Tejon or Vaquero ??

[mrcolin2u]

I've had a Bandito II umax since they were first released but it hasn't really seen a lot of action here where I live in S.California although I do like taking it back to the UK to find old stuff there.
I also have a Fisher CZ20 and an Excalibur for beach and water hunting.
Now that I'm retired and moving up to the Pacific Northwest next year I want to get another land machine and the two models I'm considering are the Tesoro Tejon and the Vaquero.
I like the Vaquero because it only uses the 9V battery instead of 8 AA's and i like the Tejon because of the depth capability and variable tone output . Don't know how much I would use the dual discrimination!

Any other members are been in the same predicament ??

Cheers
Colin

 

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[smokeythecat]

You will love the dual discrimination. Set one low, the other higher and dig as you please, or don't dig. I loved my Vaquero and now that I have an XP Deus am thinking about getting another Vaquero. It kicks relics right out of the dirt.

 

[walnut]

I've had a Bandito II umax since they were first released but it hasn't really seen a lot of action here where I live in S.California although I do like taking it back to the UK to find old stuff there.
I also have a Fisher CZ20 and an Excalibur for beach and water hunting.
Now that I'm retired and moving up to the Pacific Northwest next year I want to get another land machine and the two models I'm considering are the Tesoro Tejon and the Vaquero.
I like the Vaquero because it only uses the 9V battery instead of 8 AA's and i like the Tejon because of the depth capability and variable tone output . Don't know how much I would use the dual discrimination!

Any other members are been in the same predicament ??

Cheers
Colin

Have not used a tejon but the vaq is deep and has excellent info in it's stable tone. I absolutely love mine.
Would probably like the dual disc and the non vco all metal.option of the tejon.

 

[steve1357]

I've had enough of eight batteries with Garretts or four with Fishers.

I think I enjoy the hunt so much more with my 9v models.

It's not about performance, but enjoying the hunt. I dig everything anyway.....

 

[Terry Soloman]

This is EASY! Vaquero, with 11" x 8" widescan coil. The Tejon is a GREAT machine, but with its higher operating freq ( 17.2kHz - 17.6kHz) is doesn't see coin sized targets as deep as the Vaquero does.

 

[Farma]

Never used the Tejon but with regard to the Vaquero I can tell you if you back off the ground balance about 1/4 turn to the negative, max out the threshold, and run sensitivity up to just below where it starts to false I don't think you will get anything to go much deeper unless they have a large coil. I put a Cors Strike 12" x 13" coil on my Vaquero and I can go behind a Minelab with a stock coil and consistanty pick up coins. I call this set up my coin Magnet

 

[Lewy]

I thought the bandito ii umax was a great machine why would you want anything else?
B2 umax is on my list one day, just finding one.

 

[steve1357]

I thought the bandito ii umax was a great machine why would you want anything else?
B2 umax is on my list one day, just finding one.

4pins are much deeper with H.O.T. circuitry.

 

[Lewy]

Yes I agree, that's why I have just got a cibola this week.
Cannot wait to try it.