tesro?

[Scottso]

are tesro detectors best for england?I might go there so wat tesro is the best?

 

[Kyle PA]

The brand is called "Tesoro". ModernMiner is the king of Tesoro, so he should be able to answer with some good information.

 

[ModernMiner]

The brand is called "Tesoro". ModernMiner is the king of Tesoro, so he should be able to answer with some good information.

Thanks Kyle. I'm more like the prince.

Scottso,
You may want to ask Crusader. Not only does he have a Tesoro, but he also lives in England and does fantastic from what we see him post.
Good luck,
MM

 

[CRUSADER]

The brand is called "Tesoro". ModernMiner is the king of Tesoro, so he should be able to answer with some good information.

Thanks Kyle. I'm more like the prince.

Scottso,
You may want to ask Crusader. Not only does he have a Tesoro, but he also lives in England and does fantastic from what we see him post.
Good luck,
MM

I hung up my Cortes in favour of the XP. The XP has found me 86 hammered in its first year. Dad detects next to me with the Cortes & has only 20. Still can't get Dad to change, he's stuck in his ways & until it breaks he will keep playing the underdog.

 

[hammered]

The brand is called "Tesoro". ModernMiner is the king of Tesoro, so he should be able to answer with some good information.

Thanks Kyle. I'm more like the prince.

Scottso,
You may want to ask Crusader. Not only does he have a Tesoro, but he also lives in England and does fantastic from what we see him post.
Good luck,
MM

I hung up my Cortes in favour of the XP. The XP has found me 86 hammered in its first year. Dad detects next to me with the Cortes & has only 20. Still can't get Dad to change, he's stuck in his ways & until it breaks he will keep playing the underdog.

Hey Cru,
whats the gold score between you and Cru'dad now?

 

[DavidBeard]

Hi Scottso,
I used a Tesoro Lobo Supertraq - great little machine, good at picking out small items, not too complicated. But I guess its the sites you choose to hunt here in the UK that is important and that'll give you the best results!, not which machine to use.

 

[Rusted_Iron]

This thread might get moved, but since you're asking, you might want to talk to PANNONIAN. He doesn't hunt England, but he does detect European fields which have a similar find profile. He and I use the same detector (Tejon), but he could tell you from first hand experience how well it works on ancient sites. You could also check out Gary's website (UK). Do a web search for Gary's UK metal detecting.

If I were in England and hunting hammereds, I would probably choose the Tejon over the Cortes.

 

[Scottso]

I'll try my friend tesro out see wat its like

 

[CRUSADER]

Hi Scottso,
I used a Tesoro Lobo Supertraq - great little machine, good at picking out small items, not too complicated. But I guess its the sites you choose to hunt here in the UK that is important and that'll give you the best results!, not which machine to use.

agreed the lobo is a great mid-range machine & works well in the UK. I disagree about the sites over machines used. Our stats are proof of that. The last 3 years we have had 3 hammered a year off our 2nd fav field. This year with the XP we have had 34. I have had 5 gold coins this year. The XP is the difference not the sites. Side by Side (Cortes & XP), last week I had with the XP 40 roman Coins, Dad gridding next to me had 10.

 

[Scottso]

my friend has the gold max

 

[CRUSADER]

my friend has the gold max

It has the quickest recovery rate & works excellent in heavy iron areas. Not the deepest machine on the market, but speed over depth, wins most times on ploughed land. So your Friend, if in the UK, must be doing well.

 

[Scottso]

what are the ups and downs of the gold max CRUSADER?

 

[Scottso]

HAPPY yesterday thanks giving!

 

[goldnow]

my friend has the gold max

It has the quickest recovery rate & works excellent in heavy iron areas. Not the deepest machine on the market, but speed over depth, wins most times on ploughed land. So you Friend, if in the UK, most be doing well.

Though I wanted to buy the XP, I had to dumb down to the Tesoro Vaquero due to available finances. It hits continuously, not necessarily treasure, but it's a finder. Though I have found that I must go very slow and tedius to get every hit available. The recovery time is slower than I would hope. Something I would look forward to when I upgrade to the XP next year.

 

[allen]

good luck on whichever machine you decide on !!

 

[Rusted_Iron]

my friend has the gold max

It has the quickest recovery rate & works excellent in heavy iron areas. Not the deepest machine on the market, but speed over depth, wins most times on ploughed land. So you Friend, if in the UK, most be doing well.

Though I wanted to buy the XP, I had to dumb down to the Tesoro Vaquero due to available finances. It hits continuously, not necessarily treasure, but it's a finder. Though I have found that I must go very slow and tedius to get every hit available. The recovery time is slower than I would hope. Something I would look forward to when I upgrade to the XP next year.

I have not tried the XP, and I'm sure it's a superb unit, but I am pretty sure your recovery speed with the Vaquero will improve if you have it balanced neutral. In other words, on clean ground, your threshold should get neither louder nor quieter when you raise and lower the coil to the ground. Also, if you're comparing the concentric on the Vaquero to the widescan on the XP, you might want to try the 12x10 widescan on the Vaq. And one more thing, a long-time user of a Vaq. or Tejon can pick out good targets from trash with surprising ease. It is a subtle difference, but there.

I liken it to the Fisher 1265/1266. If I had that machine and went out in the field against one of the guys who's had one since it was introduced, I'm sure I'd get trounced pretty soundly.

If speed wins over depth, consider a Silver umax. The depth is actually pretty good, and the recovery speed is awesome. Just keeping with the Tesoro theme of this thread

 

[CRUSADER]

what are the ups and downs of the gold max CRUSADER?

Downs on any machine is the learning curve at the start. It depends very much on your experience & general style of detecting. I detect in virtually all-metal, this could annoy some people in noisy areas. Doesn't bother me, but it would bother my Dad. However, you can set it up in any number of ways to effectively dull out iron etc...
No down sides other than it depends how you look at it. It is so sensitive that you can end up digging the tiny pinhead pieces of lead etc but this helps hit Qter hammered coins which are tiny & thin.
Its belt mountable which is a must for my bathered body. Therefore very light.
We have GPSed over 2500 items this year (that is only the medieval & earlier significant finds) not including the modern stuff (1600 & later) & the 3062 buttons. That recording total is more than all the last 4 years put together. If I had the choice now with no money being an object I would stick with this machine. The E-Trac is deeper (but heavier) & not something I need on a ploughed field. If & when I get into doing pasture/grass land I might get one for that.
Put it this way, I've always been a Tesoro man & I've been happy with the results I've had. But now I wish I had picked up the XP two years ago because it has increased my find rate by 10 times (Facts backed up by the data)

 

[goldnow]

my friend has the gold max

It has the quickest recovery rate & works excellent in heavy iron areas. Not the deepest machine on the market, but speed over depth, wins most times on ploughed land. So you Friend, if in the UK, most be doing well.

Though I wanted to buy the XP, I had to dumb down to the Tesoro Vaquero due to available finances. It hits continuously, not necessarily treasure, but it's a finder. Though I have found that I must go very slow and tedius to get every hit available. The recovery time is slower than I would hope. Something I would look forward to when I upgrade to the XP next year.

I have not tried the XP, and I'm sure it's a superb unit, but I am pretty sure your recovery speed with the Vaquero will improve if you have it balanced neutral. In other words, on clean ground, your threshold should get neither louder nor quieter when you raise and lower the coil to the ground. Also, if you're comparing the concentric on the Vaquero to the widescan on the XP, you might want to try the 12x10 widescan on the Vaq. And one more thing, a long-time user of a Vaq. or Tejon can pick out good targets from trash with surprising ease. It is a subtle difference, but there.

I liken it to the Fisher 1265/1266. If I had that machine and went out in the field against one of the guys who's had one since it was introduced, I'm sure I'd get trounced pretty soundly.

If speed wins over depth, consider a Silver umax. The depth is actually pretty good, and the recovery speed is awesome. Just keeping with the Tesoro theme of this thread

I ground balance every time out, so that's not a problem. What I find is that I can go over the same ground, just real slow the second time, and I get a hit, that at normal speed was not there. And I don't go fast by any imagination of the word. I do want to get the 12 X 10 coil as soon as possible, though.

My pinpointing is right on now, after the first month (August) being off a couple of inches 50% of the time, and have for some reason not used my pin pointer for the last week of hunts, either. The item is right where I think the Vaq is telling me now. I also can tell you what it is before I dig , at least 50% of the time. Though shotgun ends and buttons sound like coins still.

I have not a single complaint about the Vaquero really, I'm really very happy with it for many reasons, except Crusader keeps finding gold coins, and I don't,,,

 

[Scottso]

i will ask to barrow it when i go to england

 

[CRUSADER]

i will ask to barrow it when i go to england

Not sure when or where your going. But you need to find permission for ploughed land, this can be very difficult (& sometimes easy), very hit & miss.