Compadre Info.

[weldor]

Hello all, New member here with a question. Decided to get back into hunting again, pulled out my old 1235-X Fisher and put the batteries back in it turned it on all seemed to work ok then passed a coin under the coil and nothing, tried another coil and again nothing, apparently something has gone bad.

After about a weeks worth of research I've decided to try a Compadre to start off but the one thing I haven't been able to determine is if it has a volume control on it? Cant tell from the pictures, I normally use headphones but would like to have a way to control it on the machine.

Thanks for any info. and good hunting.

 

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[Hobojo]

Nope , just one knob. It has the headphone jack so you can use your headphones, my wife just put some scotch tape on the speaker to keep it a little quieter. She loves her Compadre and has already scored silver and gold with it. It also comes with either the 5.75" coil or the bigger 8" which I wish I had gotten her instead.
Peace.

 

[weldor]

Thanks Hobojo. I may have to rethink my choice and go up to the next higher model.

 

[SuburbiaStopPushing]

If I'm recalling this correctly, I don't believe the next model up (Silver uMax) has a volume potentiometer either. Actually, I don't know if ANY Tesoro has this ability; I could be wrong, but of the three I've played around with (Compadre, Silver, and Cibola) none of them have had this capability.

Garrett makes a decent and inexpensive set of headphones with the ability to control the volume right on the cans themselves. Why not consider this route? If you're hunting with a strictly tone-based machine, you'll probably want to use headphones, anyways!

 

[Hobojo]

Yes thats correct, of the three Tesoro's that I own none of them have volume control. In fact thats my one request to them on the other thread " what would you like too see in a new Tesoro " and that would be a VOLUME control. I don't know about other brands but these Tesoro's are loud. But don't let that turn you away from the Compadre , you will LOVE that little guy. Their is NOTHING simpler to use and as good for the money!!