Tesoro Metal Detectors

[Hurckman]

I am looking at 2 detectors for coin hunting the Golden U-Max or the Vaquero.What machine is better on coins? PLEASE leave me some feedback. Thanks

 

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[GopherDaGold]

My Vaq finds plenty of clad, no silver yet but I'm still learning how to use it. Never used the G U-M so I can't comment on that other than to say it may be my next purchase.

 

[Sandman]

Both are very good with the Golden having more features to play with.

 

[ok2raise]

Both are excellant machines, i have been doing some field test with these machines each one has their own features both has good depth as far as coin i havent done much with relics yet this summer with them cause temp stayed around 100. Myself i like the vaquero it has the pin point button . I also found a small nugget with. even though its not a gold machine

 

[Monkeywrangler2]

Never having used either (my Tesoro background is Cibola and DeLeon), I would choose the Golden for the multi-tones. I was debating between the Golden and the DeLeon, and I found a used DeLeon for cheap so I went for visual ID not Tone ID.

 

[Dan B]

I had a Golden and it was a lot of fun. It wasn't especially deep, but was a very capable coinshooter for the first 6-8".

 

[sqwaby]

I've owned both and still use the Vaq. As mentioned its more about what features your looking for, except for the fact that the Vaq definitely gets deeper. The soil here is pretty mild, your can run the sens fairly high. The Golden seems to max at about 5-6" on average, stock donut coil, disc at foil, sens at 7-9, with a few coins hitting at 7+ inches. The V will regularly get 6-8" no problems, I have dug dimes and other smaller targets at 10+ inches, stock coil, disc at foil+, sens at 7-9. Golden has tones which I like when coin shooting, I didn't like the tone seperation on the golden though, and the middle tones overlap too much, the notch feature took some time to figure out, my nickel count went up using it. I sold it and got a F5. Both the Vaq and Golden pinpoint well(I X the target), the V might be a little tighter(could be the coil). The Vaq has ground balance which is really nice especially at the beach in wet sand, sens at about 3-5. If salt beaches or relic hunting are in your plans I would get the Vaq, if not, you can't really go wrong with either.

 

[Chibuya]

I just purchased a used Vac and really like it so far. I have used Whites and the Garrett 250 in the past. As far as the pinpoint feature, for me it's not that important because the Vac X's so tight I don't really need the pinpoint. I'm still getting used to not having any tones. I have a feeling I will eventually upgrade to a tone or display machine but first I want to get to know this one well and hopefully find SOMETHING worthwhile. So far only wheats, but then that's been my experience so far regardless of what machine I use... Searching the wrong areas I guess.

I'm in California so I was concerned out the mineral content of the soil here, that's another reason I went with the Vac for the ground balancing feature which is a piece of cake after doing it the first few times.

 

[GopherDaGold]

Not a regular user of the Vaq's pin-pointer feature so I use the old 'one inch at a time' method. Works fairly well but I'll be asking Santa for a real one.

 

[Willee]

Over the years I have tried just about every style detector Tesoro makes and the Golden uMax is one of my favorites.
I like the different tones letting my ears hear the discrimination rather than looking at a meter.
For coins you would dig only medium and high tones.
The high tones are just about 100% always coins with the exception of some silver jewelry.

Of course all this is just personal preference and you might like a single tone for all targets better.

So to answer your question I would say between the two, the Golden uMax.

I do rag on Tesoro sometimes but they make quality products and really take care of their customers needing service to their detectors.
Ya cant really go wrong buying one.

 

[GibH]

I pretty much agree with Willee. The one thing I don't like about the Golden is if you try to use a larger coil than stock it throws off the tones.