I just bought a Compadre!!!

[Kitz]

I just ordered today brand new Mojave. But have to wait another 3 months to tryout ❄️ ☃️

You will love the Mojave once the ground finally thaws, Voytek. I'm not sure if you're aware that Calgary has a metal detecting club? We meet in the auditorium in the basement of the Brentwood Co-op. Next meeting is Tuesday, January 7th at 7:30pm.

-Ken

 

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[civil_war22]

I currently use a Mojave and Vaquero. Paul B metal detecting on Youtube. I tried a At Pro and Fisher F series and the different tones get on my nerves in trashy parks...lol. When I park hunt I dig almost everything from foil up anyway so I don't need tones.

I’ve been the same way about the F Series. I’ve owned Whites, Minelab, Fisher(when they were really Fisher), new Fisher’s, and always owned a Tesoro. I don’t have one at the moment, but one of these days I’ll find me another nice used Vaquero. I don’t care what anyone says, that machine there would pull some super deep lead out of the ground, and it absolutely loved the brass. It’s a non-ferrous loving machine. I owned three of those puppies, also a modded Cibola, one that I modified so I could manually ground balance it. My brother, and everyone else use to make fun of me because my detector cost half as much as theirs, and didn’t have a display screen, but guess what, ground balance it where it’s a little on the positive side, you learn those tones, you keep the coil to the soil, go at a steady even pace, and you’ll pull stuff out of previously thought of hunted out sites, and they will absolutely surprise the heck out of you, by the little amount of trash you dig with one. I used to watch others with me detect with their AT’s, and they’d make fun of me when mine turned on, had no screen, but guess what, they were on the ground more than I was, theirs had a harder time in mineralized soil than the Vaquero, and at the end of the day, my finds pouch was less full of trash than theirs, and I had more buttons, bullets, and pieces of artillery that they had gone over, but all 3 had relied on their VDI numbers instead of what the detector was telling them. I use to wear a shirt around just to piss my brother off that said “Tesoro means Treasure”.. he hated that shirt, and I wore it everytime we went.

 

[Voytek]

I just found a silver ring Christmas eve with my Mojave. It's on my Youtube channel Paul B Metal detecting.

I don't know you have YouTube channel. I'm going to subscribe in in few minutes
My new Mojave should be here Monday

 

[Voytek]

You will love the Mojave once the ground finally thaws, Voytek. I'm not sure if you're aware that Calgary has a metal detecting club? We meet in the auditorium in the basement of the Brentwood Co-op. Next meeting is Tuesday, January 7th at 7:30pm.

-Ken

Hi Ken, I know about club, I was ones or twice on club hunts, but I'm busy every Tuesday nights, my wife loves detecting and we go together. That Mojave is for her, she have compadre 8" and dont want to try another detector. Mojave is back up in case compadre dies. She doesn't know about that new detector coming yet. But I'm excited to try Mojave too

 

[jmaryt]

you will love the mojave! i use mine for "curb strips" it's perfect for that use.
great little 7" coil on it...more depth than compadre, and excellent in iron.

(h.h.!)
j.t.

 

[Voytek]

My wife's Mojave arrived today

 

[pinenut]

My wife Mojave arrived today

Your wife’s name is.. Mojave?
Those desert girls sure are cute. ^_^

 

[civil_war22]

I miss my compadre, even the Cibola which is just above the compadre in my book is just as easy to use, and just a tad more expensive. I may find a used Cibola for my wife.

 

[Voytek]

I'm looking to buy Bandido 2 umax, how much I will have to pay for one in good condition?

 

[Mojave1]

This one is on Ebay and looks brand new.

 

[IDXMonster]

I’ll agree with the previous post that stated “best 160.00” spent...impossible to beat at that price point and considering the performance. I’ve got the 8” version...and it hammers a nickel at 7” quite easily around here.

 

[Voytek]

This one is on Ebay and looks brand new. View attachment 1793526

Hi not ship to Canada

 

[A2coins]

Awesome good luck at the beach hope to see you posting some cool finds with that sweet machine Tommy

 

[doggoneitdignit]

Compadre a Win Win!

 

[Kitz]

I'm looking to buy Bandido 2 umax, how much I will have to pay for one in good condition?

I got mine off of eBay. It's certainly not in mint condition but still works well. It was a "buy it now" listing and I managed to buy it before too many people had seen it. The ones that are "auction only" tend to get bid up to pretty high prices. I paid about $267 U.S. for mine including shipping and customs fees. Sometimes you can find one cheaper than that if you're lucky, but I'm happy with mine. I have to admit that it's better than my Mojave (which I love!).

-Ken

 

[Voytek]

I got mine off of eBay. It's certainly not in mint condition but still works well. It was a "buy it now" listing and I managed to buy it before too many people had seen it. The ones that are "auction only" tend to get bid up to pretty high prices. I paid about $267 U.S. for mine including shipping and customs fees. Sometimes you can find one cheaper than that if you're lucky, but I'm happy with mine. I have to admit that it's better than my Mojave (which I love!).

-Ken

Thank you Ken, I'm using Deus for 4 years, but older technology and looks always I was drawn to. And I know Tesoro are amazing detectors

 

[Stoof2010]

I currently use a Mojave and Vaquero. Paul B metal detecting on Youtube. I tried a At Pro and Fisher F series and the different tones get on my nerves in trashy parks...lol. When I park hunt I dig almost everything from foil up anyway so I don't need tones.

You're Paul b metal detecting on YouTube? I just subscribed!!! MORE TESORO HUNTS!!! lol

 

[Mojave1]

You're Paul b metal detecting on YouTube? I just subscribed!!! MORE TESORO HUNTS!!! lol

Thanks for sub! Since I last posted I sold my Vaq and picked up a one year old At Pro to try again. That is what happens when you are a fan of "MDing ETex with Kevin"...lol. I will have had Mojave 2 years come May and I'm keeping it for tot lots.

 

[Voytek]

Just got Tesoro bandido 2 umax from eBay France. With shipping I paid 260 euros. Looks very nice on pictures, now I have to wait about 3 weeks.

 

[pinenut]

Just got Tesoro bandido 2 umax from eBay France. With shipping I paid 260 euros. Looks very nice on pictures, now I have to wait about 3 weeks.

Does that one have the French face plate/decal? Some of the French models look very cool.
Should be an excellent detector for you.
That model is still my favorite detector and a treat to use in trashy spots. Get a 5.75” coil for it..