In defense of Tesoro, and all this has been said before...
When they announced the development of a new detector, they asked for a name AND what kind of features the new machine those in the hobby would like to see. Not too many companies do that! I think everyone assumed that this new machine would come out shortly after, but clearly, as has been stated, it was only in the beginning design stages and they were asking for input... That's awesome!
Then, the founder of the company died. This is a small family owned business and this was certainly a difficult time for the company. Although he was retired, he may have been involved in the new detector's design... I don't know this, but it is a possibility.
Tesoro IS working on new machines... All you have to do is call and talk to somebody. No, they will not give you details. Why would they do that? Metal detecting is a competitive market. Why would any metal detecting manufacturer, especially a small family owned company, hint to their competitors what they are researching, designing, innovating, etc, etc...
Finally, the current machines do work, and work well. Yes, the Outlaw is, in essence, a revamped Bandito 2 micromax, but in their defense, when they discontinued this machine a lot of people were unhappy...so Tesoro releases a machine built off of the bandito umax platform and... they get clobbered for it... SOME PEOPLE WILL NOT BE HAPPY NO MATTER WHAT TESORO DOES!
Finally, I am glad that TEsoro takes its time in both development and the release of new equiptment... How many of you bought that new Turkish Racer... It came out when, last October or November, not more than 4 or 5 months ago, well guess what, now there is the NEW and IMPROVED Racer 2, a few new program/digitized/pixelated features for you to rush out and plunk down another 600-700 dollars for. For those of you who might be interested in this new version, you might want to hold onto your funds and wait a few more months for the Racer 3. But they are not the only ones doing this, look at Tecknetics Omega 8000 - 8500 (we can probably expect a 9000 down the road, changing what a nob does or something like that) or Garrett's Ace 150-200, 250-300, and 350-400. They all have TID now, which in all honesty is an improved feature for this series but, this is not NEW technology, just re-packaged.
So... Let's cut Tesoro a break OK?