Silver U Max------Golden U Max......

[Keppy]

.............Always hear about the ..........Silver U Max..........Never hear about the Golden U Max............Is the golden U Max a dog of a detector i don't even see any one useing one on Treasurenet

 

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[warsawdaddy]

The Golden is considered one of the best,it's just as you reach that price range,the selection is much greater and it cost twice what the Silver cost and is much older.

 

[BuckleBoy]

The Golden is considered one of the best,it's just as you reach that price range,the selection is much greater and it cost twice what the Silver cost and is much older.

Exactly. Its little brother is a "steal" for the price.

 

[JOE(USA)]

Gadabout - Jim,

warsawdaddy is right on target with his answer. It's not that the Golden is not a good detector, it's the price with regard to other detectors including the other Tesoro models. As you probably know I'm a Tesoro dealer. I don't sell a lot of Goldens. If you look at past posts here on Tnet you will see that detectorist's that have the Golden's are very happy with them. If I can help you with any questions about the Golden don't hesitate to ask. Joe

 

[Dan B]

I have a Golden µMax. It's a great machine, but I also have a Cortes. I was never much of a TID guy, mostly because my experience with a certain brand left a bad taste in my mouth, but I have to say that as good as the Golden is, I'm using my Cortes 100% of the time now.

Back to the Golden. The tones are really helpful in determining whether the target is worth digging or not. It's a detector that you can just grab and go. Keep the disc low though, as disc'ing out almost everything up to zinc pennies will limit your depth to the top 6". I guess that's common for most machines. My deepest coin find was 9" in moist soil. The notch is useful, as you can keep the disc low, and eliminate the pull tabs. I didn't use it much, as the tones were distinctive enough for me to tell a pull tab. I dig pull tabs (just in case) and I came to trust the tones. If it sounds like a pull tab it almost always is. I did find a couple of rings, but not gold.

If you have any other questions, I will try to answer them. Keep an eye in the for sale section as I may be selling it. Having a detector I don't use doesn't make any sense to the wife.

Dan

 

[dahut]

Ive had a Golden for years and consider it the best of the "cruiser" detectors.
It is essenticllay a hot uMax with tones. Thats pretty tough stuff.

What has been said about the price is hard to argue with, however. For new money, you can get detectors with more features - note I didnt say better. But with more features.

On the other hand, they are one of the best deals on the used market. The nicest thing about used Goldens? Take care of them and you wont lose money! Their resell value hasnt dropped in years.

 

[Sandman]

On the other hand, they are one of the best deals on the used market. The nicest thing about used Goldens? Take care of them and you wont lose money! Their resell value hasnt dropped in years.

Joe (USA) and Warsawdaddy are correct. Joe knows a lot about the Tesoro's and won't steer you wrong. i've used the golden before and liked it enough where I bought one, but ended up giving it to a relative that fell in love with it on a hunt.

 

[Keppy]

One Golden U Max .. just come up on treasurenet classified and was sold before i saw it and i check the adds all the time............Guess i will have to watch closer..............==Jim_K==

 

[dahut]

That's another thing about them - they go fast when they do come up for sale!

I wish Tesoro would add tones and notch to the Vaquero and put it on the Tejon platform... and call it something like the Golden Conqueror. Apparently, Im not alone either, as many people mod the Golden uMax with a manual GB. This is another reason they are so popular.

I use my Golden uMax right alongside the Vaquero in relic fields, and it holds it's own. Many hardcore relicheads will say you can't do that, because it 'aint deep enough. The same guys will stampede each other trying to buy a Silver Sabre uMax, though. Go figure.

I say "Whatever."

Oh, sure, you have to wind it out to max, and it aint no Tejon. But I don't find anything with the Vaquero that it's cousin, the Golden, won't respond to. I can do this mostly because I live in midstate SC, where the soils are as close to neutral mineralization as you could want. But, with the added ground balance, it would be all the more versatile.

The thing I like best about the Golden in the relic fields is that it IDs iron with a tone. This is a highly underated thing, in my book. The V., as good as it is, simply ignores iron... or else signals that it is good.
I prefer to hear iron as opposed to running silent, which is why I like the Fisher 1236-X2, too.

But, I really dislike it when I dig some deep item, only to find that it IS iron.
Unfortunately, the Vaquero is bad about that - it's an iron hog.

As an example, I dug a bunch of iron yesterday on a farmed field - spikes and hooks and plow blades and all sorts of other ferrous EO's. I was using the Vaquero and it signalled them all as good. My pouch was dragging the ground with the weight of it, after only an hour

My buddy, on the other hand, was using my Golden. His detector had died... so being the kindly friend that I am, I let him use it.

At the end of the hunt, he had almost no iron crap in his pouch. Heck, he actually left his pouch in the truck - he just put the goodies in his pocket! I should have been tipped off when he said,
"Oh! You mean I can use your Golden?? Well, if you're sure...."
... and without another word, took off with it like a June Bug to a bug zapper.

He used to be one of those relicheads that denounced the Golden as 'unworthy'. Now, he's a firm believer in tones, and is looking for his own Golden to buy.

Like Mike hillis says, "Tones Rule!"

 

[BuckleBoy]

I prefer to hear iron as opposed to running silent, which is why I like the Fisher 1236-X2, too.

Exactly.