Tejon Disc. Setting on your Machine

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hi if you own a Tejon metal detector can you please
take a picture of your settings on your Machine and
post them here w/ a description of what you normally
hunt for.

Dave

 

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[mikep829]

I hunt Civil War relics, I don't have a pic, but I usually hunt with disc on the o on foil and alt disk at tab, if both disk hit than dig! But just found that using that setting doesn't work for buttons very well since buttons will not hit on tab, so I am trying to figure that one out. Tested it on a button my buddy found while hunting yesterday and the button hit right before the 5 cent mark, so if your looking for buttons you may be digging a lot of trash to. I have only had the Tejon for a couple of weeks just was lucky I have a friend who has one and shared his wisdom. I love it, it has performed just as good and sometimes better than the Etrac where we hunt. And she'll go deep!

 

[tomclark]

X-terra,
I don't have a pic of my tejon settings.

Disc 1 just above iron or just above foil
Tone around 2 o'clock
Sensitivity at 10
Threshold usually around 1 o'clock

Don't generally use Disc 2

I hunt for relics and coins and listen for good repeatable beeps. You can tell poptops real easy they sound brassy compared to good coins. After using a new Tejon for about almost two months, you can almost always tell the sound of a coin, and the "shape" of the signal also tells much

 

[Boilermaker27]

I use the Tejon to the max.

I ground balance the machine a bit on the positive side. Once ground balanced never have to mess with the threshhold. In fact if you ground balance by pulling the trigger back, you don't even need the threshhold knob.
I hunt relics and set the lower discriminator just above the iron. I was setting the second discriminator on the pulltab and found lots of buttons but have now backed it off a bit. I leave the center knob clicked into vco. I run the machine hot, almost in the red zone, never, ever, below 10. This is one stable machine that can handle the 10 setting easily. In fact if you can put up with the clatter run it in the hot zone.

I can tell you for sure that this is one of the deepest relic machines out there, hands down. It easily out hunts my dfx. My dfx could not pick up a minnie ball that dropped to the bottom of a twelve inch hole and the Tejon was hitting it hard.

Two bits of advice. First put a large rubber band around the battery holder. The battery doors will open and your batteries will fall out, it happened to me twice. Radio Shack sells an identical, not close, but identical, the same used in your Tejon, battery holder. So, if you are near a Radio Shack stop by with your battery holder and get a spare, believe me you will be glad you did. The first time it happened I walked almost a mile down railroad tracks only to discover the battery pack was missing. Second time I was in the woods, but used my gps which I always use when relic hunting and backtracked right to where the battery pack was. Second bit of advice is to get a battery cover and detector cover that is made in England. This costs $30 and fits snugly around your battery box and completely covers your knobs. It has a plastic window held down by velcro, it makes the detector waterproof and it st ops accidentally moving the knobs, which happens all the time.

I suggested the Tejon to a friend who is a intensive relic hunter and told him about the inability of the DFX to find the minnie. He called that night and drove to Corinth, Ms. and had one that evening. He has not used his White's since. Yesterday he found seven buttons, two weeks ago he found two US beltplates. He is downright sold on Tesoro and constantly thanks me for the tip.

You will be amazed at the depth. One other point that I have found is that the wetter the soil, the deeper the detector goes. In saturated soil I can find minnie balls at over one foot and they hit fairly hard at that depth, and that is no bull. The Tejon is the best relic machine on the market, period.

 

[mikep829]

Wow,
Thanks for all the info! I didn't start the post but am sure using the info from it. jhettel, good post! I'll be trying those setings ASAP! Mike

 

[X-Terra70_TreasureHunter]

Hi jhettel so pull the trigger while ground balanceing the Tejon
this is the 1st ive heard about doing that ive been reading tons
of post.

jhettel where would you also set the Disc & Alt Disc too if you
decide to try coin shooting.

One post i read the guy set Disc to Scap & Alt Disc as low as it
can be set w/o being in AM mode, he said he found old wheaties
and silver this way useing the Tejon @ a city park, even found a
Silver Ring, he did not dig all those Pulltabs ans Scaps too which
means he lost the ability to find Gold since his Disc was set above
NICKEL.


Dave