DiggerinVA
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The Outlaw came out in 2012....
Tesoro vaq or xp deus
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The Outlaw came out in 2012....
tabman
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Jld66 if other detector brands are as you say so 'popular' why do you own a Tesoro Vaquero and not one of the other brands?
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Hihosilver
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Coils: 5.75 concentric, 7” black concentric, 7" widescan,
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Yes I would buy a new Tesoro with VID, multiple/adjustable tones... Especially if it had GB in the disc mode (because that would be an improvement over the Cortes)... And I would buy it with full confidence that it would beat the pants off of any of them yellow machines that make the 'dong, dong' sound.
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Hihosilver
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Tesoro Mojave, Tesoro Outlaw, Tesoro Golden micromax (present machines), Past: once upon a time, long, long ago... a Bounty Hunter 840.
Coils: 5.75 concentric, 7” black concentric, 7" widescan,
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DiggerinVA
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My only complaint with Tesoro is why did they quit making the Golden Umax? It was probably the best park machine they made....
Hihosilver
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Coils: 5.75 concentric, 7” black concentric, 7" widescan,
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I really enjoy using the golden micromax. I bought mine new two years ago, I think I called every detector dealer in the country looking for one too. For the trashy areas, I can already tell I will prefer it to the Outlaw, although I have not had enough time on the Outlaw to make a fair comparison.
Perhaps Tesoro will introduce a new machine soon with tones and GB. That being said, I actually think that the adjustable notch feature is the real value of this machine, in how you can manipulate how the middle conductors sound off, isolating smaller gold rings from almost all pull tabs. (Not all junk is eliminated this way, but a lot of it is).
tabman
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The Golden µMax is a gold ring magnet and is great for hunting trashy parks! I will not be parting with mine. In the right hands it's deadly.
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Honest Samuel
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I agree with you about what you desire in a new Tesoro and all of us should tell Tesoro what we desire in a new detector.
I've owned quite a few brands of metal detectors. The Tesoro Vaquera of mine dug several gold rings and coins at the beach this year. Now the same days I was digging the gold, I also got some pulltabs. There was a subtle difference between the sounds of the two, but I have expensive headphones and that makes a huge difference too. The only way I can describe it is the gold has a solid but more "mellow" tone. On the beaches I dig, there are not a lot of pulltabs but You dig everything.
Where the rubber hits the road: I sold my PI machine, and wanted to get something else. It was a choice between the Minelab Etrac, the Deus or the Tesoro Tejon.
The Tejon will be here Friday.
Where the rubber hits the road: I sold my PI machine, and wanted to get something else. It was a choice between the Minelab Etrac, the Deus or the Tesoro Tejon.
The Tejon will be here Friday.
Fletch88
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That is what we're saying is that the Tesoros DO in fact work well. They find metal objects in the ground and have very good disc circuits. Period! I can close my eyes or hunt in the dark and tell you with a pretty high certainty what a target is before I dig.
I agree they made a mistake by going online with the whole detector naming campaign, but I like the models they already make better than MOST of the new vdi machines cranked out over the last 10 years.
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atomicscott
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Im with you there fletch, lol! I do remember you basically saying 'piss-off' to Tesoro after trying many iterations. Not sure what to think, but I really wanted to like my Vaquero, if not for the poor disc & snap, crackle, pop I would have liked it. Now, did you change your mind about the Vaq you disliked, or is this new black one a 'hot' one (did that sound racist)? I know you have mucho experience with a s***load of detectors. Not sure how much time you spent on each, but I appreciate your opinions none the less...
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jld66
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i am planning on getting the xp deus next for year. going to be able to try one out this spring. i have other hobbies and started taking up fly fishing last year. i earn my money by working for it. lol
Fletch88
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Minelab CTX 3030
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I "heard through the grapevine" that the lost a supplier of certain components that were critical to making the Golden. You know how grapevine rumors are!
Fletch88
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Tesoro Silver microMax- 8 donut, 8x11 RSD, 3x18 Cleansweep
Minelab Excalibur ll- 10" Tornado
Minelab CTX 3030
Minelab Xterra 305
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I've had a catharsis since then I cannot deny saying that but have come to love the time spent thumbing the knobs and switches!
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A brief comment on the types of machines out there. The Tesoros are analog machines with analog output. Headphones are geared to audio in put and output the same way to yo' head.
Some of the digital machines are just that - digital They read and exhibit digitally but still export to the headphones in analog. Hence some of the "confusion" the machines exhibit, it's a nail, no wait, it's a brass button, no wait its silver.....I hated that can't make up my mind readings on some of the pricier digital machines. Now for sure some of the PI machines will go deeper than a VLF machine.
However, How blasted far down do I want to dig for a large nail? I have owned or used most of the popular machines available today. The PI's will keep you diggng junk all day. The expensive computers can't seem to make up their minds, and the simple machines don't waste your time.
It's up to the user. I have seen people at the beach swing a $2k machine like they were trying to knock down high brush. Loops were at least 8" off the ground. I didn't see them digging much. I also taught my daughter to use the $369 Tesoso Cibola and she pushes sand with the loop- i.e. it touches the ground several times on each swing. She dug a gold coin doing that last year. I have dug more gold since November with my Tesoro Vaquera than ever in my life and now I'm up THREE civil war plates and a brass spur since the first of the year. It's not so much what you have, it's how you use it. Being hardheaded helps too.
Some of the digital machines are just that - digital They read and exhibit digitally but still export to the headphones in analog. Hence some of the "confusion" the machines exhibit, it's a nail, no wait, it's a brass button, no wait its silver.....I hated that can't make up my mind readings on some of the pricier digital machines. Now for sure some of the PI machines will go deeper than a VLF machine.
However, How blasted far down do I want to dig for a large nail? I have owned or used most of the popular machines available today. The PI's will keep you diggng junk all day. The expensive computers can't seem to make up their minds, and the simple machines don't waste your time.
It's up to the user. I have seen people at the beach swing a $2k machine like they were trying to knock down high brush. Loops were at least 8" off the ground. I didn't see them digging much. I also taught my daughter to use the $369 Tesoso Cibola and she pushes sand with the loop- i.e. it touches the ground several times on each swing. She dug a gold coin doing that last year. I have dug more gold since November with my Tesoro Vaquera than ever in my life and now I'm up THREE civil war plates and a brass spur since the first of the year. It's not so much what you have, it's how you use it. Being hardheaded helps too.
tabman
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I too keep chasing after a better detector, but I keep coming back to Tesoro detectors. Your scratch card analogy pretty much sums it up for why I love my Tesoro detectors. The lower you set the discrimination the bigger the payout you get when you do score.
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jld66
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thats the thing. on these tesoro forums, people talk about tesoro's. only on occasion do you read about those who have bought a new one. im in a few facebook groups. very, very rarely, some not at all, do you see someone who even uses a tesoro. never mind buying one. the biggest seller is the at pro. nearly ever day someone has bought one of those. we know tesoros work well. but they just are not appealing machines. i always suggest tesoro, how good they work, and their lifetime warranty. people dont care about that it seems. just look, if they go to tesoros face book page. nothing from them in over two years on it, nothing. not a post, reply, or even a like to a comment. now days that means a lot when stuff like that is just plan old ignored from a company. im in a tesoro group and the bought and sold on it are 99% used machines, not new ones. like i said, i bet garrett has sold more of just the at pro model in the past 5 years than tesoro has with all its models combined. and the at pro is nothing special and has only a 2 year warranty on it and mighty tesoro cant come up with anything comparable to it. the pro being waterproof, well sometimes i read, is a big factor. most people do not want a bulky, fixed coil, and headphones only machine. tesoro seems to have blinders on for some reason and cant comprehend the full picture of the times now days.
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Speculation about sales in the United States, much less Internationally, is simple gossip and assumption. Seems to me if you are pumping out machines every day, employing Americans, and running a successful factory for over 20 years, you must be doing fairly well.
