I got one!

[becky21b]

I finally got a MD! I came home from work, came in the house, saw a box sitting on the hope chest, I asked my Boyfriend whats in the box.... he said I dont know.. I uncovered it and its a Tesoro Tiger Shark! I was so excited! so I've been messing with it trying to figure it out, been reading the manual online. Took it to the beach today, I found a pull tab and a bottle cap! lol IT was soooo Hot out today at the beach I only lasted an hour. Any advise from anyone would be helpful, Im gonna keep playing with it and reading the manual instrustions. I'm so excited to get out there and hunt!

 

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[Tom_in_CA]

Becky, I know of no beach hunters anywhere on the central coast here, who use Tesoros for the beach. A few land hunters have Tesoro's for certain land applications (they're good for ghost-town type urban demolition type hunting). But for the wet salt, everyone around here is swinging Minelabs, Whites, or Fishers. So I'm not even sure if your's is auto-track, or what.

From reviews I quickly glance at now, it seems that ...... while it may be well-suited for wet salt, yet mineralization (blacker sands) may start to give it fits. Most of our beaches around here (with the exception of Carmel) have varying degrees of mineralization. All you can do is try it. If you get down there on a good day (during erosion cycles) and you see someone else digging like crazy out on the wet, a good learning technique is to ask them to "flag" a few deeper signals. Then you try over the spot, and see how well you can hear them. This is better than trying to bury a target, because even factors like firm packed sand (verses sand you just through back in a hole for a test target) can make a difference in the way the machine responds.

Right now, I don't know of any erosion going on up there, because there hasn't been any south swells for a long time. But the fall swells (early arriving Alaskan NW swells) can start as early as Oct & Nov. Those would affect NW facing beaches, to the south of Moss Landing. Watch the kinzli CA forum, where some of us central coast guys compare notes and observations on there.

 

[Tnmountains]

Yay !!! I can not imagine any Tesoro made to hunt any condition not working well. The trick is to learn the machine and hunt in the wet salt modes. Lifetime warranty and not all the displays you see the other guys working with and trying to adjust all the time. Crazy thing is if you start with a Tesoro no matter what you buy in the future you will always feel good knowing you have one in case all else fails.
Have fun and show us your treasure. It does sounds like Tom- In- Ca knows about tides
HH
TnMtns

 

[Wildcat]

Good one Bec.... Here are some user reviews, helpful hints. They may help.
The Cat

http://metaldetectorreviews.net/detectors/37-1-tigershark.html

 

[McKinney_5900]

I finally got a MD! I came home from work, came in the house, saw a box sitting on the hope chest, I asked my Boyfriend whats in the box.... he said I dont know.. I uncovered it and its a Tesoro Tiger Shark! I was so excited! so I've been messing with it trying to figure it out, been reading the manual online. Took it to the beach today, I found a pull tab and a bottle cap! lol IT was soooo Hot out today at the beach I only lasted an hour. Any advise from anyone would be helpful, Im gonna keep playing with it and reading the manual instrustions. I'm so excited to get out there and hunt!

Congrats! The early days when I first began detecting, 4 months ago, were my most exciting and fun. I'm happy for ya! You might wanna keep that BF ;-) martin

 

[TerryC]

If your machine is too sensitive for the salty sand , NOT TO WORRY! Go to dry sand... around the consession stands. End of the piers. Parking lots. Go WHEREVER PEOPLE GATHER. You'll do fine, Good luck. TTC

 

[Smudge]

Becky,

I use the Sand Shark, a pulse induction detector, that is the cousin of the Tiger Shark, a VLF detector. I know the Tiger is excellent on small gold which is a real advantage, and I know the Tiger comes with a salt water mode, but I hear conflicting reports about how it does in the surf.

It should handle the wet sand pretty well with some loss of depth.

Strange they call it the Tiger Shark when it seems it was designed primarily for fresh water use, but I guess calling it the "Guppie" wouldn't market as well.

Seriously though, type in "Tiger Shark" in the search box or go to the Tesoro forum under "Brands" on this website and scroll through the entries. You'll find out a lot about the Tiger Shark there.

From what you're describing, your settings may be off. Sorry, I wish I could be of more help to you.

 

[Fortune Finder 73]

Welcome to the exciting life of treasure hunting Becky... You cant go wrong with a Tesoro, the tiger shark and the sand shark are top of the line machines and from my research on the Tiger Shark it should have a Norm mode and a Salt Mode which would definately be what you would need at the beach.

 

[niffler]

My Tiger Shark worked very well at the beach in Oregon, even in the surf...No problems at all. I think you'll like it, and good luck in your searches. Niffler

 

[Tom Bigbee]

Tesoro Means Treasure! It's been my experience Tesoro's are tough and reliable. Good choice. Keep us updated. Tom

 

[DetectorOCD]

Congrats! I would love it if my wife got as excited as you did with receiving yours

HH!

 

[wildjim]

Becky, I think you've got an excellent detector for what you want to do. I considered that one too, but wound up with an MXT and a Sov GT. I wanted to recommend the Tesoro Compadre to you as a starter detector but you now have that and much more. In fact, I bought a Compadre recently and found several coins the first hour or so I used it. On most forums you read, they will ultimately tell you to dig all nonferous targets, everything above iron, because the gold jewelry is mixed with all that foil, pulltabs, etc. So when it comes right down to it, all those expensive detectors are not helping you much more than a simple detector that will fine tune out iron [the Compadre], because you still have most all those nonferrous targets to choose from. Granted, it MAY not go as deep in salty and mineralized ground. But you have an advantage over the GT and MXT because you CAN get in the water with it [like those streams that cross Hwy. 49] and unlike the pulse machines you have the excellent discrimination. OK, let me make a couple of suggestions to you and I'll shut up. Turn the discrimination all the way up rejecting everything except dimes and quarters [and silver jewelry] and go back and have fun with it that way. After you get a little more confident, learn to ID the foil and nickles and dig that and you will also be digging most of the gold jewelry. It will mostly be in the tot lots and the vollyball/soccer type areas. And show us those finds, even the junk. Good luck.
James

 

[LM]

IT was soooo Hot out today at the beach I only lasted an hour.

Judging from your pic, you appear to be a rather fair skinned redheaded lass.
Back home in FLA, I dated one of those, once upon a time. I do recall that the beach was usually out of the equation on sunny days. Most people tan. 10 minutes under the sun and that poor girl would combust into flames.

I'm guessing some hardcore SPF and a big hat might help

 

[urdaboss]

wtg becky!!
main thing is to know your machine!!
now, get to the hunt!!!

 

[becky21b]

IT was soooo Hot out today at the beach I only lasted an hour.

Judging from your pic, you appear to be a rather fair skinned redheaded lass.
Back home in FLA, I dated one of those, once upon a time. I do recall that the beach was usually out of the equation on sunny days. Most people tan. 10 minutes under the sun and that poor girl would combust into flames.

I'm guessing some hardcore SPF and a big hat might help

LOL yes Im always careful in the sun.. or Ill be as red as a lobster. luckily its winter soon so the sun isnt as hot..

 

[lennon631]

Hey! Way to go and congratulations! Here's my two cents...I'm not familiar with your machine what so ever, but what I do know, and believe all will agree, is that you and your machine have just got to become equated with each other. It may take an hour, it may take 2-3 weeks, but once you doooooooooooo, "OH BOY"! You'll be fine and just keep at it, keep at it, keep at it. Happy for ya! Paul, NY

 

[dpitt8]

one word: practice (and lots of it)

 

[rsc]

The real answer is SUNSCREEN SPF 50 or higher. I also wear Coolibar sun protecting long sleeve shirts and a neck drape hat. Gloves are a must. I am a red head also....
Once you get comfortable with the enviroment, you can get down to the treasure hunting.
HH Gayle

 

[Woodland Detectors]

Good Boyfriend! Good Boyfriend!

 

[andy from de]

Pratice, pratice, pratice, Patience, patience, patience. don't give up even if you dig 20 pull tabs in a row. There is a lot of good info that can help you out there. It helped me too.