Which is the best Tesoro detector???

[Lewy]

Hi everyone
Reading through the post's it would seem that the vaquero is in pole position, but what about the other tesoro detectors.

I myself think the compadre is a clear winner just from the shear technology put into a simple package.
The first time I had one many years ago I never really got it, but now I do.

Surely we have to have more than one tesoro detector in our collection for a reason?

Bleeping and digging

 

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[Terry Soloman]

Tesoro machines are like golf clubs. Each is designed to do a specific job, all can do most jobs well. Having three or more Tesoro machines, is sort of like having a cross-trained commando team hurting to find treasure for you.

 

[WaterScoop]

What type of hunting do you do most?

 

[Lewy]

What type of hunting do you do most?

I tend to do coin and jewelery, but coins are my thing.

 

[1320]

The best Tesoro detector is the one that you get intimately familiar with. Know it like the back of your hand. It will talk to you....listen.

 

[Terry Soloman]

I tend to do coin and jewelery, but coins are my thing.

I would steer you to the Outlaw 3-coil Package for coin and jewelry hunting. Slightly lower kHz than the Vaquero, so a bit better on coin-sized targets at depth.

 

[Jason in Enid]

The Cazador

 

[WaterScoop]

I tend to do coin and jewelery, but coins are my thing.

What is your budget? That ALWAYS affects your final decission.

 

[jld66]

Having used only a vaquero for the past 5 summers. If I were to buy another Tesoro, it would be a tejon. Though, that Golden Mask 4WD looks real good, has decent reviews, and has the features some of us think Tesoro should have certainly come out with by now in a detector.

 

[Professor of Engineering]

The Outlaw is killer for coins and jewelry? Of all my machines, it's the best for that job in the select areas I use it in: Playgrounds, Sports fields, School yards and Parks!

 

[Stoof2010]

I agree on the outlaw. Like it's father, the bandido II micromax, it's the best coin and jewelry machine they offer that's still in production. The ED120 disc will block small iron even at minimum. It was designed for coin and jewelry hunting.
Don't get me wrong, the compadre and the ed180 it had is still great as are most all tesoros at whatever you need. But as Terry said, some are more geared towards certain things than others. All will do the job but some just make it "that much better".
For different types of hunting you will get that many different answers.
Some will say that the vaquero will do the best in all hunting. Some others will say the tejon.
If budget isn't an issue, I've had GREAT luck with my Deleon with it tuned to my Troy super 7 coil with coin and jewelry.
In the end it's all subjective but I will say that for coin and jewelry, the outlaw was made for that. It was based on the bandido II micromax circuitry which most say is the best coin and jewelry machine Tesoro ever made. Others will say it's the best machine they ever made.
I know I have a way of answering without an answer, but the truth is it's all subjective. Some are comfortable with one more than the other. :-)

 

[fltacoma]

Outlaw, or a Bandido 2 umax if you can find one

 

[Lewy]

Outlaw, or a Bandido 2 umax if you can find one

Agreed with that
Just cannot find a bandido in the UK

 

[Stoof2010]

Getting the outlaw won't leave you wanting lewy. There are small differences but functionally it's the closest to the bandido II micromax you can get and don't worry, the button isn't as bad as people make it out to be. To me it's actually pretty awesome feature

 

[Lewy]

Hey
That was strange read your post about outlaw, looked on line and bagged a second hand one from a detector shop.
So it's in the post.

Thanks guys

 

[Stoof2010]

Nice!! Hope you enjoy it!!!
Be sure to download the manual and read the function of the button. It's not terribly difficult to understand but I've read many get confused by it. :-)

 

[steve1357]

Getting the outlaw won't leave you wanting lewy.

Sure it will, the 4 pin HOT series are deeper than the 5 pin Outlaw.

 

[Stoof2010]

Lol that comment was when he was asking about the bandido II micromax, and I said outlaw won't leave you wanting if that's the detector he wanted.

 

[Honest Samuel]

Thanks for your advice.

 

[Picketwire]

The Outlaw is my favorite of the ones I have tried. I like to search an old town dump from the 1930's. I find more goodies with my Compadre than my Teknetics T2. Is deeper always better?