Hi Newfiehunter. As you know I spent all winter researching many many detectors. I was real close to pulling the trigger on a F70. I still don't think that would have been a bad choice. What turned me though was reading the ebook "Mastering the Tesoro Tejon and Vaquero". What I read just made sense to me, and seeing I am well acclimated to the Tesoro way and sound, it just seemed to make sense to stick with them. The learning curve will be short and quick for me with the Tejon.
When all is said done I wanted a detector that could get deep on silver. I know everyone says the silver is only 5 inches down, but by me I find late 60's coins at that depth. The soil in my area is about and inch or two of sod and nothing but sand below. The coins get deep in this sand and I wanted a detector that could get those deep silvers. I know the Tejon is technically a relic detector at a higher frequency, but a lot of people are doing well on deep silver with it. The reality is that if it only finds coins- it is a coin detector. Simple to use, light weight, depth demon, lots of performance without spending a $1000 plus and lifetime warranty just made the decision that much easier. Other detectors in the running were the Omega, Vaq, F70, 505, M6, and MX6. Actually after much research I think all of these detectors are probably good/great.
My new Tejon will be here on Thursday and I can't wait!