Honeyman
Jr. Member
- Apr 5, 2015
- 77
- 96
- Detector(s) used
- Minelab Equinox 600
- Primary Interest:
- All Treasure Hunting
Any new info on the status of Tesoro. Trying to decide if I should buy a shark. Without the life time warranty I'm hesitent.
Any new info on the status of Tesoro. Trying to decide if I should buy a shark. Without the life time warranty I'm hesitent.
I like my Garrett machines also and have made some good finds with them. But I have broke my AT pro two times.... Garrett fixed it at no charge both times.
did your issues happen after the 2 year warranty was up?
(h.h.!)
j.t.
Tesoro's are fine machines but if you're looking for a well-built do-it-all waterproof detector take a look at the Makro Multi Kruzer. About the same MSRP as a Shark. Excellent audio (Dare I say as good as Tesoro) plus target ID. Insanely fast recovery and as deep as most anything on the market. Nokta/Makro has a reputation for outstanding customer service as well, although I haven't needed it yet.
I will still buy a Tejon, sometime in the future. I would like to re-acquire an Outlaw as well.
I would never swing a Garrett detector even if it was given to me but their pinpointers and customer service are outstanding IMO.
If I had never owned/used a Garrett AT machine I can say I probably wouldn't buy one just because of the bad reviews they get from some people on the forums and on youtube. But I can tell you that 7 of my 10 best finds were found using the AT pro or AT gold. Two of my civil war plates were found with the old "weak" AT pro. One of those plates was extremely deep for any vlf machine. The AT machines are just very easy to learn in my opinion. To some the sounds on that deep plate would have been a "no dig" but knowing that machine really well and knowing the history of the area I dug it. This all goes back to the fact that really knowing your machine is more important than what machine you have most of the time.