Is Tesoro at a standstill?

[LuckyLarry]

I haven't heard anything about whether Tesoro will be creating any new detectors soon or not. John Earle is working at Whites (I think), George Payne is at least semi-retired, and I'm not sure WHAT Jack Gifford is doing now. One thing I'm sure of though, that a new comparable Tesoro would weigh less than most other detectors, they for the most part still do. Anybody have any inside information?

LL

 

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[U.K. Brian]

There was a Tesoro dealer named Arizona Al many years back who (a) knew something about metal detectors and (b) a rare thing today, was honest about what he was selling. Tesoro had got in a rut of just changing frequencies and general design slightly. Nothing really new so little point in upgrading if you already had one. He went on a few forums and discussed this and twelve months on they did come out with improved models, H.O.T. circuits etc which did add to performance.

Seems in the last year or two they have again needed a slight kick though there has been improvements to filtering on some models. Their problem has been that weight, balance, build, warranty etc have been ahead of the rest for years and they have concentrated on things that work rather than gimmicks so its more difficult to come out with an improved design than those detector brands that are fairly awful.

 

[LuckyLarry]

Yes Brian, that makes sense to me. I have a Silver Sabre maybe 30 years old - and it still works like it did when it was new. I may open it up and bring the threshold to just barely audible thou. I've done it with a golden Sabre and readjusted it internally for a better ground balance too. They are well-made detectors, for sure.

Thanks for the response,

LL

 

[relichunters]

No idea but I hope they last many more years. They make the best detectors ever! and with a lifetime warranty you can't go wrong.

 

[Smudge]

No idea but I hope they last many more years. They make the best detectors ever! and with a lifetime warranty you can't go wrong.

Amen to that.