Silver UMax Hits Silver Again

Hoosier · Oct 20, 2008

Went hunting over at my parents home this afternoon and had a great hunt. They live in a house built in 1919 and I have pouded the their small yard several times before with my old Bounty Hunter Quick Draw 2 & Bounty Hunter Elite 2200 . The Tesoro Silver UMax found a awesome 1942 Mercury Dime , 1928 & 1958 Wheaties , bunch of clad and a ring. Since I've bought my Tesoro I've yet to pick up the Bounty Hunter and hunt with it. I had to go to Harbour Freight Salvage and buy my dad some bits so he could sharpen some chain saw blades. I've read on the forum about the Cen Tech Hand Held Metal Detector . I went down the aisle and spotted that they had two in stock for $14.99 each. I had a coupon for $ 5 off on a $ 20 purchase so I went ahead and got two of them at a final cost of $ 12.50 each. I was able to use it while hunting today and was quite impressed with it ! If your looking for a low cost pin pointer this is the real deal !

Dman · Oct 20, 2008

Nice finds. I might try to get one of those Cen-Techs.
Dman

Hoosier · Oct 20, 2008

Colonel Dman said:
Nice finds. I might try to get one of those Cen-Techs.
Dman

I was quite shocked that the Cen Tech worked so good . They sell quite a few of them . It also comes with a belt holder.

ModernMiner · Oct 20, 2008

Hoosiers

, Tesoro Silver Umax :thumbsup:

, & silver coins :thumbsup:

, it doesn't get much better than that!!!

Congrats on the great looking Merc. :icon_king:

Looks like you're getting that machine down pretty darn well.
Congrats,
MM

Hoosier · Oct 20, 2008

ModernMiner said:
Hoosiers , Tesoro Silver Umax , & silver coins , it doesn't get much better than that!!!
Congrats on the great looking Merc. Looks like you're getting that machine down pretty darn well.
Congrats,
MM

Doug,

I've had some good teachers

The Tesoro people on the forums glady share information with you. I think were a different breed also. No ID screens to look at or depth gauge ! I think were more skilled

I'm thinking a 10x12 coil would look good under the XMAS tree !

ModernMiner · Oct 21, 2008

Hoosier said:
ModernMiner said:

Hoosiers , Tesoro Silver Umax , & silver coins , it doesn't get much better than that!!!
Congrats on the great looking Merc. Looks like you're getting that machine down pretty darn well.
Congrats,
MM

Click to expand...

Doug,

I've had some good teachers The Tesoro people on the forums glady share information with you. I think were a different breed also. No ID screens to look at or depth gauge ! I think were more skilled I'm thinking a 10x12 coil would look good under the XMAS tree !

I have to agree 100%.

Make sure you open up that 10 x 12 coil at Christmas BEFORE you present that dug up ring to your wife. :tongue3:

-Doug-

JasonB · Oct 21, 2008

Hoosier,

Thanks for the info on the pointer. I'd head about the HF one as well but was wondering if it was worth it. How deep will it detect do you think? Can you try an air test and post the results.

I agree that the meter isn't that important. The uMax rocks and I love it. It's so light but still deep. Simple to use.

Nice Merc, congrats.

I'm asking Santa for a 10x12 also I think. Not sure if I've been good enough to actually get it though.

Jason

Hoosier · Oct 21, 2008

JasonB said:
Hoosier,

Thanks for the info on the pointer. I'd head about the HF one as well but was wondering if it was worth it. How deep will it detect do you think? Can you try an air test and post the results.

I agree that the meter isn't that important. The uMax rocks and I love it. It's so light but still deep. Simple to use.

Nice Merc, congrats.

I'm asking Santa for a 10x12 also I think. Not sure if I've been good enough to actually get it though.

Jason

Jason,

After putting on the 8x9 coil I think it goes a little deeper then the stock 8 inch. Pin pointing is not bad either. I found the 8x9 coil online for $ 65 dollars . The 8x9 does increase the weight of the detector . I would like to see what the 10 x 12 can do. I also noticed Tesoro also made a 10.5 coil at one time that looks alot like the stock 8 inch coil. I'll take either

I will air test the Cen Tech results and post them for you. It runs on a 9 volt battery and comes with a belt holder. For a $15 pinpointer you can't beat it. It also doesn't nake your detector go crazy when your using it. It saved me alot of extra digging.

maxmoney · Oct 22, 2008

Cen-Tech pinpointers are great!!!! I never hunt without mine. I put a piece of tape over the speaker hole to quit mine down a little.

curbdiggercarl57 · Oct 22, 2008

Great find, and you can't beat the price on those CenTec's, i picked up a couple as well.

JasonB · Oct 22, 2008

I'm convinced. Going to get one as soon as I can get to HF.

Thanks guys, this site rocks.

Jason

Roma · Oct 22, 2008

Congrats

Kevo_DFX · Oct 22, 2008

I went to a club hunt with my cen-tech. We airtested it against 6 other pinpointers. Two were the White's bullseye 1 and 2. One was a Bounty Hunter. I don't remember the three others. We did not test it against the Sunray.

Cen-Tech beat or matched all others on depth.

It is only audio, no vibrate.

The light is awesome, I've actually used it as a flashlight in a pinch.

It's not made the best, the button is finicky, it's not waterproof, and the battery hookup rattles around.

But, it IS 14.99. You can buy 7 of them for the price of other pinpointers. It's a good buy and I recommend them highly. Somewhere down in the tutorial section someone posted a mod on how to turn it into a vibrate pinpointer.

Kevo

JasonB · Oct 22, 2008

Thanks Kevo. I'm getting one!

Happy Harry · Oct 22, 2008

Great hunt! I also got one of the Harbor Freight pin pointers it stopped working after just the third use. No water, no slam bang, just normal use. thought it might be the battery that wasn't/isn't the case. will buy one made just for metal detectors/treasure hunters. Cheap wasn't for me. HHHH

Hoosier · Oct 22, 2008

Kevo_DFX said:
I went to a club hunt with my cen-tech. We airtested it against 6 other pinpointers. Two were the White's bullseye 1 and 2. One was a Bounty Hunter. I don't remember the three others. We did not test it against the Sunray.

Cen-Tech beat or matched all others on depth.

It is only audio, no vibrate.

The light is awesome, I've actually used it as a flashlight in a pinch.

It's not made the best, the button is finicky, it's not waterproof, and the battery hookup rattles around.

But, it IS 14.99. You can buy 7 of them for the price of other pinpointers. It's a good buy and I recommend them highly. Somewhere down in the tutorial section someone posted a mod on how to turn it into a vibrate pinpointer.

Kevo

Kevo,

I totally agree with you on the cen tech. I usually keep mine inside the belt holder that comes with the detector. I find in my tool pouch it protects it a little more. You can still press the button while it's in the holder and it does muffle the sound also. Probably not the best made but if you would happen to loose it your not out alot of money.

catchdogcross · Oct 22, 2008

I use a tesoro tiger shark for both fresh water lakes and dry land, I love it, found two high school rings (fresh water) one sterling silver one 10k gold both stamped within 30 min of each other, no names on either of them

Moving salt water freaks it out and it's useless in any ocean breakwater even in salt mode but that's the only thing bad I can say about it, oh yeah lol I hate the earphones they slip off my ears and it makes me crazy!... I also have a cen ten pinpointer tho it is tempermental, it's great for the price. I guess i am one of those Tesoro sound type people, I can ID coins by the sound, can't be bothered by displays or meters, not that there is anything wrong with that

Hoosier · Oct 22, 2008

catchdogcross said:
I use a tesoro tiger shark for both fresh water lakes and dry land, I love it, found two high school rings (fresh water) one sterling silver one 10k gold both stamped within 30 min of each other, no names on either of them Moving salt water freaks it out and it's useless in any ocean breakwater even in salt mode but that's the only thing bad I can say about it, oh yeah lol I hate the earphones they slip off my ears and it makes me crazy!... I also have a cen ten pinpointer tho it is tempermental, it's great for the price. I guess i am one of those Tesoro sound type people, I can ID coins by the sound, can't be bothered by displays or meters, not that there is anything wrong with that

I have to agree with you on the coins by sound. The more you use a Tesoro you get use to the different tones it makes .

maxmoney · Oct 23, 2008

Happy Harry said:
Great hunt! I also got one of the Harbor Freight pin pointers it stopped working after just the third use. No water, no slam bang, just normal use. thought it might be the battery that wasn't/isn't the case. will buy one made just for metal detectors/treasure hunters. Cheap wasn't for me. HHHH

If you take off the 4 screws on the back I bet you find one of the red power button leads wires (the button you push to turn it on) came off the back post. After you open it up give a slight pull on both wires connected to the red power button and one of them is probably not attached (The power button will slide up and out for you to work on after you take the back off). Pull off the shrink tube and put a drop of solder on the lose wire and your back in business. I broke mine after A LOT of hard use. I used it as a digging tool in sand but the final straw was when I tried to use it as a diggin tool in dirt

. The post for the power buttons are too close to the inner tube of the probe (pressing and touching against the tube). I bent the post into a v shape before I soldered it so it never rubs against the inner tube again. I fixed it in minutes and its worked great ever since.

HH
Robert

Hoosier · Oct 23, 2008

maxmoney said:
Happy Harry said:

Great hunt! I also got one of the Harbor Freight pin pointers it stopped working after just the third use. No water, no slam bang, just normal use. thought it might be the battery that wasn't/isn't the case. will buy one made just for metal detectors/treasure hunters. Cheap wasn't for me. HHHH

Click to expand...

If you take off the 4 screws on the back I bet you find one of the red power button leads wires (the button you push to turn it on) came off the back post. After you open it up give a slight pull on both wires connected to the red power button and one of them is probably not attached (The power button will slide up and out for you to work on after you take the back off). Pull off the shrink tube and put a drop of solder on the lose wire and your back in business. I broke mine after A LOT of hard use. I used it as a digging tool in sand but the final straw was when I tried to use it as a diggin tool in dirt . The post for the power buttons are too close to the inner tube of the probe (pressing and touching against the tube). I bent the post into a v shape before I soldered it so it never rubs against the inner tube again. I fixed it in minutes and its worked great ever since.

HH
Robert