Questions about the treasure pro

[Digzit2]

I am wanting to purchase a treasure pro but i have not seen a lot of reveiws on it and i need some help on this. I will be hunting mostly old home sites that are trashy. Does the treasure pro have good depth,recovery speed and target i.d.? I am fairly new at metal detecting and all info on this machine is greatly appreiciated. Thank you.

 

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[Keep On Diggin]

Dizit2,
I would proceed with caution. IMHO and as an owner of a brand new TMP, it is a well built machine but performs poorly. What I mean by that is that it audio is chatty and depth is very poor. 2-3" is about it. (Of course, what can one expect from a machine that is powered with 3v. (2 AA). Whites has produced some great products in its history, but they have done poorly in the entry level detectors the past few years. (IMHO of course.) Good luck with whichever you purchase!

 

[JakeM]

Your results don't align with what any of the reviews have said, I think you should look at sending yours back to be looked at.

 

[Digzit2]

I will stick to teknetics. Thank you.

 

[markt67]

I had one the vdi would be in the 80s on nails it was all over and wouldn't stabilize. Sent it back to white .tested and recalibrated got it back worked about 5 min.

 

[Garrett424]

I had one the vdi would be in the 80s on nails it was all over and wouldn't stabilize. Sent it back to white .tested and recalibrated got it back worked about 5 min.

My Delta will sometimes give high readings in the 80's on old nails. It' caused by the oxidation (RUST) on the nails. Once you dig the plug and the air hits it the signal almost always drops right back down to the iron range. It's a common problem.

You gotta' be careful though. I recently dug a pretty nice IH in the middle of an iron pile that was ringing high. It was hiding right next to an old square nail. Sometimes those high signals are telling you the truth even where iron is present and if you choose not to dig you may miss a great target. I could have easily assumed it was just more iron and left that one in the ground.

I was actually looking at the TreasurePro for a little while but my gut told me to just stick with the Teknetics brand for my upgrade. I'm a little leery of machines that haven't been around for too long even though it looks like a nice machine for the money. IMO it's better to wait a year or two and see how well they actually perform in the field before jumping on it. Plus you can pick them up used by then and save a ton of money. I hate paying retail unless I have to.

I've seen few YouTube videos made by The Silverslingers (T'Net members) and they've used the TreasurePro in a few of them. It appears to perform very well for them where they use it. But again, I chose to stick with what I already know works well. If it ain't broke; don't fix it right??