Bill G
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- Jan 8, 2006
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I really like the Tejon detector a lot.
I like the duel disk and the weight of the detector is still good no problems swinging it all. I have found no issues at all with the touchy ground balance of the Tejon. I have always understood the ground balance thing and never really had any issues understanding how it works. I know some guys really struggle with understanding it. I should have got another Tejon detectors sooner. I made the mistake of selling my last one a few years back, big mistake. I have tried a lot of detectors over the years and have found the VID meters to not be accurate at depth (example you hit a dime at 7" to 8" or 10" it will likely read iron on a lot of VDI units and the VDI will be way off). VDI tend to be very jumpy with trash and multiple targets making them of no real use. VDI meters on the other hand tend to be accurate at more normal or minimal depth when you pass your coil right over a particular target only and are very nice in these situations.
Tone units & VDI
Tone units with lots of tones don't make it any better either sometimes and tend to do the same thing in trash. The tones become erratic and tend to run together.
On the other hand though say the Tejon was set up as a two tone machine with the break at were you set the disk & the option with a toggle to turn this feature on and off. I think would be fantastic not only on the Tejon but any other Tesoro unit for that fact.
With all that said,
The analog Tesoro detectors are more accurate and give me more accurate info on a hole by just thumbing the disk knob. Also the disk is more accurate at depth on the Tesoro and tend to be spot on in comparison to any VDI machine I have used to date. The analog sound is also better than any digital unit out there and it gives more information. Again, I have found quite often with a VDI unit you will go over a deeper target and get a bad VDI on it and the Tesoro unit without a meter will be accurate just by thumbing the disc on this deeper target. I think a lot of guys with metered VDI units miss deeper targets because of relying on a VDI meter to tell them what's in the ground.
Just my 2 cents..
So my Tesoro detectors are my little top secret weapon.... Lol. I hope Tesoro keeps making them the way they always have. Also the truth is really until there is a massive breakthrough in VLF technology it's going to be hard to beat a good old Tesoro. I learned this little lesson the hard way over the years, again....Lol
Happy Hunting All,
Bill G
*Tesoro Tejon
*Tesoro Vaquero
*Tesoro Sand Shark
*Whites M6
I like the duel disk and the weight of the detector is still good no problems swinging it all. I have found no issues at all with the touchy ground balance of the Tejon. I have always understood the ground balance thing and never really had any issues understanding how it works. I know some guys really struggle with understanding it. I should have got another Tejon detectors sooner. I made the mistake of selling my last one a few years back, big mistake. I have tried a lot of detectors over the years and have found the VID meters to not be accurate at depth (example you hit a dime at 7" to 8" or 10" it will likely read iron on a lot of VDI units and the VDI will be way off). VDI tend to be very jumpy with trash and multiple targets making them of no real use. VDI meters on the other hand tend to be accurate at more normal or minimal depth when you pass your coil right over a particular target only and are very nice in these situations.
Tone units & VDI
Tone units with lots of tones don't make it any better either sometimes and tend to do the same thing in trash. The tones become erratic and tend to run together.
On the other hand though say the Tejon was set up as a two tone machine with the break at were you set the disk & the option with a toggle to turn this feature on and off. I think would be fantastic not only on the Tejon but any other Tesoro unit for that fact.
With all that said,
The analog Tesoro detectors are more accurate and give me more accurate info on a hole by just thumbing the disk knob. Also the disk is more accurate at depth on the Tesoro and tend to be spot on in comparison to any VDI machine I have used to date. The analog sound is also better than any digital unit out there and it gives more information. Again, I have found quite often with a VDI unit you will go over a deeper target and get a bad VDI on it and the Tesoro unit without a meter will be accurate just by thumbing the disc on this deeper target. I think a lot of guys with metered VDI units miss deeper targets because of relying on a VDI meter to tell them what's in the ground.
Just my 2 cents..
So my Tesoro detectors are my little top secret weapon.... Lol. I hope Tesoro keeps making them the way they always have. Also the truth is really until there is a massive breakthrough in VLF technology it's going to be hard to beat a good old Tesoro. I learned this little lesson the hard way over the years, again....Lol
Happy Hunting All,
Bill G
*Tesoro Tejon
*Tesoro Vaquero
*Tesoro Sand Shark
*Whites M6
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