should give a choppy sound. At least on my Bandido they do.

 

[Oddjob]

Killer story, I think that machine is already a good machine at the MSRP. At that free price you got it for is great, maybe you would consider sending it in to have it checked over well just in case.

Just be careful, if you thought MDing was addicting then wait until you get that out and use it.

Happy hunting.

 

[caratunk]

well it may be damm fall at this rate ANOTHER WK OF RAIN!!!!! i may be wrong but i think since april we MAY have had MAYBE 1 WK of sun here ;[;[;[;[;[ its been cold / cloudy / rainy/ windy/ im waiting for the 4 letter word show up at this rate... ugggh!!! no wonder my poor coinmaster hasnt been used;[[;[ got it last fall, and now my little silver also is sitting;[;[;[;[;[ if i was SMART . id head south!! at least they have good weather more than we do.up here in maine we are BLESSED to have 4 months of decent activity weather here.the rest.. wet cold snowy rainy whatever.. sorry just fustrated as hell. im READY FOR SHORTS ..FLIPFLOPS. SUNBURNS.. not jackets and sneakers and sweatshirts and jeans. IN JUNE .!!! well maybe it is global warming.. but it isnt helping here .ok im done.. grrrrrr.